By Bonnie Sherwood – The Cayce-West Columbia January Breakfast Meeting, Tuesday, featured Kirk Jenkins, CEO of Lexington Health, as guest speaker. Lexington Health hosted the meeting at Stone River in West Columbia.

The event brought together local business leaders for networking and connection, while also recognizing the Chamber’s Pacesetter Sponsors, and honoring Chamber Board Members who have completed
their terms of service. The award winners of the 2025 Holiday Parade of Lights, were also recognized.

Jenkins spoke about the importance of supporting one another and how Lexington Health plays an active role in that mission. (Photos by Tim James, Hunter Sox, Bonnie Sherwood)

Jenkins also presented some Lexington Health-related data for FY 2025 that included:

• 95,057 Emergency Department Visits
• 35,177 Surgeries
• 31,527 In patient Admissions
• 3,916 Deliveries (New babies)
• The new Cayce Urgent Care since opening day (Jan 3, 2024) has had 57,921 Visits