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Greenwich Alliance AVID Transition to College Program: “They prepare you so well!”

The Greenwich Alliance for Education in the midst of their second “T2C” Transition to College workshop series. On Wednesday there was a workshop at the YMCA Greenwich titled, “College Culture: Drugs and Alcohol on Campus.” The workshop included ways to stay safe, know resources, and establish boundaries in the new space of college. Continue Reading →

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Swim Across America Open Water Swim Draws Hundreds to Long Island Sound

Swim Across America’s funding of clinical trials for patients helped contribute to four FDA approved life-saving immunotherapy cancer treatments with Yervoy, Opdivo, Tecentriq and Keytruda. More than 60 scientific grants are funded each year and there are now ten dedicated Swim Across America Labs at major institutions. Continue Reading →

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Olympic Swimmer Donna de Varona to be honored at Swim Across America June 29

Three swim distances are available at the June 29th swim: a half-mile, 1.5-mile and 3-mile swim. NEW this year is a Kids’ Splash for children ages 6 to 11 and for parents with young children, and a High School Cup trophy to be awarded to a Fairfield County area high school team (a combined swim, dive and/or water polo team), who together fundraises the most. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Hospital Introduces “Bee Mindful” Program to Improve How They Care for People with Special Needs

The Bee Mindful program provides education to hospital staff on the unique needs of people with special needs and how to improve care for this patient population, as well as a Patient Neurobehavioral Assessment tool (PNAT), which is an assessment and intervention tool that individualizes and provides continuity of care. Continue Reading →

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