Hickory, NC – Frye Regional Medical Center and the Tenet Healthcare Foundation have awarded a $5000 grant to the Council on Adolescents of Catawba County, Inc. The grant, designated to support programs that promote wellness for youth, was presented to Director JoAnn Spees on October 7. 

“We are extremely grateful to Frye and the Tenet Healthcare Foundation for their generous donation,” Spees said. “This gift will allow us to continue to provide much needed services to the youth of our community.”

The Council on Adolescents provides education programming aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy, as well as tobacco, drug and substance use.  Programs are available to parents of adolescents as well. For more information, call 828-322-4591.

Endowed by Tenet, the Foundation, along with Frye Regional Medical Center, directs grants to help healthcare needs in the communities served by facilities owned by Tenet hospitals. The Foundation also provides grants to various educational, social services, civic and humanities-supporting organizations nationwide.

Frye Regional Medical Center is a 355-bed acute care facility located at 420 North Center Street in Hickory, NC.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of Catawba County since 1911.  The hospital’s main campus includes a comprehensive heart center and cardiac rehab, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, center for neurosciences, cancer center and women’s pavilion.  Frye has several extended campuses to serve families throughout the area including: Wellness and Education Center which houses the Center For Diabetes Self-Management Care, perinatal education and community wellness classes; South Campus for psychiatric services; Viewmont and Tate Surgery Centers; Vein and Wound Center/Infusion Care; Pain Center; Piedmont Therapy, offering sports and industrial rehabilitation; an urgent care facility; FryeCare, an outpatient diagnostic facility; Alexander Campus, which provides 24 hour emergency care along with diagnostic and laboratory services and infusion care; plus HealthPoint, which provides extensive industrial services and programs to employers.

Frye Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about the hospital, visit www.fryemedctr.com