SVMC Staff Share the Holiday Spirit with Foster Families

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Hemodialysis techs, from left, Crystal Hover, Alanza Quinones, Emma Wrubleski and Whitney Bull, all of Renal Services, Renal Services Director Ruth Rudnick, Wendy Nolan of DCF, and SVHC's Vice President for Human Resources Kevin Dailey with boxes of food collected for local families.
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center connected with Wendy Nolan, resources coordinator with the state Department for Children and Families, to deliver festive holiday meal ingredients to share with foster families in Bennington.
 
Staff from departments organization-wide gathered nine boxes packed with hams, turkeys, stuffing mix, canned vegetables, breakfast items, pie-making ingredients, cookie mixes, and much more. The boxes will be delivered to nine families through DCF
 
"Some of the families we work with can't really afford to have holiday dinners," Nolan said. "I am so grateful to the staff of SVMC for making these donations. The food will help foster families enjoy a really abundant and joyful holiday season."
 
"This is such a feel-good project," Renal Services Director Ruth Rudnick said. "Every department I asked was eager to jump in an collect items they thought would help foster families celebrate the holidays."
 

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Swann, Williams College Harriers Compete at NCAA Championships

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Mount Greylock Regional School alumna Kate Swann and the Williams College women's cross country team are in Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday morning to compete at the NCAA Division III Championship.
 
Williams crushed the field at the 24-team regional championship in New London, Conn., to qualify for the national championship.
 
On Nov. 16 at the Mideast Regional, Williams finished with 59 points, well ahead of runner-up Rensselaer Polytechnic, which collected 110 points.
 
Swann, a junior, was the second Williams runner across the finish line, finishing 10th overall with a time of 21 minutes, 36 seconds on the 6-kilometer course.
 
Williams has finished first or second in every event it entered this fall, winning titles at its own Purple Valley Classic, Keene State (N.H.) Invitational, James Eareley Invitational (Westfield State), Connecticut College Invitational and New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships.
 
The NCAA DIII Championships get underway at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course.
 
The Division I Stonehill College women's cross country team placed fourth at the Northeast Conference Championship; Pittsfield High graduate Kellie Harrington was the second finisher for the Skyhawks, placing 17th at the season-ending meet.
 
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