Deer Creek Family Care Donates $1,200 to Area High Schools

Deer Creek Family Care donated $1,200 to area high schools as part of its annual sports physical program, administered at Grinnell Regional Medical Center affiliated clinics.

Each year the Deer Creek Family Care hosts a sports physical program in which fees collected are donated back to the school of the student’s choice. South Tama County Schools received $940. Other schools with students participating in the program were Belle Plaine, BGM, East Marshall, GMG Schools, and Marshalltown Schools.

“The sports physicals program provides an excellent opportunity to support the community schools while meeting a requirement for student participation in activities,” explains Sherry Parks, PA-C, Deer Creek Family Care. “In addition to ensuring the students are healthy to participate in sports, we’re connecting with and talking to our youth about positive, healthy behaviors.”

Parks, Michelle Rebelsky, MD, David Cranston, MD, provide care at Deer Creek Family Care including the sports physicals.  Parks sees patients throughout the week as a family care provider. She has been with the clinic for more than 10 years. Rebelsky sees patients one day a week in Toledo in addition to seeing patients at Grinnell Regional Family Care, Grinnell, four days a week. Cranston sees patients four days a week. Jessie Collum, ARNP, will be joining the practice and seeing patients soon.

Deer Creek Family Care, an affiliate of Grinnell Regional Medical Center, has been serving Tama and Toledo area residents consistently since 1999. It is located at 401 First Ave., Toledo. For more information on this program or health concerns call 641-484-2602.