SwedishAmerican Hospital issued the following announcement on Oct. 2.
SwedishAmerican will host an open house to provide information on the Medical Career Exploring Post offered to local youth ages 14-20.
The open house will be held Tuesday, October 15 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford in Conference Room 2 in the first-floor conference center. Parents and interested youth are encouraged to attend to learn more about the program and register to join the Post.
The Exploring program assists youth in learning more about career fields they are interested in, while developing leadership skills. Programs often involve tours, job shadowing, youth leadership opportunities and meeting people in the professional community that they are interested in pursuing.
For more information about Exploring Posts, you can visit www.exploring.org. For specific information about this medical field Post, please contact Becky Hopper at 815-315-6542 or rahopper@swedishamerican.org.
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