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LifeBridge Health podiatrist�Neil Scheffler, D.P.M.,�was picked by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to write a book about proper foot care for diabetics. The book, . Dr. Scheffler's book helps those with diabetes learn how to better care for and treat their feet. Proper foot care is a major concern for the more than 20 million American children and adults living with diabetes, since foot disorders are one of the major contributors to hospitalization and lower extremity amputations.

Dr. Scheffler's�book,�101 Tips on Foot Care for People with Diabetes, available through the ADA Web site and will also be sold at bookstores nationwide.

LifeBridge Health was one of 10 finalists and the overall winner of the Best Places to Work in Greater Baltimore award in the large business category (500-plus employees). More than 180 businesses and organizations entered the inaugural competition hosted by the Baltimore Business Journal.

To qualify for the award, at least 300 employees had to complete an online survey about the company. LifeBridge Health had 420 people take time earlier this year to fill one out, and the survey results were impressive. LifeBridge Health consistently scored higher than its local peers and the national average, earning high marks in categories like team effectiveness and trust with co-workers. Eighty percent of LifeBridge Health respondents said they felt like a valuable part of a team, compared to a national average of 69 percent; and 90 percent said their work is engaging.

For more information about job opportunities at LifeBridge Health, log on to www.lifejobs.org .

Levindale Volunteers "Inspire By Example"

The popularity of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Miracle Workers," once again showcases that people are inspired by good deeds. April 23-29 is National Volunteer Week. The theme is "Inspire By Example." That�s why two�Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital volunteers are of special interest.

Judy Siegel spends every day except the Jewish Sabbath volunteering with the elderly and the hospitalized. She has been visiting Levindale Mondays through Thursdays for 21 years, pitching in wherever she is needed. No task is too big or too small. The work Judy does at Levindale is only the beginning. When she leaves there, she goes across the street to Sinai Hospital to volunteer at the gift shop. On Sundays, Judy can be found at�Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home making sure the residents get their morning coffee.

Dr. Paula Trink has been home-schooling her six children and bringing them to Levindale every week for five years. In addition to teaching them math and science, Dr. Trink thinks it�s just important to teach them about donating their time to help others. Over the years, her older children have gone to college, but they take the lessons learned at Levindale with them.

�Interested in volunteering at Levindale, contact the Volunteer Office at 410-601-2260 .

A New Twist on Sensitivity Training

It�s one thing to sympathize with the residents you work with at a nursing home. It�s another thing to experience what they are going through. However, that�s what is happening to the employees at Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home. Thanks to Jewish Convalescent�s "Game of Life," employees take on a new identity and find out what it�s like to have to give away treasured pets and belongings because they are not allowed at a nursing home.

Depending what cards they randomly pick during the hour-long "game," they see first-hand what it�s like to have their wishes ignored because they cannot communicate, what it�s like to be dependent upon a wheelchair and how important it is to receive kindness when you are reliant on others.

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