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VIM Berkshires Receives Grant from Medical Society Foundation
01:37PM / Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires has been awarded a grant of $25,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation as part of the foundation’s 2016 charitable allocations.

The grant will help to support the clinic’s Non-Opioid Pain Management Program, which uses acupuncture, massage, behavioral health and nutrition counseling to address chronic and episodic pain and prevent the use of opioids.  

VIM has received 10 previous grants from the Foundation, the first one occurring in 2004 to help establish the agency’s free clinic.  For more information on VIM, visit their website.

The grant was one of 15 made in 2016 by the Foundation to agencies across the commonwealth to assist in providing services for homeless, uninsured, and underinsured individuals and families, programs promoting healthy lifestyles, treatment for individuals with substance abuse, and programs addressing teen dating violence and infectious diseases.

The Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians, and the MMS Alliance, the organization of physicians' spouses, physicians, medical students, partners, and friends committed to advancing the health and well-being of the family of medicine. The Foundation’s mission is to support the charitable and educational activities of the Society and Alliance and address issues affecting the health, benefit, and welfare of the community.

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