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BMC offers unique gift ideas for Christmas

In the spirit of giving, volunteers at Burke Medical Center ask the community to help keep their efforts going by shopping local. The volunteer group, formerly known as the Pink Ladies, has donated more than $100,000 in the last two decades, including purchasing equipment such as hypo-hyper thermal blankets for the operating room and renovating the hospital’s chapel. “These are […]

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