June 22, 2009

Photo Finish for the June 22, 2009 issue

PHOTO/COURTESY Milford Regional Medical Center recently held its fifth annual Melange, an event designed to raise funds for the center's programs and services. This year focused on a masquerade theme with more than 180 people in attendance at the Milford Town Hall, which was decorated to look like a Florentine ballroom. Pictured, from left to right, are Milford Regional Medical Center executives: Francis M. Saba, CEO; David Levesque, hospice manager; Jean Masciarelli, director of home health services; Edward J. Kelly, president; Elaine Osgood, event chairperson; Martin Richman, vice president of philanthropy; and Roger Calarese, board of trustee chairman.

PHOTO/COURTESY HealthAlliance Hospital of Leominster recently invited James Conway, senior vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to speak to members of the board of trustees, the medical staff, the quality and safety department, and senior management. Conway's presentation focused on a governing board and leadership's role in quality and safety. Pictured, from left to right, are: Patrick Muldoon, president and CEO of HealthAlliance Hospital; Diane Power, president of the hospital's medical staff; James Conway, senior vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Gail Allen, the hospital's board of trustees' chair; and Val Slayton, chief medical officer at HealthAlliance Hospital.

PHOTO/COURTESY Omnova Solutions Inc. in Fitchburg recently made a $3,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club of North Central Massachusetts. The technology-based company, headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio, will donate a total of $27,500 to education, health/welfare, civic projects and the arts in 2009. Pictured, from left to right, are: Sarah Degnan, administrative assistant at Omnova Solutions; Anthony Fratturelli and Nathaniel Perkins, members of the Boys & Girls Club of Central Mass.; and Thomas Cleveland, operations manager at Omnova Solutions.

PHOTO/COURTESY P.J. Keating Co. in Lunenburg recently hosted sixth grade students from Sky View Middle School in Leominster and provided them with tours of the company's quarry, recycling center and hot mix asphalt. The lessons and information from the tour coincided with the students' lessons in earth science, math, and technology and engineering classes. Some of the nearly 300 students that visited the company over the two-day field trip program are pictured above.

PHOTO/COURTESY At the Greendale Mall, children learned about doctor visits, hospital emergency rooms and general safety tips and rules at a recent Teddy Bear Clinic sponsored by UMass Memorial Medical Center of Worcester. The clinic allowed children to bring their favorite stuffed animal or doll for a â€œcheck-up,â€ which prepared them for the kind of check-ups they are likely to have when they go to see a doctor. Parents on hand also had the opportunity to learn about physicians at UMass Memorial Medical Center, as well as pediatric information. Pictured are some of the clinic's visitors creating â€œband-aid art.â€