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133 ORNAC, Concord, MA 01742
978-369-1400
www.emersonhospital.org
Emerson Hospital is is an acute care medical center
located in Concord with health centers in in Bedford,
Groton, Sudbury and Westford. It It is is well well known for for
its medical and surgical specialists, outstanding
nursing care and patient-centered services, including
the Clough Birthing Center, the Bethke Mass General Cancer
Cancer Center, Center the Polo at Emerson Emergency Hospital-Bethke, Center, the Clough the Polo
Surgical Emergency Center Center and and the the Center Clough for Specialty Surgical Care. Center.
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Emerson Hospital Auxiliary Hosts 12th Annual
5K Run ~Walk & Family Funday for Cancer on June 2
The Emerson Hospital Auxiliary will hold its 12th annual 5K Run~Walk & Family Funday for Cancer on
Saturday, June 2, at the Thoreau Club, 275 Forest Ridge Road in Concord.
The event is sponsored by Concord Mews, Thoreau Club and Marx Running & Fitness Center. Activities
will include a barbeque, tot trot for ages 5 and under, tie-dye T-shirt-making, inflatable obstacle
course, volleyball, badminton and recreational swimming. Registration begins at 8:30 am. The onemile
kids’ fun run (for ages 5-12) leaves at 9:15 am, and the 5K begins at 10:00 am.
“This is a fun-filled, multi-generational event that keeps growing in participation, business partnerships
and donations from the community,” said Karen Maines, president of the Emerson Hospital
Auxiliary. Last year’s event attracted nearly 450 participants and raised a record $42,000.
Funds raised from the 5K Run~Walk and Family Funday for Cancer will support cancer services at
Emerson Hospital. Earlier this year, the longstanding relationship in cancer care between Emerson
and Massachusetts General Hospital expanded to include a collaboration with medical oncology
(see story on page 4).
To register for the 5K Run~Walk & Family Funday for Cancer, visit www.firstgiving.com/Emerson
HospitalAuxiliary/5krunwalk. Entry fees, which include the post-race barbecue, are $25 for adults
until May 30 and $30 until the day of the event, and $12 for the kids’ fun run. To volunteer at the
event, contact Barbara Boardman at 978-371-1158 or bsboard@comcast.net.
The Emerson Hospital Auxiliary supports the hospital with community awareness, patient support
and fundraising. For more information on the auxiliary, visit www.emersonhospital.org/support.
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Front cover: Donald Beardsley of Billerica, shown with his wife, Paula, found everything he needed
at Emerson.