The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has presented Mercy Medical Center’s Family Life Center in Springfield with the 2023 Breastfeeding Achievement Award. Mercy Medical Center is one of 19 hospitals recognized for the maternity care practice of “providing routine newborn exams, procedures and care in the mother’s room.” The award recipients were announced recently at the Breastfeeding in The Bay State Conference.
Mercy’s Family Life Center offers breastfeeding support before delivery, during the hospital stay, and after discharge to encourage, teach and support families who choose to breastfeed.
Earlier this year, Mercy’s Family Life Center was also recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program as a “Bronze Safe Sleep Hospital” for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep.
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The Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield has announced its December 2023 Networking Crawl and January 2024 Leadership Luncheon with speaker Meghan Rothschild. Springfield YPS concentrates its efforts on business and career development, networking, social & cultural involvement and community activism. To learn more, visit https://www.springfieldyps.com/.
Upcoming events include:
— SantaCon YPS Networking Crawl in downtown Springfield on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting at 350 Grill, located at 350 Worthington St.
— Leadership Luncheon: From Underestimated to Bossed Up with Meghan Rothschild on Tuesday, Jan. 9, from noon to 1 p.m., at Springfield Public Library (East Forest Park Branch), 136 Surrey Rd.
Springfield YPS is an organization built to exchange ideas, share common interests and cultivate its membership to serve as the Pioneer Valley’s leaders of tomorrow.
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Monson Savings Bank recently donated $1,000 to HomeFront Strong, formerly known as the Brookfield Institute, in support of its annual Shaped by Service Art Show.
HomeFront Strong’s Shaped by Service Art Show, hosted by Workshop13 at its Artworks Gallery, highlights the healing power of art for many of our service members, veterans, and their families. The artwork of service members, veterans, and their family members were displayed at Artworks Gallery in Ware during the Artists Reception on Veterans Day weekend.
To learn more about HomeFront Strong, visit https://brookfieldinstitute.org/
