NEWS RELEASE
MYMICHIGAN
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – MyMichigan Health is thrilled to be a partner of the 2025 International 500 in Sault Ste. Marie. Held now to Feb. 1, the I-500 is a unique event that highlights excellence and endurance in the world of racing. As a dedicated partner, MyMichigan is committed to offering comprehensive medical support to ensure the safety and well-being of all participants and snowmobiling enthusiasts.
Many of the ways in which MyMichigan is prepared is its active participation in the event’s emergency preparedness; providing one EMS side by side team and two Advanced Life Support ambulances at the racetrack; supporting our local Sault Fire/EMS; ensuring adequate community coverage for race and 911 calls; providing training on new helmet removal devices; providing trauma team availability, Emergency Department and operating room coverage, offering blood bank resources and more.
MyMichigan Health is honored to contribute to this exhilarating event and eagerly anticipates a successful and safe International 500. Those interested in more information on this annual tradition in the Sault may visit. www.i-500.com.
MyMichigan Health, a non-profit health system headquartered in Midland, Michigan, is a leader in providing award-winning, high-quality care to the 26-counties it serves. With Medical Centers in Alma, Alpena, Clare, Gladwin, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw*, Sault Ste. Marie, Standish*, Tawas* and West Branch, MyMichigan also has affiliations with Medical Centers in St. Ignace* and Mackinac Island.* MyMichigan Health provides a full continuum of care across a wide array of settings, including urgent care centers, home health, virtual care, as well as medical offices in more than 80 specialties and subspecialties including cardiology, family medicine, hematology/oncology, neurosciences, orthopedics, pediatrics, vascular surgery, and more. MyMichigan Health demonstrates its commitment to the future of medicine by partnering with leading institutions to offer medical education programs that train medical students, physicians, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, nursing students and other clinical experts for our region. Recognized by Forbes in 2022, 2023 and 2024, as one of ‘America’s Best Employers by State,’ MyMichigan is a major employer in all of the areas it serves. In fact, its more than 13,800 employees, volunteers, health care providers and other personnel work together to create healthy communities through solutions designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the more than one million residents in the health system’s 26 counties served. In fiscal year 2023, MyMichigan Health provided more than $128 million in community benefits, as well as supported its patients and families with new equipment, services and programs with funds raised by the MyMichigan Health Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw Foundation, MyMichigan Medical Center Tawas Foundation, and the Field Neurosciences Institute.
*Not affiliated with the University of Michigan Health System
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