Looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity? The Asante Hospice team needs new hospice volunteers to give companionship to patients and respite for their families. Asante Hospice will sponsor a free training course for volunteers beginning in March 2012.

the heart experts at Rogue Valley Medical Center encourage everyone to listen to their heart and live heart-healthy. Each year, more than one million Americans suffer a heart attack. What causes a heart attack, and how can you prevent one?

Asante Health System will conduct an Employment Forum on January 25 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Smullin Health Education Center on the Rogue Valley Medical Center campus in Medford.

C&K Markets (Rays) on Williams Highway in Grants Pass donated $3,599.69 to the Connie Fiske Fund for breast cancer screenings and mammograms on Thursday, January 5. Thanks to this generous donation, approximately 40 women who otherwise could not afford it will be able to get mammograms at Three Rivers Women’s Imaging in Grants Pass.

Tavita Fa’alataitaua Reid-Jessen was the first baby of the New Year in Josephine County. He was born to Salamasina Reid-Jessen, 35, and David Jessen, 40, at Three Rivers Community Hospital at 11:43 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20 inches long.

Amelia Westensee was the first baby born at Rogue Valley Medical Center in 2012. Parents are Brandie Lilya and David Westensee of Central Point, Oregon.

Babies in the neonatal unit of Rogue Valley Medical Center are sleeping a little warmer for the holidays thanks to a donation of beautiful hand made quilts from the Material Girls, a quilting club from Shady Cove.

People with pulmonary disease such as COPD can breathe better, especially if they participate in the Better Breathers Club, which is available in Grants Pass through a sponsorship by Three Rivers Community Hospital and The American Lung Association of Oregon. Better Breathers meets the second Wednesday of every month from 1 to 2 p.m. Call 541-472-7854.