If interested in registering for the 5K visit print out This Form and bring it to Margaritas in Dover on Saturday, June 15th from 11-3pm or Sunday, June 16th between 7-8:15am. Race starts at 8:30am.

Mitch Rosenzweig is a highly skilled and solutions-oriented professional dedicated to providing exceptional care and implementing effective treatment plans for children, adolescents, and adults. Rosenzweig is experienced in a wide variety of practice settings including numerous military installations and public and private agencies. Areas of specialized training include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Adult, Child and Family Therapy, Personal Coaching, Personality Disorders, Trauma Issues, and Addictions. He has had extensive expertise with child welfare, family reunification and parenting support, as well as in military specific areas of deployment/reintegration, building resilience and coping, and grief and loss. He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for more than 25 years. He is the author of “Insights from the ordinary; Rethinking the everyday.”

Rosenzweig earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Rutgers University. He is Independently Licensed Social Worker in New Hampshire and Michigan and a member of the prestigious Academy of Certified Social Workers.

Gail Minschwaner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 8 years’ experience as a mental health therapist. Minschwaner holds a passionate belief in each person’s individual value and the validity of personal goals. She specializes in strength based, cognitive treatment strategies and envisions her work as a privileged opportunity to join with clients in their journeys toward wellness. Areas of special interests include depression, women’s issues, stage of life issues, loss and bereavement, adjustments to chronic medical conditions and life transitions such as divorce.

Mitch Rosenzweig and Gail Minschwaner are both currently accepting new clients and can be reached at Great Bay Mental Health Associates at Goodwin Community Health Center, 311 Route 108, Suite 204, Somersworth, NH, 603-742-9200, www.GreatBayMentalHealth.com

The Father’s Day 5K is a fun race, on a certified course, complete with margaritas-style food and fiesta. Participants celebrate fatherhood by wearing a necktie to honor the dads, brothers and sons who touch their lives.

Margaritas goes all out to make this a fun 5K and celebrated Father’s Day tradition. “A great morning run or walk in honor of Dad followed by a fun Margaritas style fiesta is a wonderful way to kick off Father’s Day,” says Lara Willard, Race Director and Community Relations Director for Goodwin Community Health. “The necktie theme has really taken off as well. Every year we are seeing more attendees wearing ties.”

Beginner and seasoned runners/walkers can visit http://goodwinch.org/fathers-day-5k-2013/ or http://www.active.com/running/dover-nh/fathers-day-5k-margaritas-2013 for details and registration. Registration forms can be completed online, mailed in or dropped-off at Margarita’s or Ross Furniture. The first two hundred adults to register get a free race T-shirt. Same day registration is available beginning at 7:30am. The race kicks-off at 8:30am. Day of registration is twenty-five dollars for but advanced registration is only twenty dollars for adults and just five dollars for children under twelve. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to collect donations and raise funds for the event by setting up their own fundraising page to collect donations when they register for the event.

The top male and female runner will win a twenty-five dollar gift certificate to Runners Alley. Twenty-five dollar gift certificates to Philbrick’s Sports will go to the top males and females in each of the eleven age divisions: 14 and under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 plus.

Ross Furniture of Dover is the 2013 underwriter of the Father’s Day 5k at Margaritas and has generously donated a La-Z-Boy Recliner door prize. Additional sponsors include: Measured Progress, Garrison Women’s Health Center, Pelmac Industries Inc., Shaheen & Gordon Law Firm, Holy Rosary Credit Union, Homewood Suites of Dover, Northeast Credit Union, Philbrick Sports, and WERZ 107.1.

Goodwin Community Health is currently seeking donations of used and unwanted neckties. Ties can be dropped off at Goodwin Community Health, 311 Route 108 in Somersworth, or donated on race-day.

Goodwin Community Health is the only 501(c)(3) Community Health Center serving the Greater Strafford County area of New Hampshire and Maine. They make it affordable for local people to access the wellness services and quality primary care that lead to good Physical, Dental and Mental Health. Goodwin Community Health operates on the same principles Mrs. Avis Goodwin started the organization on 43 years ago – everyone deserves access to quality health care, at an affordable price. For more information connect with us on Facebook, at www.GoodwinCH.org. For questions about the Father’s Day 5k, please contact Lara Willard at lwillard@GoodwinCH.org.

Father’s Day 5K Sponsors gather at Margaritas of Dover to kick off the Father’s Day 5K. (L to R) Brian Hughes of Holy Rosary Credit Union, Erik Roy of ross Furniture, Jeff Comeau of Margaritas, Samantha Pellerin of Goodwin community Health, Dr. Joshua Howard of JD Howard Dental, Bob Edwards of Margaritas, Molly Steele of Garrison Women’s Health Center, Rose O’Hare of Northeast Credit Union, and Michelle and Michael Pellerin of Pelmac Industries Inc.

The Community Service Award, honoring individuals whose volunteer efforts have made a significant impact on vulnerable populations, was presented to Dr. Michael Thompson of Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth. In presenting the award, Janet Atkins, executive director, said, “Dr. Thompson has been with Goodwin Community Health since he left the Medical Residency Program in Concord ten years ago. Although he is a great physician and his patients speak very highly of him, he has done much more than providing excellent medical care to our underserved populations. Dr. Thompson owns a software company and his expertise in this area has helped Federally Qualified Health Centers not only locally, but nationwide. Dr. Thompson works tirelessly with the Community Health Access Network to help create new forms, screens, and to troubleshoot software problems. He has designed templates to help providers become more efficient and incorporate best practices. Any new form he creates, he posts on his computer company website and anyone is allowed to use these – for free. In 2004, we added oral health care to our practice, but our electronic health record program did not have any screens for dental at the time. Dr. Thompson volunteered to create all the screens, including tooth charts and reports. We still use this system today. About five years ago, we had to reduce staff hours due to budget restraints, but Dr. Thompson was concerned that if we reduced nursing coverage, patients wouldn’t receive the care they needed. For a full year, he covered the portion of salaries that were going to be reduced. When we initiated our capital campaign in 2010 for our new facility, Dr. Thompson’s company was the first to donate money toward our new building. Despite all that he has done for our patients, and other FQHCs, Dr. Thompson is soft spoken and humble. He doesn’t like recognition or being the center of attention. Yet, I can’t help but bring his donations and support of the FQHCs to everyone’s attention so that he will receive this well-deserved recognition.”

Established in 1986, Bi-State Primary Care Association is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The annual Primary Care Conference features federal, state, and regional speakers and attracts a large audience of primary care executives, clinicians, and senior staff. For more information and to review this year’s Primary Care Conference Program, please visit: www.bistatepca.org.

The event includes breakfast and lunch, a welcome address from Dover Police Chief, Anthony Colarusso, and a discussion from a panel of Regional and State leaders on the topic of Prescription abuse and prevention. Panelists include: Tym Rourke, Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Lisa Mure, Statewide Data of Prescription Drug Misuse; Chief Kevin Willey, Farmington Police Department; Dr. Tamas Peredy MD, Medical Director Maine Medical Center Emergency Department; Ray McGarty, Southeastern NH Services.

Before lunch, attendees will be able to choose from seven breakout sessions on topics ranging from how RX abuse affects businesses by limiting their risk exposure, model school drug policies as well as how to create change in primary care and Emergency room settings.

“Prescription drug abuse and misuse in NH is at alarming levels. Strafford County has been hit particularly hard resulting in addiction and overdoses with widespread impact on everything from family life to health care to the economy,” says Melissa Silvey, regional network coordinator of ONE Voice. “This Summit is focused on connecting community stakeholders with much needed strategies and solutions.”

Local businesses as well as professionals in education, government, health care, and safety are encouraged to attend. Space is limited. For more information or to RSVP contact Melissa Silvey at 603.516.2526 or info@onevoicenh.org.

This event is being sponsored by Dover Coalition for Youth, Bridging the Gaps Coalition, the People Care Foundation and Goodwin Community Health.

ONE VOICE for Southeastern NH supports youths, families, educators, and communities who are committed to the prevention of alcohol and drug use. Their goal is to prevent underage drinking and substance abuse through education, community mobilization and support of both youth and parents. Visit http://www.onevoicenh.org.

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The patient-centered medical home is a model of care emphasizing care coordination and communication to transform primary care into “what patients want it to be.” Research shows that medical homes can lead to higher quality and lower costs, and improve patients’ and providers’ reported experiences of care.

To receive recognition, which is valid for three years, Goodwin Community Health demonstrated the ability to meet the program’s key elements embodying characteristics of the medical home. To find clinicians and their practices that have been recognized by the Patient-Centered Medical Home 2011 program please visit http://recognition.ncqa.org. For further information, contact NCQA Customer Support at (888) 275-7585.