CHESTERTOWN, MD Steven Lucas, MD, and Agnes Galiano, RN, team members of University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Emergency Department, were recently honored as “EveryDay Heroes.” The award was presented by a local realtor, Cindy Genther, of Rock Hall, Md, who nominated them through a contribution to the University of Maryland Chester River […]
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, DE Dr. Janice Nevin, who has served as president and CEO of ChristianaCare since 2014, leading its transformation from a health care system to a system that truly impacts health, will receive the Medal of Honor – atTAcK addiction’s highest honor – at the organization’s ninth annual Be a Hero Gala on October 17, […]
Continue ReadingSEPTEMBER 28, 2024, AT WOR-WIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE Salisbury, MD Wicomico Goes Purple, Wor-Wic Community College, Walk Wicomico and the Wicomico County Health Department are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Shatter the Stigma Walk which will be held on September 28, 2024. This free family friendly walk will take place at Wor-Wic Community College in […]
Continue ReadingAnyone needing pills picked up should complete online form EASTON – Any housebound Talbot County resident with unused medications can have at-home pick up for National Drug Take Back Day on October 26, 2024 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Talbot Goes Purple this week announced its first mobile prescription medication collection from 9 a.m. […]
Continue ReadingReiki sound bath offers reflective, relaxing restoration EASTON, MD A healing communities from addiction sound bath event is set for Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7 p.m. in the garden at Hummingbird Inn in Easton. Nikki Swartz, owner of Living in the Solution Mind Body Wellness, is offering the reiki sound bath as a donation-based […]
Continue ReadingEvent aims to get naloxone everywhere while reducing stigma EASTON, MD Three locations in Talbot County are part of the largest free Naloxone event in the country, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday, September. 26. More than 30 states will host more than 300 free naloxone events for the country’s largest annual free […]
Continue ReadingFalls Prevention Awareness Week is Sep. 23-27, 2024 DOVER, DE The Delaware Coalition for Injury Prevention’s Falls Prevention Team asks Delawareans to reduce broken bones, head injuries, and disabilities by preventing falls. Governor John Carney and Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long proclaimed Sep. 23 to 27, 2024 as Falls Prevention Awareness Week. A fall can impact […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD The 14th annual Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament raised $15,550 – the largest amount in the tournament’s history – to fund the purchase of equipment that will allow state-of-the-art breast MRIs to be performed in the Eleanor and Ethel Leh Women’s Center at University of Maryland (UM) Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. Held […]
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At the QAC Goes Purple Kick-off event held at Church Hill Park on the evening of September 6, 2024 the QAC Drug Free Coalition held a Moment of Silent before the Youth Soccer game. A second Kick-off event will be held on Saturday September 7th from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Route 18 […]
Continue ReadingGEORGETOWN, DE Talking about substance use disorders can be difficult for those struggling to maintain sobriety as well as for their families, but it doesn’t have to be that way. On Saturday, September 14, 2024 atTAcK addiction, a statewide nonprofit founded in 2013 to support those in recovery and their families, will host the first […]
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