Area volunteer opportunities
MICKY BEDELL Forbes Library outreach volunteer Frank Heston delivers books to Nan Lanning at the Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton. Micky Bedell
Published: 3/24/2017 6:33:34 PM RSVP Volunteers Retired with some time on your hands? Lend a hand to local non-profits a few hours each week. Whether it is driving seniors to appointments or delivering meals on wheels, your neighbors need you. RSVP offers a variety of long-term and short-term volunteer opportunities in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. Share your time, skills and experience to benefit others. Contact Pat Sicard, 413-387-4558 or psicard@hampshirecog.org to get started. tax-aide volunteers
Joanne Marqusee to Leave Cooley Dickinson After Seven Years
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NORTHAMPTON Joanne Marqusee, president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson since 2014, announced she will leave that role to become chief integration officer for Wellforce, a growing healthcare system in Eastern Mass. that includes Tufts Medical Center, four community hospital sites, a broad provider network, and a homecare/hospice agency. At Wellforce, she will be responsible for developing and enhancing system-wide services to support operational excellence and growth.
“We are able to provide the best experiences for consumers and our care team when we work together. That is precisely why we are thrilled to add Joanne Marqusee to our Wellforce leadership team as chief integration officer,” said Michael Dandorph, president and CEO of Wellforce. “Joanne understands every type of healthcare setting, from academic centers to community hospitals and physician practices. She excels at leading with transparency and colla
Community vaccine rollout could begin next month
Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton has not turned away patients and is offering all non-COVID-19 related services, such as elective surgeries, with only rare exceptions, a hospital official said. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
HADLEY Cooley Dickinson Health Care officials signaled last week that community rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine is likely to begin in early to mid-February and last for six months.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital has administered around 1,100 first doses of the vaccine in the first phase of the vaccination rollout, with 380 people having also received the second of the two doses, reported Dr. Estevan Garcia, chief medical officer at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. The first phase includes health care providers who work directly with patients, long-term care facilties and health care workers in non-COVID-19 facing care.
From left, Golden Years principals Brian Santaniello, Mary Flahive-Dickson, and Cesar Ruiz Jr.
Cesar Ruiz Jr. describes the business plan for Golden Years Homecare Services as “a living, breathing document.”
That intriguing phrase was chosen to convey many things all at once especially movement, flexibility, seemingly constant change, and a certain ambitious tone.
Indeed, while every business plan is fluid and most are written in pencil figuratively speaking, anyway this one has been altered countless times since it was first drafted more than eight years ago, and the new lines on the page reflect why Ruiz, the company’s president, and the entire leadership team at this East Longmeadow-based venture have been named Top Entrepreneur for 2020 by BusinessWest.
Published: 1/12/2021 7:51:08 PM
NORTHAMPTON Since the start of the pandemic, the Community Food Distribution Project has delivered 27,000 packages of food, according to Alisa Klein, the executive director of Grow Food Northampton, which runs the program with the Northampton Survival Center.
On Tuesday, participants at the Lumber Yard and Florence Heights apartments received an extra container with their regular bundle of food: a warm meal of meatloaf, garlic green beans, and smoked gouda mac and cheese cooked by Jake’s on King Street.
It was the first day of a new initiative launched by Grow Food Northampton and the Downtown Northampton Association. The organizations are providing meals made by local restaurants to people who are food-insecure.