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2024 North Country Community Health Heroes Announced
Published: September 26, 2024
at 09:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from Fort Drum Regional Health
Planning Organization
2024 North
Country Community Health Heroes Announced
Individuals from Jefferson, Lewis, and
St. Lawrence counties to be honored at Community Health Hero Award luncheon
Watertown, NY–Fort Drum
Regional Health Planning Organization (FDRHPO) and North Country Health
Compass Partners are pleased to announce the 2024 Community Health Hero
Award recipients.
One Health Hero
was chosen in each of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties who have
exhibited a deep sense of dedication, compassion, and selflessness in their
efforts to address health-related issues and challenges that affect our
local communities. Their contributions have led to positive and lasting
impacts on the health of those they serve.
The 2024
recipients of the Community Health Hero Award are:
·
Jefferson County
– Monica Behan Purcell, Founder and
CEO, Compassionate Cancer Care Foundation
·
Lewis County – Krisha
Greene, Library Media Specialist,
Wellness Team Captain, and Mindfulness Coordinator, Pulaski Central School
·
St. Lawrence
County – Martha Pickard Palmer, Dietitian,
St. Lawrence Health, and Board Member, GardenShare
The Community
Health Hero Award – given in honor of National Rural Health Day
(November 21, 2024) – recognizes North Country residents who have
demonstrated outstanding public service and a commitment to improving the
health and wellness of their community. Nominations were accepted from
community members and recipients were chosen by the North Country Health
Compass partners.
This year’s guest
speaker will be Kylie Schell, Founder and Executive Director of Encompass
Recreation, and recipients will be honored by FDRPHO and North Country
Health Compass partners.
 An awards luncheon will be held on
November 7 at the Hilton Garden Inn Watertown/1000 Islands from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Tickets to attend the luncheon are $15 and registration is
required.
To register for
the event visit www.fdrhpo.org.
For more about
National Rural Health Day, visit https://nosorh.org/nrhd/.
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About the Fort Drum Regional Health
Planning Organization
FDRHPO works to
strengthen the system for health for the integrated Fort Drum and civilian
community through analysis, identification of needs and leveraging of
resources to fill gaps through innovation and collaboration. For more about
FDRHPO, visit www.fdrhpo.org.
About the North Country Health Compass
Partners
The North Country
Health Compass Partners is a collaborative of local hospitals, public
health agencies, behavioral healthcare providers, prevention councils, and
community-based organizations that meets monthly to discuss and review the
community’s population health priorities. It also serves as the steering
committee for ncnyhealthcompass.org,
a regional health data website, maintained by FDRHPO, that contains
interactive charts, graphs, and dashboards for all the region’s population
health priority areas.
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