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12/26/2025
A small act can make a big difference. Donate blood during our next ImpactLife blood drive on January 5 and help care for our community in a meaningful way.
🕚 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
📍 White Oak Conference Room
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12/25/2025
On this holy day, we celebrate the hope, peace and joy that came into the world with the birth of Christ. May His light bring comfort and renewal to you and those you love.
As we gather with family and friends, we offer our heartfelt gratitude to the Mission Partners serving today—providing compassionate care and continuing our healing Ministry with dedication and love. Your service exemplifies the true spirit of Christmas.
From all of us at OSF HealthCare,
Wishing you a blessed and Merry Christmas. 🎄✨
12/24/2025
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us at OSF Saint Clare! From our family to yours, we wish you a happy, healthy holiday!
12/23/2025
As we gather with family and friends this Christmas, we hold close those we’ve lost and those who continue to inspire us. ❤️
There’s still time to add a star to the Tree of Lights in their honor. Your support helps OSF Saint Clare purchase a portable bladder scanner to improve care and comfort for those in need.
Help light the way for others at osfsaintclare.org/treeoflights.
Find out how you can make a difference and honor a loved one with a star on the Tree of Lights.
12/23/2025
Stay connected with your care! 💙📱
As an OSF MyChart user, you can choose how you receive notifications for appointments, test results and more.
Prefer email? 📧
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Both? ✔️
You’re in control. Update your communication preferences anytime.
Learn how: https://bit.ly/48Leyx7
Learn how to receive notifications for appointments, test results and more on your OSF MyChart account.
12/20/2025
Your pathway to a health care career starts here!
Whether you’re in high school or just starting your career, OSF offers opportunities to grow in health care. Begin your journey with us – we’ll help you grow into a rewarding career as a CT technologist.
CT technologists use advanced imaging equipment to help providers diagnose and treat patients – a vital role in patient care!
Here’s how your path could look:
1️⃣ Finish high school (or earn your GED)
2️⃣ Enroll in a radiologic sciences program
3️⃣ Train and get licensed
4️⃣ Join OSF HealthCare and complete tuition-free CT training
We're feeling the holiday spirit! Mission Partners enjoyed a complimentary lunch, fun and fellowship at our annual Christmas party. A huge thank you to our Nutrition Services department for preparing a delicious meal, our volunteer Mission Partners who served and help clean up and everyone who enjoyed time together! Merry Christmas, Mission Partners!
12/18/2025
Holiday hustle? Stay healthy while you’re at it:
🧼 Wash hands
💧 Sanitize often
💉 Get your flu shot
Easy habits = fewer sick days.
More flu-fighting tips:
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits can help stop the spread of flu germs.
12/17/2025
Our Mission Partners are spreading a little extra holiday cheer this year 🎁🎄
Thanks to the generosity of our Medical/Surgical Acute Unit Practice Council (UPC) and partners at Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center, we were able to donate Angel Tree Christmas bags to 10 children. This heartfelt effort was led by UPC member Margo Hicks, with teamwork from our Med/Surg and Emergency Department Mission Partners to make sure every wish list was filled.
Moments like these remind us that caring goes beyond our walls and into the community we’re proud to serve. Thank you to everyone who helped make spirits bright and hearts warm this holiday season. 💚✨
12/16/2025
This is what care on wheels looks like 🚐💕
The OSF OnCall Connect mobile maternity care van helps bring pregnancy and after-birth care closer to home.
12/15/2025
Every star tells a story. 🌟 Remember a loved one or celebrate someone special through the Tree of Lights. A timeless symbol of giving, loving and sharing.
This year’s gifts support new technology to provide safe, non-invasive bladder scans that promote healing and comfort for our patients.
Make your donation today at osfsaintclare.org/treeoflights.
Find out how you can make a difference and honor a loved one with a star on the Tree of Lights.
12/09/2025
This season, let light lead the way. 💫 Honor someone who made your world brighter with a star on our Tree of Lights.
Your donation helps fund a 3D ultrasound bladder scanner, reducing infection risk and enhancing comfort for those healing in our care.
⭐ Silver and Gold Stars still available. Donate today: osfsaintclare.org/treeoflights.
Find out how you can make a difference and honor a loved one with a star on the Tree of Lights.
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Perry Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital with over 100 physicians on staff, working to provide quality care that meets the needs of the surrounding rural community.
HISTORY - Prior to the existence of Perry Memorial Hospital, most healthcare occurred in patient’s homes, with little opportunity for nursing care or medical treatment and supervision. Physicians would often travel great distances to treat patients, and sometimes had to convert rooms in their own homes to house acutely ill patients. As of 1893, the Bureau County Medical Society counted 40 physicians as members.
In 1903, two brothers--Dr. L.D. Hickman and Dr. H.V. Hickman--purchased a home on Park Avenue East and used it to open the Princeton Hospital. The hospital focused on x-ray and surgery services using state-of-the-art equipment. However, due to personal illness, financial problems, and lack of support, the brothers closed the hospital after only one year.
In 1905, the hospital was purchased and operated by Dr. Blackburn as a private hospital. He ran the hospital successfully for three years before it closed again. Miss Cox purchased the hospital from Dr. Blackburn, and ran it for two more years until a smallpox epidemic broke out. Two patients died from the epidemic, and the hospital closed for the third and final time.
Perry Memorial Hospital first opened on June 17, 1920, after Julia Rackley Perry of Malden, IL, willed $25,000 for the creation of a community hospital. Her only child had died at the age of nine, and thereafter Julia Rackley Perry devoted her life to church and charity. She passed away on December 29, 1913, and instructed in her will to use the money for the construction or endowment of a public hospital in Princeton within five years of her death. The Princeton Hospital property was purchased as the site for construction, though the original house that served as the hospital continued to stand for another 40 years.
Perry Memorial Hospital originally had enough room for 28 patients and five babies. Even when the hospital opened, it still needed much. When a request went out to the community for assistance, people responded generously with everything from furniture to live chickens. The Women’s Auxiliary worked hard mending and making curtains, bed linens, towels, table linens, gowns, and all related supplies. Door-to-door fund drives were held, and Apollo Theater donated a day’s receipts for the cause. In all, $3306.77 was raised to support the hospital. Perry truly began as a community hospital.
The next century has seen repeated hospital expansion and facilities upgrades. Perry sas continued to rely on up-to-date equipment, medical techniques, and quality physicians to provide the best possible care in an increasingly outpatient world. The hospital offers a 24-hour physician staffed Emergency Department, Intensive Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery, Rehabilitation Services, Pain Management, Laboratory and Radiology, Respiratory Care, Sleep Lab, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, Endoscopy and Special Procedures, Wound Care, and Ambulatory Care. It has come a long way from a x-ray and surgery house.
Historically, Perry Memorial Hospital serviced primarily the Bureau County region. Today, Perry has expanded its services to bring healthcare conveniently close to home for many communities, including Henry and Walnut. Every day, Perry Memorial Hospital emphasizes Respect, Excellence, Service, and Community for every person who walks into any one of its facilities.
