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in the Mid- Hudson Valley and northwest Connecticut. Any type of fit- ness activity at eligible gyms, parks, rail trails, nature pre- serves and more can be entered at WeGetFit.org. Or, there are weekly workout routines that can be done anywhere, anytime. New to the challenge are more than a dozen added check-in locations in northwest Connecticut, as well as long-sleeve Get Fit swag. The spring challenge resulted in more than 10,000 logged exercise sessions — a record number since the program began in 2014 as the Walkway Fitness Challenge. Grand prize winner Alicia Gonzalez, a resident of Beacon, logged more than 25 ses- sions in last spring's six-week challenge. There is no cost to take the challenge and set up a profile for logging activities online. The website tracks fitness activities and automatically enters the participant into prize raffles. The more sessions logged, the better the prizes. For the past 12 years, Crystal Run Healthcare has helped provide local students with the tools necessary to succeed and be productive in school. Crystal Run employees purchased over 250 backpacks and various school supplies to be donated to families throughout Sullivan, Orange and Rockland coun- ties. This year's school supply drive was an ongoing partnership among Crystal Run Healthcare, the Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Clubs, and People to People in Rockland County. Staff from Crystal Run Healthcare first began purchas- ing school supplies for donation to charities back In 2007, and in 2011, began working with the Boys & Girls Clubs. This is the third year the practice has worked with People to People's Back to School with Dignity program. The school supply drive is one of the many philanthropic programs that the employees of Crystal Run Healthcare participate in and support in order to give back to the local communities. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) recently celebrated its Department of Graduate Medical Education's second annu- al commencement of four Family Medicine residents as well as a graduation ceremony for eight residents in its Traditional Rotation Internship. ORMC offers six residency programs, including Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Traditional Rotating Internship, Internal Medicine and General Surgery. Our teaching staff offer Journal Clubs. With our Simulation Labs, residents can better gain skills about procedures be- fore performing them on patients. ORMC's residency programs are approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and Family Medicine and Psychiatry are dually accredited by the AOA and the American College of Graduate Medical Education. ORMC has estab- lished a solid foundation for medical education with its close affiliation with the New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Education Consortium and its educational partner Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) hosted its an- nual Ronald H. Israelski, MD Excellence in Education Awards Ceremony. The awards recognize a distinguished group of physicians, resident physicians and medical students who have demon- strated educational innovation and excellence. Dr. Israelski and ORMC President and CEO Scott Batulis had a vision and the leadership necessary to bring medical education to Orange County. As Regional Designated Institutional Officer, Dr. Israelski was extremely instrumental in developing a partnership with Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, which led to the purchase of the old Horton Hospital, which was refurbished to create the Middletown Campus. With medical students learning at ORMC, it was a natural progression to create residency programs. In July 2014, ORMC began its first residency program in Family Medicine, which continues to be led by John Dermigny, DO. n Health Quest's Get Fit Challenge From left: Alex Berry and Robert Ongondo of the Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Clubs and Paul Pennings of Crystal Run Healthcare distribute backpacks to children in time for the new school year. M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S M I D H u D S O N ■ 2 018 2 1

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