Commonwealth Health Volunteers to Hold 7th Annual Mammothon

9/28/2018

Commonwealth Health will conduct its seventh annual Mammothon from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at three locations. Volunteers from the six hospitals and related clinics will make calls to women who are past due for their annual mammograms, offering to schedule these critical screenings or to give a gentle reminder about the importance of yearly mammograms. Last year, 98 volunteers made 4,074 calls to women, scheduling 543 mammograms. Participating volunteers are from Berwick Hospital Center, Moses Taylor Hospital, Regional Hospital of Scranton, Tyler Memorial Hospital, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and the Diagnostic Imaging Center. This year the calls will be made from the Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion, Edwardsville; Berwick Hospital Center and Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton.

Members of the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital planning committee are seated, from left: Bonnie Hagenbach and Donna Comitz. Standing: Barb Gillespie, Brenda Heck, Jodell Andes, Bobbie Price and Laura Toole, NRCI. Absent are Heather Proctor, Kelly Yedlock, Justine Tomko, Bill Podskoch, Brenda Adams and Renita Fennick.

Members of the Scranton area planning committee which includes employees from Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital and related offices and clinics are, seated, from left: Joan Grabowski, Margaret Lipperini, Eileen Haggerty. Standing: Tony Donato, David Dominick, Dave Soltis. Absent from photo: Doris Zwanch, Kalenna Lewis, Katie Swift, Joe Cassidy, Donald Collins, Mark McHugh and Tom Gurzynski.

Serving on the Berwick committee are front row, from left: Linda Makowski, Sally Zaloga, Julie Curland and Joanne Kolbush. Back row: Anita Lombardo, Whitney Holloway, Maribeth Angeli, Susan Lynn, Ellen Creveling, Amy Miller, Sherri St. Lawrence, Gail Kauffman. Absent are Deborah Brokenshire, Julie Ridall and Beth Fish.