Vermont Business MagazineArea artists, photographers, and orthopedics leaders will judge the Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Active Lifestyle Photo Contest. Submissions are being accepted now throughApril 1atsvhealthcare.org/photocontest.
Judges include Artist Rita Dee and Greg Nesbit of Greg Nesbit Photography, both of Bennington. SVMC Orthopedics staff—including Jonathan Cluett, MD; Marie Hemeon, and Practice Manager Donna Parmenter—will also review submissions and choose favorites. The public will be invited to vote for people’s choice via social media atfacebook.com/svmedicalcenter.
Winners from two categories, Youth photographers (18 years and younger) and Adult photographers (19 years and older), will be honored. The top prize is $300. Photographs will be featured at SVMC Orthopedics’ newly remodeled location on Dewey Street in Bennington, which scheduled for completion this spring.
Community members are encouraged to submit photos. The aim is to celebrate health and the local outdoor and indoor venues for living actively, like playing fields, hiking and biking trails, and tennis and soccer complexes.
Entrants can submit photos for consideration electronically atsvhealthcare.org/photocontestthroughApril 1.
The judges will evaluate the photos based on creativity, photographic quality, genuineness, connection to local community, and relation to health. Preference will be given to photos with a connection to the local area, including Southwestern Vermont, Western New York, and Northern Massachusetts.
About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC’s providers are members of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, a multispecialty medical group operated in partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock. SVHC includes the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, a 150-bed long- and short-term care skilled nursing facility; the SVHC Foundation; and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), which includes 19 primary and specialty care practices. Primary care offices are located in Bennington, Manchester, Pownal, and Wilmington. To learn more, visitsvhealthcare.org.
BENNINGTON, VT—March 28, 2017—SVMC. To learn more and enter the contest, visitwww.svhealthcare.org/photocontest