HPH's Cafeteria is known as "The Light House Cafe." Nutritional Services is your healthcare food service provider. We employ competent staff members dedicated to providing quality nutritional services to patients and hospital staff, our consumers.

Looking to support the hospital's mission of continuous improvement of health status and health care delivery, Nutritional Services' caring staff members strive to meet your nutritional needs.

To facilitate the continuous improvement of nutritional services provided to our consumers by viewing problems as "opportunities" that promote positive change and to provide a forum for open dialogue resulting in consumer satisfaction and well being.

To be recognized as a center for excellence that best reflects our care and concern to you and ALL consumers we serve, seeking every opportunity to meet your nutritional needs as the privilege it is and to participate in quality treatment that results in overall improvement of your health and well being.

Bob Bowers

Nutritional Services Director

Whether or not you are healthy, TeamHPH is for those who desire to improve their health or maintain it. Bottom line is that doing nothing will only make matters worse. It's not too late to set your fitness goals, short term and long term. It makes sense to take care of yourself, if we claim to be in support of healthcare, right? Of course! And not only that, it's fun getting together with co-workers who desire to maintain or improve their health.

The most important step along this journey is the first one ... decide to do something.

In late 2007, Bob Bowers, Director of Nutritional Services decided for several reasons to do something. "I needed to become more active", Bowers said. A Registered Dietitian, husband to his lovely wife, Ramona, a father of three great kids ...  Bowers  realized if he didn't do something soon, he would become too out of shape to set the right example for his kids.

With his son, Tate, deciding to try cross country, Bowers realized what a neat opportunity it would be to keep the communication lines open with his then 14 year old son, Tate.  "Ramona & I took Tate & Emily, our son and our youngest daughter to cheer them on as they ran in the Firecracker Frolic 5K Road Race in Easley on July 4, 2007. They were having so much fun completing the 3.1 miles in a little over 23 minutes that it inspired me to enter some races, too."  Bowers ran in the Springwater Festival 5K with his son, Tate and the Lauren's Hope 5K with his daughter, Emily. In 2008, Bowers ran in 10 races, including the RUN DOWNTOWN 5K.

http://sc.milesplit.us/meets/43873/results/83332

The above link will take you to the 2009 RUN DOWNTOWN results. IF... you scroll down,  you'll see Bowers finished in 1226th place ... out of 1992 (The TOP 62%) who actually completed the race!!!  Of the men running, Bowers was 793 of 1041 (The Top 77%) who finished; Of the men in the 45 - 49 age group, Bowers was 85 of 124 (The Top 69%) who finished.

Check his improvement.

Last year 2008, Bowers was in 1485th place out of 2061 (The TOP 73%) who finished. Of the men running, he was 913 of 1084 (The TOP 85%) who finished; Of the men in the 45 - 49 age group, he was 89 of 105  (The TOP 85%) who finished.

OUTCOME: After a year - an 11% improvement against the overall field; an 8% improvement against other men; a 16% improvement against the men in the 45 - 49 age group.

And by the way, Bowers improved his time, too!  If you are interested in making improvements to WELLNESS - one STRIDE at a time, then consider becoming part of TeamHPH during 2009. Call Bob at 678 for additional information.