LIVERMORE FALLS – The Healthy Community Coalition will offer a special screening day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Women will be able to schedule a mammogram at Franklin Memorial Hospital or have one appointment at Franklin Memorial Outpatient Services in Livermore Falls for a physical and mammogram.

Every woman who attends the breast and cervical health screening will receive a light breakfast/snack and a $20 gift certificate to Hannaford Supermarket.

Maine women 40 and older who have no insurance or whose insurance does not cover annual mammograms or pap tests or women who have a high deductible may qualify to receive free services. All local women are welcome to participate in the screening.

Women attending will also receive a free bone density or cholesterol screening. HCC’s Sandy Richard, RN, will use the Achilles Express ultrasonometer to conduct the bone density screening. The screening involves placing a bare heel in the ultrasound machine. Osteoporosis is the loss of bone mass and thinning of bones which cause a decrease in bone strength.

The event is sponsored by the Healthy Community Coalition with funding from the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program and the Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund.

For more information and to register, contact the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program at 1-800-350-5180 and press 1 or call Jennifer McCormack at the Healthy Community Coalition at 645-3136 or 1-800-525-3136, ext. 5102. Space is limited.