On Monday, the Center for Total Health celebrated its 5th birthday. So much has happened over these years.
A quick poll of the team unanimously named the original Kaiser Shipyard “Rosies” as the most memorable visitors of our first five years. These incredible pioneers stopped by a couple years ago and regaled us with stories of working for Henry J. Kaiser (“great boss”), full lives (houses rented to The Mamas & The Papas, great loves, amazing travels), and changing times and technology. Our team makes sure to laugh every day, but it’s fair to say the two hours we spent with the Rosies were among the most joyful and warm of these five years.
We’ve had so many great meetings, events, and tours that it was hard to pick just a few to highlight. After much debate, a few prevailed as very memorable. They included:
- The Mayor’s Sustainability Pledge Signing – This event marked the signing of a pledge to make the District of Columbia “the most sustainable city in the United States.” The pledge was signed by representatives from 21 different health care organizations and local government officials.
- Hosting three Surgeons General: Rear Admiral Regina Benjamin; Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak (acting); and Rear Admiral Vivek Murthy.
- The Fighting Ebola Workshop with hands-on testing of safety equipment for medical teams.
- The evolution several organizations, including Everybody Walk! (@everybodywalk), the Partnership for Quality Care (PQC, @PQCNews), and Kaiser Permanente’s own partnership with transgendered community.
- The refresh of the Center last summer, bringing in content that reflects feedback from the first four years of CTH visitors.
Our team remains excited by the breadth and depth of conversations happening here. There are so many wonderful people we’ve met and events we’ve hosted that we could never list them all. If you have favorites, please share them in the comments! Our whole team thanks everyone who made this total health journey possible. Here’s to the next #CTHFive!
Special thanks to the team that helped get the doors open in 2011: Holly Potter, Sean Chai, Danielle Cass, Trish Doherty, Eric Saltmarsh, Wendy Lee, Diane Gage-Lofgren, Faye Shahai, and countless others. Your hard work and long hours haven’t been forgotten.
