Medway & Millis November 2018

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Living Healthy
Medway Woman Seeks Lifesaving Kidney Transplant
She hesitated to come forward,
but Shirley Rossi-Roy, a
Medway Mom who’s lived in the
town since 2003 with her son,
Rob, is taking a chance. She’s
hoping to find a living kidney
donor to give her a chance at life,
one that’s currently being threatened
by End Stage Renal Disease,
a result of Polysistic Kidney
Disease.
In an empassioned plea for
help on Facebook, Rossi and her
son, Rob Roy, whom she raised
as a widowed single mother, each
reached out to the Friends of
Medway page.
Shirley began, “I am no one
special, I have loved, worked
hard and endured. My name is
Shirley and I need a Kidney. I
have Polysistic Kidney Disease or
PKD. My best hope for survival
is a living donor. I am O+ blood,
but this does not negate other
types from donating…”
According to the National
Kidney Foundation, over 3,000
new patients are added to the
kidney waiting list each month,
and 13 people a day die while
waiting for the life-saving procedure.
The median wait time for
an individual’s first kidney transplant
is 3.6 years.
For questions and answers relating
to becoming a living donor,
visit www.kidney.org or https://
www.americantransplantfoundation.org/.
If you would like to be considered
as a life-saving donor
for Shirley, visit bwhkidneydonorinfo@partners.org
Shirley Rossi-Roy’s best chance
for bwh.donorscreen.org.
survival is a living kidney
donor. Maybe you can help.
Millis Teacher Danielle Mannion New President of Boston/NE Chapter
of National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ® (NATAS)
The Boston/New England
Chapter of the National Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences
® (NATAS) announces Danielle
Mannion as the elected 2018-
2020 chapter President.
Mannion was elected unanimously
by the Board of Governors
on May 15, 2018. Her 1st
two-year term began on July 1,
2018. Out-going President, Ro
Dooley Webster passed the gavel
to Danielle at the 41st Boston/
New England Emmy Awards®
Ceremony last June.
Danielle has been a NATAS
member serving on the Board of
Governors since 2008. During her
time, she has also served as Secretary,
National Trustee and Student
Awards Chair. She currently also
serves as the National Education
Chair for the National Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences®
creating and Executive Producing
the “National Student Production
Awards” hosted through a live
stream by longtime NATAS supporter
and friend, Tom Bergeron.
That award ceremony took place
on October 18th this year.
As a 20-year television and film
teacher at Millis High School,
Danielle has used her passion
to guide her students within the
media and production industry.
She created the annual “Lights,
Camera, Action: Television and
Film Conference at Millis High
School!” LCA connects thousands
of High School students with industry
professionals in free workshops
and panel discussions.
“The great part, for Millis, is
our students intern both at the regional
level and the national level
because of my position. It’s not just
me out there doing this job. (The
students) have worked at the New
England Emmy Awards, they’ve
worked backstage and doing social
media at the Sports Emmy Awards
in New York City on the national
level. We do way more than what
you see on TV. My involvement
helps to create that engagement in
classroom,” says the Millis teacher,
who’s been with the school for 24
years. She’s even been able to help
graduates connect with people in
the industry.
“Being part of the media industry
has kept me very excited
and passionate about what I do in
the classroom. I feel really lucky,”
says Mannion.
Danielle and her students are
the proud recipients of acclaim
including a Telly Award, Emmy
Awards ® and regional Student
Television Awards for Excellence.
“As a teacher, I have watched
my students grow year after year
and reach for their dreams. I
couldn’t be more proud to witness
such passion from our youth. I am
honored and eager to bring this
experience and vibrancy to the
NATAS Board of Governors,”
said Mannion.
Danielle also works in the independent
film industry as an Art
Director and holds an undergraduate
degree in Communications
from Syracuse University; Newhouse
School of Communications.
She holds a Master’s Degree
in Applied Communications from
Fitchburg State University.
For a complete list of the Boston/New
England Chapter of the
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences ® Board of
Governors and elected officer list,
visit https://newenglandemmy.
org/
NATAS Boston/New England
Chapter is dedicated to the
advancement of the arts and sciences
of television, the fostering
of creative leadership in the television
industry, and the encouragement
of excellence in artistic,
educational, cultural and technical
progress.
Town Flu Clinics Nov.
17 and Nov. 24
The Millis Board of Health
will hold two Saturday flu clinics,
on November 17th and
November 24th, both from 10
a.m.-1 p.m. in the VMB Gym.
Flu vaccines will be given to residents
ages 8 and older at both
clinics. A Health Fair featuring
screenings and information will
be held in conjunction with the
November 17th flu clinic. Residents
are asked to bring their
insurance cards and wear short
sleeves. Those with no insurance
may also receive the flu vaccine.
Please call the Board of
Health with any questions at
(508) 376-7042 or email Robin
McLaughlin Public Health Nurse
at rmclaughlin@millisma.net.
M A I N S T R E E T P E D I A T R I C S
Main Street Pediatrics would like to announce that
Matthew Wylie, MD has joined our practice
and will be seeing patients as of November 6, 2018.
Dr. Wylie is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
and completed his residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston
Medical Center. Dr. Wylie is board certified in Pediatrics
and has a special interest in newborn medicine, early child
development and adolescent medicine.
He is accepting new patients of all ages.
Please call 508-435-5506 for an appointment.
77R West Main Street, Hopkinton