Salem Mayor to Cut Ribbon at Grand Opening of The Wellness Community-Greater Boston at The Susan de Vries Circle of Hope

Salem, MA – Oct. 16, 2007 – The Wellness Community-Greater Boston, a non-profit organization providing free support and education services for people with cancer and their loved ones, today announced that Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll will ceremoniously cut the ribbon at the grand opening of its North Shore facility, The Wellness Community-Greater Boston at the Susan de Vries Circle of Hope (TWC at Sue’s Circle). The celebration will begin at noon at 76 Lafayette Street in downtown Salem on Tuesday, October 23, 2007. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by October 22, 2007 to 617-332-1919 or via email at sfuller@wellnesscommunity.org.

TWC at Sue’s Circle provides professionally-led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and mind body classes to help people affected by cancer learn vital skills that enable them to regain control, reduce isolation and restore hope regardless of the stage of their disease.

Sue’s Circle of Hope is named after The Wellness Community’s dear friend, and 2005 Gilda Radner Award honoree, Susan de Vries.  Sue courageously fought her breast cancer, undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal and pharmaceutical treatments.  Her family and friends embraced her cancer and were always by her side to provide the emotional support she so often needed.  Sue relished every day of her life and was an inspiration to so many people literally fighting for their lives.  It was Sue’s dream to establish a Wellness Community in the North shore.

For more detailed information about the programs, contact Jerry Schwartz, PhD, Program Director of TWC at Sue’s Circle, at 978-745-0541.

About The Wellness Community

The Wellness Community-Greater Boston is a non-profit organization that helps people with cancer and their loved ones by providing a free professional program of support and education. The organization’s Grater Boston facilities are located in Newton, Roxbury, Salem and Hanover.  For more information please contact The Wellness Community-Greater Boston at 617-332-1919, or visit the organization’s website at www.wellnesscommunity.org.

Contact:
Shanna Fuller
P:  (617) 332-1919
E:  sfuller@wellnesscommunity.org