Along with the Art & Fine Craft booths there will be free face painting, wonderful food, gourmet coffee and fresh smoothie booth.

Artists interested in maintaining a booth at the show:
The fee is $75.00 per 12 x 12 spaces. All of the proceeds are a donation to the school and are non-refundable.
If you have any questions regarding the show or application, please contact Julie Kypreos at (302)245-6655 or email jkypreos@mchsi.com .

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The Salisbury School, currently celebrating its 41st year, was founded in 1979 and has a student body of 325. The Salisbury School proudly nurture’s and develops each child’s intellectual potential. With a state of the art website, access to all programs and academic transparency are a guarantee for the success of the students. TSS is located at 6279 Hobbs Road, Salisbury, Maryland 21804.

For further information regarding The Salisbury School contact Jennifer Palmerjepalmer@thesalisburyschool.org or 410-742-4464 ext. 145

Addressing the symposium guests and setting the tone for the evening, Dale Reddish, MSN, CRNP, coordinator of Shore Regional Breast Center, said, “Taking a multi-disciplinary approach to cancer treatment and survival is critical. Each of you has played an integral role in the lives of the patients we care for together.”

On behalf of Shore Health System, Reddish thanked the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure for 13 years of support. Komen grants have been used for community outreach that provided education about breast health and treatment options. Grants from Komen also supported Shore Health’s breast cancer clinical trials programs.

Breast cancer survivor Edla Coleman told the symposium participants her story of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Coleman’s experience compelled her to become a mentor with Survivors Offering Support (SOS). She now oversees the SOS program at Shore Regional Breast Center, where she connects newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with women who have survived the experience.

Coleman explained, “Being a mentor for SOS takes a random, horrible experience and brings it full circle. Some women say they would go through having breast cancer all over again to be of service in this way.”

Next on the symposium program was Mary DeShields, MD, senior investigator and director of the Shore Health System Cancer Clinical Trials Program. Dr. DeShields, who is also a medical oncologist, talked about the challenges and benefits of conducting cancer clinical trials in a rural community.

“Patients who participate in a cancer trial are guaranteed to get the highest standard of care while staying close to home,” Dr. DeShields explained. “Society also benefits because clinical trials make it possible for us to add to the body of information needed to improve how we treat cancer.”

Closing the program, acupuncturist Monika Armbruster, L.Ac, from Shore Health’s Center for Integrative Medicine, explained how acupuncture, massage, meditation and psychotherapy complement other treatments and support programs available for cancer patients.

“We want to empower people to live life to the fullest,” Armbruster said. She offers a free 15-minute consultation to help people choose the services that will support their physical, emotional and mental health.

To learn more about Shore Regional Breast Center, call 410-820-9400 or visit www.shorehealth.org/services/breastcenter. Information about cancer clinical trials offered through Shore Health System is available by calling 410- 820-6800, ext. 2300 or visit www.shorehealth.org/services/clinicaltrials. For information about the Center for Integrative Medicine, call 410-770-9400 or visit www.shorehealth.org/services/intmed.

In photos:

Above: The Shore Regional Breast Center team, which is based at the Memorial Hospital at Easton, includes (left to right) Mattie Foundation, community outreach worker; Dale Reddish, MSN, CRNP, coordinator; Consuelo Carpenter, community outreach worker; Edla Coleman, coordinator, Survivors Offering Support; Sara McCafferty, receptionist; Joanie Peters, nursing assistant; and Jane Escher, RN, case worker.

At left: Pictured at the Mid-Shore Breast Health Symposium are (left to right) Chris Levey, MD, Chief of Radiology for Shore Health System; Roberta Lilly, MD, medical director for Shore Regional Breast Center; Mary DeShields, MD, senior investigator and director of the Shore Health System Cancer Clinical Trials Program; and Dale Reddish, MSN, CRNP, coordinator of Shore Regional Breast Center.

At left, below: Dale Reddish, MSN, CRNP, (left) coordinator of Shore Regional Breast Center, thanks Lori Yates, Eastern Shore Field Coordinator for the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, for Komen’s 13 years of grant funding.

The following boards and commissions have upcoming vacancies; Agriculture Preservation Advisory Board, Bay Bridge Airport, Board of Building Appeals, Community Partnerships for Children, Dept. of Emergency Services Advisory Board, Electronic Media Advisory Board, Housing Authority, Local Workforce Investment Board, Personnel Board and Social Services Board.

Interested county residents may send a letter of interest and resume, no later than close of business on May 30, 2012 by e-mail to: lsalvatori@qac.org. Please put the name of the Board in the subject line. Or mail to: Queen Anne’s County Commissioners Office, The Liberty Building, 107 North Liberty Street, Centreville, MD 21617.

In addition, the Medical-Surgical Unit was awarded the “Extraordinary Advances in Patient and Family Centered Care” Award through the generosity of an endowment from Dick and Janet Davidson. Mr. Davidson is former CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), serving from 1991-2007 in that role. From 1969-1991, he served as the first president of the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA). Davidson and his family have endowed this prestigious award.
The scholarships are endowed through donations to the AAMC Foundation from individual and corporate supporters. They are designed to encourage and support AAMC employees who have been employed more than six months and are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate nursing program.

“Our supporters take great pride in honoring our nursing staff and recognize that an investment in nursing is an investment in the future of patient care,” said Lisa Hillman, president of the AAMC Foundation.

“These scholarships will make a difference not only in the lives of the recipients, but they will have a lasting impact on our patients whose lives are touched by a nurse each and every day,” said Sherry Perkins, chief nursing officer and chief operating offer, Anne Arundel Medical Center.

The Nursing Scholarship Endowment began in 1990 as a memorial to Marlene Reiter, a registered nurse at AAMC. Since then, the AAMC Foundation has established an endowment fund and distributed nearly $500,000 to 175 AAMC recipients by donations from community leaders and corporations.

Scholarship recipients are chosen by the Nursing Scholarship Committee, which includes nurse managers, previous scholarship recipients, AAMC Foundation and other leaders within the organization.

This year’s recipients are:
June Brouse – George and Patricia Benson Nursing Scholarship
Susana Bradbury – Al & Mary Vittek Nursing Advancement Fund
Erin Spaniol – Shirley A. Wheeler Nursing Scholarship
Jennifer Dupre – AAMC Medical Staff Nursing Scholarship
Debbie Sears – John W. Gosselin Nursing Scholarship
Melanie Lee – Sheehy Nursing Scholarship
Kathy Bieler – Shelley Alion and Robert Welch Nursing Scholarship
Denise Schmitt – Gus & Marjorie Berlitz Charitable Trust for Nursing Advancement & Excellence
Cheryl Briggs – Balfe Clifford Nursing Scholarship
Brittany Townsend – Community Fund Nursing Scholarship Award
Catherine Riordan – Izzo & Patane Nursing Scholarship
Karmell Wilson – Gordon & Jean Wells Nursing Scholarship

In addition to the scholarship recipients, the nurses took the time at the dinner to honor their outstanding partners with awards:

Dr. Mark Hamil, anesthesiology- Outstanding Physician Partner
AAMC Pharmacy- Outstanding Clinical Partner

In photo: Susana Bradbury, AAMC Labor and Delivery, is this year’s recipient of the Al & Mary Vittek Nursing Advancement Fund. Susana poses with CDR Albert W. Vittek, USN (Ret) at the Annual Nursing Celebration Dinner at Anne Arundel Medical Center.

The monitor is used by specially trained staff at the Requard Radiation Oncology Center to check the amount of radiation being generated from the machine that is used to treat cancer patients. The monitor also measures the shape and energy of the radiation beam that will penetrate the targeted tumor.

“By law we are required to take daily measurements that validate the performance of our two linear accelerators, the machines we use to deliver radiation treatments for cancer patients. Every morning, before we treat the first patient, we take a series of technically complex measurements to ensure that treatments are both safe and effective for each person who comes to our center,” says Phillip Sawyer, MS, lead medical physicist for the Requard Radiation Oncology Center. “Having this data helps us define even more precise dosage calculation and treatment delivery so that we can help ensure that the radiation received by our patients is the most effective dose possible.”

The new monitor also tracks the performance of the radiation machines and gives the physicists an early warning sign that service may be required.

“This monitor really helps us keep our linear accelerators in working order so we are less likely to have downtime and unnecessary appointment rescheduling for our patients,” says Brian Leutner, director of oncology services for Shore Health System. “We are grateful to the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for their continued generosity to the Cancer Center.”

For more information about Shore Regional Cancer Center, call 410-820-6800 or visit www.shorehealth.org/services/cancercenter.

In photo: Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteer Julie Wojcik looks on as Phillip Sawyer, MS, lead medical physicist for the Requard Radiation Oncology Center, reviews the daily data measurements collected by the quality assurance radiation monitor. The monitor was purchased by the Auxiliary through the 2011 Tree of Lights campaign.

CPSP is an international organization that accredits training programs in hospital chaplaincy, pastoral psychotherapy, pastoral supervision and pastoral counseling. The training programs are generally held in a hospital setting. Shore Health is nationally accredited by CPSP to train clergy, seminarians and select lay caregivers in hospital chaplaincy. Participants develop skills in the specialized field of healthcare ministry through classroom instruction and supervised clinical experience.

CPSP also certifies individual candidates who have completed their training. Certifications include hospital chaplain, pastoral psychotherapist, palliative and hospice chaplain, and diplomat, which is a teacher.

Childs, certified by CPSP as a diplomat, the highest certification for individuals certified as teachers, will take office as president-elect in March 2013 for one year, followed by two years as president of the organization. CPSP General Secretary, Raymond J. Lawrence, DMin, feels the CPSP community is blessed to have such a distinguished scholar and religious leader to accept this office. In addition to his work at Shore Health, Childs is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Baltimore. Earlier he held a chair as Professor of Pastoral Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary and earned his PhD from Princeton.

“CPSP is an organization that has been in existence for 22 years,” Childs says. “They’ve grown rapidly, particularly in the last five years. Training centers keep popping up because hospital systems see what a good job they do.”

In photo: Brian Childs, PhD, Director of Clinical Ethics and Spiritual Care for Shore Health System.

A special thanks to our volunteers and businesses that supported the planting of Sun Flowers for our “Fields for HOPE” to bring Awareness to Suicide Prevention in our area.

Student Volunteers:

Jalessa Sydnor, 11th grade Kent Island High School
Jose Syndnor, 7th Stevensville Middle School
Jake Smith, graduate from Queen Anne’s County High School
Caityln McKnight – 10th Queen Anne’s County High School
Micki Butler, Cub Scout Pack 495
Pariss Butler, youngest project volunteer

Adult Volunteers:
Tammy Shay, Queen Anne’s County Board of Education
Elaine Butler, YES IMALIVE
Reece Butler, YES IMALIVE
Terry Ober, OberHere Promotions/RESET Program

Business Donations:

Pepsi Bottling Ventures, Salisbury, Md.
Domino’s Pizza, Stevensville, Md.
Karen Timms, donation of seeds
Price & Gannon True Value Hardware, Centreville, Md. – donation of seeds
Talbot Ag Supply, Queen Anne, Md. – donation of seeds
OberHere Promotions, Ridgely, Md. – tractor and planting equipment

Please stop by and view the field located 411 Canoe Circle in the Stevensville Business park, Stevensville, Md.

Volunteers needed to harvest the crop in October. Enjoy the pictures included.