Welcome to the Ceca Foundation Blog

Our blog was created to be a place for us to share inspiring and heartwarming stories, photos and videos from award celebrations, examples of successes from our partner healthcare communities, best practices for employee engagement and retention, musings on current events, and more.

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Sunshine and Rainbows

Featuring: Ashley Crawley, Caregiver, Focus Healthcare Solutions About 45 minutes east of Cameron, MO, is the small town of Chillicote, famously known since 1928 as the home of sliced bread! More importantly, it is also the home of Camp Rainbow – a...

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The Spice of Life

Featuring: Vidya Ravikumar, Registered Dietician in Food Services, Stoddard Baptist Global Care If you like Ethiopian cuisine, you’re probably familiar with Berbere, a blend of spices used in a variety of savory dishes. Berbere is made with chile...

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Getting Bored is Not Allowed

Featuring: Marsy Shattuck, Activities Assistant, Knollwood Life Plan Community As a child, you may have read Eloise, the well-loved children’s book which chronicles the adventures of its eponymous heroine. Eloise is a precocious six-year-old girl...

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The Kindness of Strangers

Featuring: Nancy Smith, Transportation, Knollwood Life Plan Community We’ve all heard the parable of the Good Samaritan, the story about a traveler on his way to Jerusalem who is attacked by robbers, stripped of his clothes, beaten and left half...

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