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The Paper | Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Crossroads Spine & Wellness relocates office
Braselton Campaign Cabinet members from left to right include; Andrea DeCook, Nancy Panoz (honorary co-chair), Tony Funari (chair), Rhonda Stites, Terry Evans, Caryn McGarity, Hardy Johnson, Cindy Green, and Garol Orr. Not picture; Don Panoz (honorary co-chair) and Carl Williams
Inaugural volunteer leaders announced for new Braselton hospital – As Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton grows in its services to the community, The Medical Center Foundation has announced key volunteer leadership to help build philanthropic support for the new hospital. Tony Funari, campaign chairman for The Medical Center Foundation’s campaign to benefit NGMC Braselton, has been recruiting community leaders to serve as campaign cabinet members. In addition to Funari, who is leading the day-to-day activities as chairman, Don and Nancy Panoz are serving as honorary co-chairs. Other campaign cabinet members include Andrea DeCook, Terry Evans, Cindy Green, Hardy Johnson, Caryn McGarity, Garol Orr, Rhonda Stites and Carl Williams. “We have worked behind the scenes for several months to identify and recruit the ‘best of the best’ leaders for the first-ever campaign to benefit NGMC Braselton” says Funari. “Time and again, participants in The Medical Center Foundation’s community-driven feasibility study recommended many of these community and business leaders. I am very excited to report we have recruited leadership who have tremendous influ-
Rabies clinics held The Jackson County Health Department, Commerce Veterinary Hospital, Jefferson Animal Hospital and the Jackson County 4-H Club teamed up May 6-9 to host 19 rabies vaccination clinics at 16 different locations around the county so pet owners could take advantage of reduced-cost rabies vaccinations. Charles Phelps captured this small dog getting a rabies shot in the parking lot of the Braselton Brothers Store complex.
ence, are passionate about their community and will absolutely ensure the community’s vision of creating a destination of hope, healing and wellness through support of The Medical Center Foundation.” Philanthropy has long been a critical part of NGHS’s ability to provide exceptional, health-enhancing components. Donor support will make it possible for NGMC Braselton to become a true healing environment both inside and outside. The outdoor space master plan includes many healing gardens and walking trails, while intimate spaces within the hospital. Those spaces include family consultation and quiet rooms – which create a warm and comfortable environment for patient families and staff – as well as dedicated places for healthrelated programs to be offered to the community. “Once funded, these additional indoor and outdoor spaces will create a stressreducing environment that promotes health, healing, prevention and wellness for the entire community,” says Anthony Williamson, president of NGMC Braselton. “Community partnerships are needed to complete this vision, which will only happen with 100-percent philan-
thropic support.” Since 1999, The Medical Center Foundation has raised more than $45 million to improve the health and quality of life for the people of northeast Georgia, and 100 percent of every donation supports funding initiatives. “We simply could not do all we do without our volunteer leadership,” says Nancy Colston, president and chief development officer for The Medical Center Foundation. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with these dedicated volunteer leaders as they foster partnerships to help us fulfill the community’s vision and ensure longterm healthcare excellence for northeast Georgia for generations to come.” The Medical Center Foundation is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization and the philanthropic arm for NGHS, providing sound stewardship of philanthropic support for both NGMC Gainesville and NGMC Braselton – community hospitals which receive no local tax support and serve everyone regardless of ability to pay. For more information about The Medical Center Foundation’s Campaign to benefit NGMC Braselton, contact The Medical Center Foundation at 770219-8099.
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Downtown Braselton welcomes one of their newest businesses — Crossroads Spine & Wellness. The Braselton Downtown Development Authority (DDA) joined the staff in a ribboncutting on May 14. Dr. Randy McSkulin and his wife, Vista, are the owners of the business and are thrilled to serve the community with services to aid in healing from the simple aches and pains caused by daily household living to traumatic injuries. They see patients who have problems caused from everyday tasks as well as those who suffered something more severe such as auto accidents or sports related injuries. Crossroads Spine & Wellness offers massage therapy, weight loss programs complete with cleanses and challenges, light therapy for diabetic neuropathy, treatment of consistent headaches/migraines, shoulder/arm pain, low back pain, hip/leg pain, sciatica, foot/ankle pain, painful joints, and more. Most of these issues can be relieved with simple chiropractic care. At Crossroads Spine & Wellness, there is a rehabilitation room, an x-ray room, a cozy massage therapy room and a room with a spinal decompression therapy apparatus. Spinal decompression helps to gently stretch a decompressed spine that can be very unpleasant for the patient. By stretching it, the spine’s force and position changes, which takes pressure off of the spinal disks. McSkulin said that a lot of patients who experience discomfort do not realize that spinal decompression therapy is an option, so he is trying to spread the word about this non-surgical method of relief. “We have many facets of care, from the
simplest to very complex,” said McSkulin. The McSkulin duo chose Braselton as the home of Crossroads Spine & Wellness after moving away from a 20-year stint in Gwinnett County because of the character. They enjoy the small-town community combined with the town’s ambition to grow and flourish. Vista McSkulin said that Braselton and the surrounding communities meet the business model and purpose—to serve the community in the best possible way as well as supporting the other downtown businesses. They hope to join the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and be an integral part of that organization as well as among other downtown business owners. They are currently searching for a community church to become involved with. In 1989, Randy received his Doctor of Chiropractic at Life Chiropractic College in Marietta. He is certified in Neuromuscular Massage Therapy, Decompression Therapy and Anodyne Therapy, and is certified to use electrical therapeutic modalities and x-ray proficiency in the field of spinal and skeletal disorders. He has been awarded Chiropractor of the Year two times. Vista has her PhD in Christian Clinical Counseling from Florida Christian University and is also certified in Anodyne Therapy. She is currently pursuing her Chiropractic Assistant Certification. The clinic is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and reopens from 2:30-6:30 p.m On Thursday, the hours are 2:30-6:30 p.m. They can be reached at (706) 654-2400. Their company Facebook page is updated recently, and can be viewed by visiting www. facebook.com/crossroadschiro/timeline.
Farah Bohannon The Paper
Crossroads Spine & Wellness is now located in Olde Town on Highway 53 in Braselton. Recently the Braselton Downtown Development Authority held a ribboncutting.