Senator Durbin Visits Crusader Loves Park
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin made a visit to the Crusader Community Health Loves Park on April 6, 2015. He toured the facility and met with Crusader’s management team.
(front l-r) Linda Niemiec, CCH VP Development; Dawn Mellish, MD, CCH Chief Medical Officer; US Senator Dick Durbin; Kym Tolliver, RN, CCH; (back l-r) Gordon Eggers, Jr., CCH President & CEO; Shelton Kay, CCH Director Community Services; David Ruffin, CCH Board President; Sam Miller, CCH Chief Financial Officer; Nancy Halverson, CCH Chief Quality Officer; and Terry White, CCH Chief Strategic and Operations Officer
Crusader Community Health, Loves Park, IL
In December 2009, Crusader received $5,342,337 in federal grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to construct a new site in Loves Park and continue renovation of unused space at the existing Crusader Community Health on Broadway.
David Ruffin (l), Crusader Community Health Board President and Dawn Mellish, MD, Crusader Chief Medical Officer share a lighter moment during the Senator’s April 6, 2015 visit to Crusader Loves Park facility.
The Crusader Loves Park clinic located at 6115 North 2nd Street, Loves Park, opened in September 2011. The demand for care at this clinic has grown each year with a 22% increase in patients served over the past two years.
During 2014, 10,432 patients received 31,058 visits at the Loves Park location.