Three days a week, Ed Parda travels three hours roundtrip from his home in Piscataquis County to a dialysis clinic in Skowhegan for treatment that he needs to stay alive.
Three days a week, Ed Parda travels three hours roundtrip from his home in Piscataquis County to a dialysis clinic in Skowhegan for treatment that he needs to stay alive.
Parda, 82, has end-stage kidney disease, meaning his kidneys are damaged and do not filter waste and extra fluid from his blood as well as they should.
DOVER-FOXCROFT Northern Light Mayo Hospital and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension are working together to improve access to fresh, local produce through gleaning, the art of recovering leftover food from local farm fields and farmers markets and redirecting it back to our community.
The organizations founded the Highland Area Gleaners program this summer to collect produce that might have been missed in the field or that hasn’t been sold at the farm stand.
Northern Light CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals are teaming up with local schools and others in the community to spread awareness and encourage mammograms in October to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Awareness activities include messages on the Center Theatre marquee in Dover-Foxcroft, wear pink days at both hospitals and in the community every Wednesday, pink ribbons for patients and employees, and pink lights on the hospital campuses.
DOVER-FOXCROFT The last few weeks of summer vacation is a vulnerable time for children and families who experience food insecurity. In response, Northern Light Mayo Hospital employees came together to hold the Food Drive 4 Kids to collect fruit cups, juice boxes, granola bars, jam and jelly, and other kid-focused food for distribution in our communities.