Richard E. Winter Cancer Center

12/03/2025

We're so proud of your achievement, Lucille!

Please help us celebrate Lucille D'Agostino, FNP-C, AOCNP, of the Richard E. Winter Cancer Center, on earning her Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner (AOCNP) credential.

The AOCNP is a professional certification for oncology nurse practitioners, offered by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC). It validates advanced expertise in comprehensive cancer care, including diagnosis, treatment, symptom management, and patient education.

Lucille's commitment to ongoing learning and excellence in oncology helps ensure our patients and their families receive skilled, compassionate care every step of the way. We are proud to have her on our cancer care team.

12/03/2025

🦩 We've been flocked! 🦩

Look what showed up outside of the CTC today!

Check out Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Auxiliary 's page to learn more about the upcoming Festival of the Trees Gala this weekend, and learn how in supporting them you are also supporting us! 🎄🎗️

The stage is set and we're ready for the festive fun🎄😃😍Sneak Peek of the 22nd Annual Festival of the Trees happening THIS Saturday 12/6/2025 at the Freight House Ogdensburg ❤
Silent Auction and Choice Auction donations are needed and appreciated. Tree Decorating and Donation Drop Off Times at the Freight House Ogdensburg:
TOMORROW, Wednesday 12/3 10am-4pm
THIS Thursday 12/4 10am-7pm
THIS Friday 12/5 12noon-6pm

Special THANK YOU to our generous Tree Sponsors of Festival of the Trees😍❤️🎄🎄🎄
We have 32 Trees this year ❤️😍 We are grateful for the many layers of generosity and support:
🎄Our tree sponsors choose a sponsorship level and all of that money directly is donated to the CHMC Auxiliary. It does pay for the physical tree.
🎄Then the decorations and everything under the tree are another donation by either the tree sponsors or the co-sponsors and sometimes a combination of the tree sponsor and the co-sponsor.
🎄Then the trees are won by the highest bids on Saturday night, that money also benefits the CHMC Auxiliary.

PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY!!!

🎄🎄🎄THIS Saturday 🌲🌲🌲Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Auxiliary 22nd Annual Festival of the Trees is THIS Saturday, December 6, 2025 11am-4pm and reopens at 6pm for the evening event at Freight House Ogdensburg🎅🌲🎄
🎄We have 32 trees😍
***Festival Of The Trees Lottery Tree Raffle Generously Donated By America 1 Realty with $200 in NYS Lottery Scratch-Off Tickets and $300 CASH. Tickets are on sale now. Drawing will be THIS Saturday 12/6/2025 during the evening festivities.
***Festival Of The Trees Flamingos: Friends and Families FLOCK their Friends & Family to pre-promote Festival of the Trees and to help fundraise.
***Festival Of The Trees Quilt Raffle, Quilt generously donated by and hand pieced and quilted by the very talented CHMC Auxiliary Vice President and Honorary Member Diane Dailey. Tickets are on sale now. Drawing will be THIS Saturday 12/6/2025 during the evening festivities.
We are thankful for our awesome army of volunteers ❤️❤️❤️

Want to meet new people/get out more? Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Auxiliary is always looking for new Auxiliary members and welcome any and all who want to share in their commitment to support the Medical Center.

Mission Statement of the CHMC Auxiliary is to support the Medical Center community through volunteerism, advocacy and fundraising.
For more information, please contact CHMC Auxiliary Manager Ramona Kennedy at 315-393-1559 or email her at rkennedy@nshany.org

11/25/2025

Our beloved local fire crew is at it again! 🚒🥸🎗️

Fighting fires AND fighting cancer, the Ogdensburg Professional Firefighters Local 1799 has your back in more ways than one!

The yearly No-Shave-November has come to an end, with yet another incredible donation to the CTC to help support the needs of our patients!

Thank you to this crew, for ALL that you do!

11/24/2025

✨Staff Spotlight!✨

We would like to give a special congratulations and shout out to our very own Misty Griffith, RN, OCN!

Misty has been an RN for 19 years, the last 15 of which have been dedicated to Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center & Medical Campus . In 2019 she transferred to the Richard E. Winter Cancer Center , where she has remained a fierce advocate and valuable member of our team for nearly 6 years.

Recently Misty sat for, and achieved, her Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) credentials, a rigorous and highly prestigious certification through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)!!

Misty's unwavering dedication not only to our center, but most importantly to our patients, exemplifies her steadfast commitment to helping improve the lives of others and providing the best possible care to our community. We congratulate Misty on her accomplishments, and express our utmost gratitude for having her on our team!

11/24/2025

We were excited to be invited to Heuvelton Central School this morning to accept a donation from a combined effort between the Student Council and National Honor Society!

Recently during the schools spirit week, these two groups organized a day in which students were encouraged to dress in pink and provide a monetary donation to the clubs to be gifted to our center. In all, the students raised $250.00 for their day, all of which will now go directly back to our patients!

How incredible it is to not only have the support of our community members, but especially our youth! Thank you all! 🎗️

11/20/2025

Every mile matters when you live in the North Country. 💚

Today, on National Rural Health Day, we celebrate the Power of Rural and the people who keep care close to home.

At North Star Health Alliance, our hospitals, practices, and clinics are rooted in the same small towns and villages we serve. We uniquely understand what rural healthcare really looks like:

• Long drives for appointments
• Weather and transportation that can get in the way
• Fewer providers and higher rates of chronic illness in our communities

That is precisely why we are so committed to keeping healthcare local. By working together across our campuses and practices, we strive to:

• Expand access close to home
• Strengthen local care teams
• Connect patients with the proper care at the right time

To our rural healthcare teams and community partners: thank you for showing up, day after day, for our neighbors. You are the heart of local healthcare. 💙

11/20/2025

We received a visit from Deb Knapp of Duff's Tavern earlier today, bringing with her a donation of $300 from fundraising done at Duff's recently!

Thank you to Deb, Duff's, and all who supported the cause! 100% of this donation will go directly back to helping patients in our community!🎗️

11/14/2025

Happy National Nurse Practitioner Week to our incredible Nurse Practitioners across North Star Health Alliance! 💙

This year's theme, "NPs: Trusted Voices, Proven Care", honors the essential role NPs play in keeping our communities healthy, close to home.

Trusted Voices speaks to the confidence patients place in our NPs to listen, explain, and guide them through every step of their health journey.

Proven Care recognizes the consistent, evidence-based, and compassionate care they provide every day in our clinics, hospitals, and specialty practices.

To every Nurse Practitioner within North Star Health Alliance, thank you for:

• Building trust with patients and families
• Providing expert diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
• Expanding access to high-quality local care
• Bringing skill, kindness, and calm to every visit

Join us in celebrating our Nurse Practitioners this week and thanking them for being trusted voices and providing proven care across the North Country. 🩺💙

11/13/2025

Our Cancer Support Group welcomes anyone who has been newly diagnosed with cancer, is currently in treatment, is living as a survivor, or is caring for a loved one with cancer.

Together, we create a safe, welcoming space to share experiences, offer encouragement, and support one another throughout the cancer journey. The group is facilitated by Kendall Wilson, LMSW.

Held on the first Thursday of each month
3:30-4:30 p.m. at the R.E. Winter Cancer Center
5 Lyon Place | Ogdensburg, NY 13669

For more information, call Jenn Hitsman at 315.713.6213

Light refreshments will be served.

11/12/2025

We received a surprise visit yesterday from our good friend Avery, 2026 Miss Military Star Little Miss New York, this time bringing gifts to "give back to those who give." She passed out care packages to several staff with the cutest smile and beaming pride. ❤️

Thank you, Avery! You are a shining star and we are so blessed to have you on our side! ⭐ 👑 🎗️

11/10/2025

The Handprint Project kiddos are at it again!

Do you have old shoes lying around that you are no longer wearing? Consider bringing them to one of their drop boxes - we have one right here at the CTC! 👟💝

11/04/2025

We had a surprise visit today from the OFA Girls Volleyball Team, dropping off pink Hope boxes and other Lemongrass items for our patients!

Thank you ladies, and good luck at your game! 🩷🏐