NEWS

neighborhood: group of girls holding a giant check with a car behind themLet’s go Pink
Lexus of Lexington presented a $5,000 check to the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation from their Pink Purchase Program.

Mark your 2020 Calendars!
The UK organization, DanceBlue, has announced their popular dance marathon will be held on Saturday, February 29 beginning at 8 pm. The event will take place in Memorial Coliseum and conclude 24-hours later. To date, DanceBlue has raised more than $15 million for the Golden Matrix Fund which supports the kids of the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic both today and well into the future through an endowment.

New medical center coming to Hamburg
A new medical center is coming to the Hamburg area that will be open by 2023. The center will span more than a 100 acres at Polo Club Blvd near Man O’ War Blvd and I-75. In all, it will span across 129 acres. It is estimated to create between 600-700 new jobs for this area. The plans still have to be approved by the Urban County Planning Commission.

medical center: arial map of a new construction

 

EVENTS

Dec 5      Heart Moms Concert, 7 pm, Porter Memorial Baptist Church

Dec 6      Health Career Expo, 9 am, Sullivan University

Dec 7      Reindeer Ramble, 9 am, Keeneland

Dec 7      Holiday Cooking How-To, noon, Hamburg Library

Dec 8      New Brother – New Sister, 4 pm, Baptist Health Lexington

Dec 10    Empowerment Series for Women with Cancer, 6 pm, Central Baptist Church Lexington

Dec 14    Stache & Sweater Dash, 10 am, Spindletop Hall

Dec 19    Lung Cancer Support Group, 11 am, UK Markey Cancer Center

Events may require tickets or registration. Times, dates, and locations subject to change.

 

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This article also appears on page 14 of the December 2019 print edition of Hamburg Journal.

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