Wellness
School Wins Shade Grant
From Melanoma Group
Students at the West Tisbury School have won a $1,500 shade grant from the Melanoma Foundation of New England for designing a television spot to promote protecting skin from the sun.
The school was selected as a winner among hundreds of entries. At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, the foundation will present the school with a grant to use toward creating shade, such as planting trees.
Prostate Support Group
The Martha’s Vineyard Prostate Cancer Support Group’s next meeting is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (across from the high school) in the Middle Building in the downstairs board room.
Any and all are welcome. Participants may bring family, friends and wives. A reference library is maintained for participants’ use.
More information is available by calling Emily Wetherall at 508-693-7900, extension 236.
Health Talk
An afternoon conversation to introduce a new model of integrative health consultation on the Vineyard will be offered by Soundhealth Integrative Medicine on Sunday, Nov. 11 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Che’s Lounge on Main street in Vineyard Haven. More information is available by calling 508-693-2833.
Flu Clinic on Monday
An all-Island flu immunization clinic will be on Monday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School gymnasium. People 50 or older, anyone who has a chronic medical condition, pregnant women, health-care workers or first responders with direct patient contact should attend.
Kitty Dukakis is a passionate advocate of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a treatment she says allowed her six years ago to overcome clinical depression that had also triggered alcoholism and drug abuse. She believes shock therapy returned her life to her.
“When Michael came into my room after my first treatment, I was smiling. I hadn’t smiled for a long, long time. He said, ‘I’m seeing a miracle’,” she recalled. Mrs. Dukakis, who has long ties to the Vineyard, is married to former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis.
Hearing Talk
Audiologist Lesley Segal Pallas will be the guest speaker this month at the Parish Visitation’s meeting of the United Methodist Cooperative Ministry at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7.
The topic for discussion will be Hearing and the Elderly. The talk will focus on communicating effectively with hearing-impaired people. At Vineyard Audiology, Ms. Pallas provides hearing health care for children and seniors as well as counseling about living with hearing loss.