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SIOUX CENTER – Ever since Clazina Blom played “doctor and nurse” as a young girl, caring for others has been an “innate part” of who she is. She has made it her career. Clazina Blom likes the holistic approach to health care that she has seen at Promise Community Health Center since assuming her role as a new clinic nurse. Clazina now is caring for others as a new clinic nurse at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. “ Helping others, giving support and compassion, and educating about health are important to me,” she said. Clazina grew up in rural Doon on her family’s rural dairy farm. After completing her home-school education, she earned her registered nursing degree at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon in 2011. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing online from Briar Cliff University of Sioux City in 2013. She worked as a certified nursing assistant at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull for a year and a half, 2009-10. She then served as an RN at Sanfor...

SIOUX CENTER, IA – Do you desire to learn more about natural family planning to achieve or prevent pregnancy? Kari Ney, registered nurse for Promise Community Health Center, presents an overview of the Billings Ovulation Method to fellow staff. She has been trained as an instructor in the natural family planning method and is implementing the program as a new service at Promise CHC. Are you seeking alternatives to hormonal or surgical birth control to better fit your budget, to avoid side effects or for medical reasons? Do other forms of birth control go against your personal or religious beliefs? If so, Promise Community Health Center of Sioux Center has an effective and easy-to-learn alternative for you. Kari Ney, a registered nurse for Promise, has become trained as an instructor in the Billings Ovulation Method ® of natural family planning and is implementing the program at the health center. She will offer an introductory class for the Billings Ovulation Method at 7 p.m. Thursd...

SIOUX CENTER – The statistics are staggering when it comes to childhood obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s. In 2015-16, 1-in-5 school-age children had obesity, which is defined as having excess body fat. Registered dietitian Colleen King presents information about childhood obesity to Promise Community Health Center clinical staff during a lunch-and-learn session. That’s about 3 million children. “That number just freaks me out. That’s a lot of kids,” registered dietitian Colleen King told clinical staff of Promise Community Health Center   during a lunch-and-learn session today (Wednesday, Jan. 30.) King, who is a contracted dietitian for Promise, said a primary cause of obesity is consuming more energy through food and beverages than the body uses for its normal functioning, growth and physical activity. Over time, that leads to weight gain. Sh...

SPENCER, IA – Jonny and Dallas Fiddelke’s second child was born just as their first in the comfort of their own home in Spencer. Indie Berlin arrived 12:59 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, weighing 7 pounds and measuring 21 inches. She is the first home-birth baby of the year for the midwifery team of Promise Community Health Center of Sioux Center, IA  – with certified nurse midwife Belinda Lassen attending the birth. Jonny and Dallas Fiddelke of Spencer, IA, have appreciated the home-birth experiences of their two children with the assistance of certified nurse midwife Belinda Lassen of Promise Community Health Center of Sioux Center, IA. They welcomed their baby, Indie Berlin, into their family on Thursday, Jan. 10. As she held her baby in her arms for the first time, Dallas marveled at the amazing experience. “There is nothing I’ve done in my life that is more rewarding than holding our babies immediately after they are born,” she said. “It’s like floating on air and smiling the ...

SIOUX CENTER – Promise Community Health Center has updated and refreshed its logo and website with new colors. The logo design has remained the same, but colors now are navy blue and gray instead of blue and teal. NEW LOGO: FORMER LOGO: In doing so, Promise also has completely refreshed its website with the new colors. Check out the new look at: www.promisechc.org . Note: If the new colors aren't showing up yet, try pressing both "Ctrl" and "F5" simultaneously on your keyboard. Other changes will be made as time goes on to implement the new logo. We're excited about the new look! Promise Community Health Center  of Sioux Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the northwest corner of Iowa. Promise provides medical, prenatal, dental, vision, behavioral health and family planning services. To learn more, visit  www.promisechc.org  and watch this  video . To read more Promise news, visit  promisechcnews.blogspot.com .

Doon Christian School students sing Christmas carols for a family in the conference room at Promise Community Health Center before blessing them with a large supply of gifts that they had collected for them during the Christmas season. SIOUX CENTER – Students from Doon Christian School shared the spirit of Christmas. They generously collected gifts to bless a family going through a difficult situation – with the mother undergoing continued treatment for a brain tumor, the father working only limited hours as he cares for his wife and the medical bills accumulating. The 16 students, along with teachers and parents, delivered the gifts to Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center and gave them to the family on Wednesday. Doon Christian School students carry out gifts that they had collected for a family going through a difficult situation to load up into their car. “It made our Christmas,” said Mary Leusink, who teaches grades K-2 at the school. “It was very, very special to do th...

SIOUX CENTER – Theresa Buley brings “an enthusiastic and genuine love to help others” to Promise Community Health Center . Theresa Buley has assumed the role of dental coordinator at Promise Community Health Center. Serving at Promise fits with her passion for helping out others. She has assumed the role of dental coordinator at the health center. “I have a passion to help people – working with others to help them achieve their goals,” she said. “I desire to do good for others, and I think Promise is committed to that as well.” Theresa grew up in St. James, MN, and attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. She then served as a quality analyst at Carlson Marketing Group in Plymouth, MN, 1998-2006; church services director for Youth Encounter in Roseville, MN, 2006-07; donor services director for The Salvation Army in Roseville, 2007-17; and office manager at Town & Country Implement in Rock Valley, IA, 2017-18. She’s now happy to be at Promise, where she helps to oversee the...