Local Residents Helping Organize Annual VNA Care Network & Hospice Benefit

Wenham, MA - South Hamilton and Wenham residents are among those behind the Fourth Annual North Shore Spring Fling to support the home-based health care services of VNA Care Network & Hospice on Saturday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the home of John Archer on 10 North St. in Danvers.

For over 100 years, VNA Care Network & Hospice has brought health care into the homes of North Shore residents. Care focuses on helping people with injuries and illnesses, such as COPD, cardiac disease, diabetes, total joint replacement and wounds, improve their health while continuing to live independently. The agency’s staff includes registered nurses; physical, occupational and speech therapists; medical social workers; registered dieticians; and home health aides.

VNA Care Network & Hospice’s North Shore Community Cabinet, volunteers dedicated to raising awareness of and support for the agency’s nonprofit mission of caring, are organizing the May 7 benefit. The Cabinet includes Rosemary Diskin of South Hamilton and Aimee Oliver of Wenham.

The benefit will feature live music by Just In Time and pianist Nathan Johnson; dance demonstrations and informal instruction in salsa, rhumba, foxtrot, and more; live and silent auctions; and heavy hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and beverages.

The North Shore Community Cabinet is once again planning the spring event to support the future of VNA Care Network & Hospice’s home health care services. Donations are critical and used to serve patients in need, develop new programs, purchase technology and equipment, and provide state-of-the-art training for staff.

Tickets for the benefit are $50 per person and may be purchased at www.vnacarenetwork.org<http://www.vnacarenetwork.org> or by callingVNA Care Network & Hospice at 888-663-3688, ext. 1361. Updates about the event will be posted to www.facebook.com/VNACareNetwork<http://www.facebook.com/VNACareNetwork> and www.twitter.com/VNACare.

Photo - Aimee Oliver (seated, center) of Wenham with her fellow North Shore Community Cabinet members (left to right) Elizabeth Sobezenski, Deborah O’Malley, and John Archer, who is hosting the Fourth Annual North Shore Spring Fling to benefit VNA Care Network & Hospice.