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Random Acts of Kindness Award from Framingham Rotary
Grant to Medical Reserve and Veterans Agent
Medical Reserve Corps and Veterans Services Share RAK Award from Framingham Rotary Club
Framingham Rotary Club President Javier Cevallos, at Concerts on the Common July 9, presented a check for $998 to Framingham Veterans Services and the Framingham Medical Reserve Corps.
The award, which originates in the Rotary club’s Random Acts of Kindness program, will be used to acquire a diagnostic device used by nurses treating veterans to help measure the pulse rate in their feet, a health indicator. The specific targets are homeless and at-risk veterans being helped by the Medical Reserve Corps. The device they use now is over eight years old and needs to be replaced.
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Kitty Mahoney, Framingham’s Chief Public Health Nurse and administrator of Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, said that the Corps works “to strengthen public health, reduce vulnerability, build resilience, and improve preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities” within their local community. “In Framingham, she added, the Corps volunteers spend time with Health, Police and Fire Departments to assist with trainings, drills, exercises, and activities.”
Pictured, left to right: Rotarian Nancy Meehan; Rotarian Lindsey Morris; Kitty Mahoney, Framingham Public Health Nurse and Director of the Framingham Medical Reserve Corps; Dr. F. Javier Cevallos, President of the Rotary Club of Framingham(and President of Framingham State University); Craig Sullivan, Framingham Veterans Agent; and Kathie McCarthy, Framingham Medical Reserve Corps Member.
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would entail acquiring a diagnostic device used by nurses treating veterans to help measure the pulse rate in their feet. The specific target is for veterans being helped by the City of Framingham Public Health Medical Reserve Corps (Nurse Kitty Mahoney). Their existing machine is over 8 years old and needs to be replaced. Evidently there is no funding available to replace the machine and they are not permitted to solicit help from the public other than through voluntary donations. The estimated cost of the replacement machine is approximately $800.
