Cantina Fun Run Raises $60,000
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The eighth annual Cantina Kids Fun Run, presented by Boston Futures Group, raised over $60,000 this year, with 768 registrants and over 100 volunteers taking part in the event.
Pictured here are, from left to right, Amy Raimo, Executive Director, Foundation and Vice President, Community Engagement, Saratoga Hospital; Heath Ames, Owner, Cantina Restaurant; Ann Marie Cross, MS, RN, NEA-BC, Administrative Director, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Saratoga Hospital; Kathy McNeice, Business Manager, Saratoga Community Health Center; Renee Rodriguez-Goodemote, MD, Medical Director, Saratoga Community Health Center
Saratoga Hospital Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga County’s leading healthcare provider. As such, the foundation secures, manages, and distributes charitable gifts to support the mission of Saratoga Hospital and its affiliates. Over the years, the Foundation has raised more than $40 million for Saratoga Hospital programs and facilities, all of which benefit the people of the Saratoga region.
Local Sailor Named 2015 Navy Times Sailor of the Year
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sara Freeman from Ballston Spa was honored this week in Washington, DC as the 2015 Navy Times Sailor of the Year. A story about Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Freeman will appear in the most recent print issue of Navy Times and on Navy Times.com. The award was presented Tuesday, July 21 on Capitol Hill. Congratulations and thank you for your service!
Happy 100th Anniversary to the Knights of Columbus!
Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Assembly #745 recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The members gathered for a group photo at their June 22, 2015 meeting. Instituted in 1915, the Assembly’s primary principle is patriotism. Members provide services and donations to veterans and other patriotic causes throughout the Saratoga and Capital District areas. Photo by Terri-Lynn Pellegri.
Live music from Roger Wyatt’s film, “LIFE ON THE RUN”
The creative team of Roger Wyatt and Letitia Splain Dayer will present a live musical performance from their upcoming Indie feature, “Life on the Run,” as part of the closing reception on July 30 for their art exhibit currently on display at the Coffee Planet Café, “Shards of Memory: Reflections and Glances from the Trail.” Wyatt is the director and Dayer is the producer of “Life on the Run.” The live performance will feature original compositions in two sets, one at 5 p.m. and another at 6 p.m. written and performed by local musician, Matthew G.
The closing reception will be on Thursday, July 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Coffee Planet Cafe, located in downtown Ballston Spa at 100 Milton Avenue. “Shards of Memory” is an exhibit of images – with an accompanying book - by area artists, Letitia Splain Dayer and Roger B. Wyatt. The exhibition runs for the whole month of July. The reception is free and open to the public.
Letitia Splain Dayer is an expressive arts painter who describes her style of working as jazz painting, an intuitive process of creating images and the accompanying poetry. She is also the founder of the Barn at Bassett House (BBH), a community art space located 15 minutes east of Saratoga, on the shores of the Hudson River in Greenwich, NY. Filmmaker and digital artist, Roger Wyatt, conjures up images of the extraordinary found within the ordinary.
