Kelli Gats, a registered nurse in the education department at Franklin Memorial Hospital, reads to children during a previous block party. Submitted photo
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital plans to host a fall block party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8.
The party will be held in the Bass Room and on the hospital campus at 111 Franklin Health Commons.
Festivities include a children’s play area with face painting, lawn games, storybook reading and pumpkin decorating, as well as ambulance tours, health screenings and free flu shots and COVID-19 vaccines, according to a news release from Jill Gray, MaineHealth communications and public affairs manager.
Several community agencies also plan to be present, including the Western Maine Play Museum, United Way, Western Maine Community Action, Community Concepts, Spruce Mountain Adult Education, and Healthy Community Coalition.
“We will also have six medical and dental students from the University of New England onsite to help out and experience what rural medicine is like,” said Jolene Luce, director of Western Maine Area Health Education Center.
There will be free giveaways, raffle prizes and seasonal refreshments.
For additional information, call Jolene Luce at 207-779-2451.
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