Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital

10/29/2025

We were thrilled to recognize 38 employees for achieving 430 years of collective service at our recent years of service award ceremony. It was a great event held to recognize some outstanding people!

We appreciate the knowledge and skill these employees bring to the bedside, our health centers, our emergency transport service, and every other place we provide or support care.

Thank you and congratulations to every employee who was recognized for a service milestone!

10/29/2025

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Maine women, with more than 1,400 new diagnoses annually in the state, and about one in eight women in the US. When caught at an early stage, the 5-year survival rate is 99%.

Scheduling a screening mammogram today:
https://ow.ly/2vE750X5Jw8

10/28/2025

Wondering what home health services are available in our area? Check out this article from the Morning Sentinel Business Journal.

10/26/2025

Do you put off mammograms because you don’t want to feel like a waffle in a waffle-iron? Here are four things you can do to make things go more smoothly.

https://ow.ly/TzsU50X5JyU

10/24/2025

💚Think pink! 💚

This month, the SVH team is wearing pink to show our support to everyone affected by breast cancer—survivors, caregivers, friends and family, and others. Every pink shirt, set of scrubs, and ribbon helps raise awareness and reminds us that early detection saves lives.

If you’re due for a mammogram, don’t wait—early detection really does make a difference. Schedule a mammogram: https://ow.ly/TtIl50XgBlV

10/22/2025

Saturday was SUCH a great day, and we can't help but share more pictures from the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk! We appreciate everyone who joined us for this year's event--it may have been the best one yet!

Money raised at the walk improves women healthcare, including access to screening at Sebasticook Valley Hospital. Thank you!

If you'd like to support the walk, it's not too late to donate: https://ow.ly/vmjS50Xevm4

10/18/2025

🥳THIS is the power of community! More than 100 walkers and volunteers joined us for today's Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and together raised over $10,500. What an incredible day!

Funds raised support women's healthcare and improve access to screening right here in Pittsfield. Our patients will benefit so much from your generosity. Thank you!

If you weren't able to join us and would like to support the Walk, it's not too late: https://ow.ly/vmjS50Xevm4

10/18/2025

It’s a beautiful day for a walk! If you or someone in your life has been affected by breast cancer, you won’t want to miss today’s Breast Cancer Awareness Walk! It’s not too late to join us—the walk leaves MCI Wright Gym at 9:45 am.

10/17/2025

Tomorrow is the day! If you have not registered yet, it’s not too late! Join us at 9 am at MCI’s Wright Gym for our 31st annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk. Your participation helps to support Women’s Health services at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital.

Register online and learn more at https://ow.ly/YpP550X9uJS. You may also register in-person at the walk.






Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce Heart of Pittsfield

10/17/2025

Want to know how you can reduce your risk of developing breast cancer? Here's a few things you can do to improve your chances.

• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Stay physically active.
• Limit alcohol use.
• Do not smoke.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Talk to your friends and family about scheduling a screening mammogram today:
https://ow.ly/KYF750X8TLK

10/15/2025

Thank you, WABI TV5, for highlighting this Saturday's Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on today's morning's newscast!

Are you planning to join us this weekend? The forecast looks picture perfect, it's a great way to make a difference, and it's easy to sign up. We'd love to see you on Saturday! northernlighthealth.org/svhwalk





Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce
Heart of Pittsfield

https://www.wabi.tv/2025/10/15/31st-annual-nlsv-breast-cancer-awareness-walk-set-pittsfield/

Organizer say the walk helps to increase awareness of the importance of mammograms as well as raise money to support women’s health services.

10/12/2025

Put on your walking shoes, gather your loved ones, and walk with us to honor and support those with breast cancer and remember loved ones at the 31st annual Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital Breast Cancer Awareness Walk this Saturday, October 18. The event will take place, rain or shine, at the Wright Gym on the Maine Central Institute campus in Pittsfield. Registration is at 9 am; walk begins at 9:45 am.

Register today at https://ow.ly/wH5j50X9uGy.






Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce Heart of Pittsfield