December 20, 2017 by Angela

Connecting with Our Marine Life Community

Schurig Center’s Therapeutic Program participants recently visited the Marine Mammal Center, a nonprofit veterinary research and educational center located in Sausalito. Since 1975, the Marine Mammal Center has helped promote ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.

Planned at the suggestion of our Therapeutic Program participants, our outing to the Marine Mammal Center was both educational and FUN! In addition to our special “V.I.P. Behind-The-Scenes” tour where we actually got to meet some of the Center’s current patients, participants had fun socializing over lunch with a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean while taking lots of great photos, and practicing their money handling skills at the gift shop. [Read more…]

November 22, 2017 by Angela

Stroke: Symptoms & Recovery

Photos of Rona Renner, Patricia Gill & Dr. Diane Barnes “About Health with Nurse Rona Renner” on KPFA 94.1
A stroke happens every 40 seconds in the U.S. and is the fifth leading cause of death, killing about 140,000 Americans each year.

Recovery from a stroke is a life long process, and there are many people, like Nurse Rona Renner’s guests, Dr. Diane Barnes and Patricia Gill, Schurig Center’s Executive Director, who have stories to offer of hope and recovery.

(Original air date: November 20, 2017)

November 17, 2017 by Angela

Celebrating Our Veterans

Our fabulous veterans Tod Fleming, John Nelson and Scott Parkhurst

Leading up to Veterans Day, we honored our friends here at the Schurig Center who have proudly served our country with a special Veterans Day celebration.

The Center looked festive with lots of red, white and blue decorations and of course, “Old Glory.” Therapeutic Program participants had the opportunity to help create artwork and design the layout for our special “Thank You for Your Service” display table, which was used to showcase TONS of great photos, medals and memorabilia from our three veterans who proudly served in the Army and Navy respectively. [Read more…]