May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and the new toolkit from GW is available in the group docs at: https://mygarrettcounty.com/docs/cancer-control-program-toolkits/. Join the GCHD in posting and sharing messages for early detection and informing GC stakeholders about community programs!

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3.16.2018 – Raw analytics data for February 2018 has been posted. Thanks!

Don’t Be The Dealer
Did you know that you could be a drug dealer and not even know it?
In Garrett County 16.5% of high school youth have taken a prescription drug that was not prescribed to them.
Where did they get it from?
Nearly 60% of them took it from a family member or friend.
Please do your part to help keep the community safe. Please…[Read more]

Sandy Bell is working on a project with Cindy’s Fund’s event: An Evening With the Stars. She wants to be able to get people screened for colorectal cancer. The challenge is that testing has to be ordered and results interpreted by a practitioner. She wants this to be readily available and easy for any person that would need screening. The second…[Read more]

2.20.2018 – Raw analytics data for January 2018 has been posted. This is the first time that actual impressions have ever exceeded the set goal. Great job team!

Just because October has come and gone, don’t forget about your mammogram! Remember, most breast cancers are too small to feel that is why it is important to get a mammogram.