Connie Bradley SVP – System Chief Nursing Executive | Aspirus Langlade Hospital
Connie Bradley SVP – System Chief Nursing Executive | Aspirus Langlade Hospital
The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized all 18 Aspirus Health hospitals as Tree Campus institutions for 2024. This acknowledgment highlights their commitment to tree investment, education, and community engagement to enhance community well-being. Notably, Aspirus Health's hospitals are among only 59 hospitals nationwide to receive this designation.
Aspirus Health hospitals earning this recognition include:
- Aspirus Divine Savior (Portage, Wis.)
- Aspirus Eagle River
- Aspirus Iron River
- Aspirus Ironwood
- Aspirus Keweenaw (Laurium, Mich.)
- Aspirus Lake View (Two Harbors, Minn.)
- Aspirus Langlade (Antigo, Wis.)
- Aspirus Medford
- Aspirus Merrill
- Aspirus Plover
- Aspirus Rhinelander
- Aspirus St. Luke’s (Duluth, Minn.)
- Aspirus Stanley
- Aspirus Stevens Point
- Aspirus Tomahawk
- Aspirus Wausau
- Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids
- Howard Young Medical Center (Woodruff, Wis.)
"Healthcare institutions like Aspirus Health’s 18 hospitals are at the forefront of recognizing the profound impact nature can have on human health," stated Michelle Saulnier, Vice President of Programs at the Arbor Day Foundation. "By integrating trees and green spaces into their campuses, facilities like Aspirus Healths’ are not only creating healing environments today, but they are also building a foundation for healthier, more resilient communities in the future."
Andrew Miller, Director of System Facilities Management and Security for Aspirus Health, expressed the organization's mission: “As a health system, we recognize the critical importance trees play in the health of individuals and communities,” he said. “We believe planting and caring for trees is the right thing to do and aligns with our mission of healing people, promoting health and strengthening communities.”
The Tree Campus program, led by the Arbor Day Foundation, encourages various institutions to utilize trees to improve their communities. Since 1972, the foundation, in collaboration with its global network of over a million supporters and partners, has planted more than 500 million trees across 60 countries.
The recognition is based on five core standards: maintaining a tree advisory committee, having a facility tree care plan, completing a community forestry project, educating the community on the connection between trees and human health, and investing in a campus tree program.
For more information about the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus program, one can visit arborday.org.
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