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Adapted from Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) press releases:

Registration is still open for the 9th annual Wheeling for Healing bike/walk/run benefit on Sunday, August 21st, that will start and end at Greenfield Community College (GCC).  The event features 3 different rides:  a 10-mile route through the Greenfield meadows; a moderate 25-mile ride through Bernardston, Gill, Turners Falls, and Greenfield; and a challenging 50-mile route that goes up into the hills of Warwick and Wendell.  The walk/run course includes the GCC campus as well as neighboring streets, all within safe, low-traffic, areas.

Adapted from Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) press releases:

Our local hospital offers many classes on health related topics, as well as several monthly support groups, at no charge to the public.  In July, there will be an opportunity to learn about a dietary approach to stopping hypertension in addition to meetings for caregivers, stroke survivors, amputees, and their friends and family.

Adapted from a Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) press release:

Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Community Benefits Advisory Council (CBAC) will host a “Community Listening Session”, focusing on community health needs, on Tuesday, June 7th, from 3PM to 5PM, in the John Olver Transit Center (12 Olive Street), 1st floor meeting room.  The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.

Adapted from a Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) press release:

In honor of National Volunteer Week, April 10th through 16th, BFMC Volunteer Services Manager Becky George will be holding two group interview and information sessions for potential volunteers.  This is an opportunity for you, your family, and friends to learn more about what kinds of volunteer opportunities are available at the hospital.  The first will held on Friday, April 15th, from 10AM to 11AM, and the second will take place on Tuesday, April 19th, from 2:30PM to 3:30PM.