By Liz Ferrell Development & Community Outreach Specialist   Janice York, FNP-C Occasionally in the life of every organization an employee comes along whose name achieves legend status. At HOPE Family Health, Janice York has become such a legend. A Family Nurse Practitioner, Janice has worked at HOPE since 2013, serving most of those years as the provider at HOPE’s Westside Clinic, on Highway 52 in western Macon County. But she initially joined the HOPE Family in 2006.   Begi

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and many of us have already begun the holiday weekend. Heck, some of us have already begun the Christmas holiday!   You may do a daily countdown throughout November of things that make you thankful. You may consider Thanksgiving its own holiday, of equal weight with others, and use the day to spend time with family, and contemplate and give thanks for your blessings. You may be

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist   Have you ever donated blood before? If you’re interested in becoming a...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” - Benjamin Franklin.  ...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist   Lauren Smith is HOPE's new CEO. Monday, September 22, 2025, marks the dawn...

HOPE's Number Cruncher In Chief By Liz Ferrell, Development and Community Relations Specialist   HOPE CFO Rich Melke makes a pretty...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   Richard Cox, Director of Pharmacy Services at HOPE Family Health, is one of...

HOPE’s Mobile Unit Brings Behavioral Healthcare to Local Communities By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   The...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist   April Reyes loves gardening, reading, spending time with her husband...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist   Chances are, you or someone you love has experienced mental health issues....

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   “HOPE is special. Why should it only be here?”   The occasion was a...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   On Saturday, April 5th, HOPE Family Health threw a party and invited...

Sara Harris has only served a few weeks as HOPE Family Health’s dietitian/nutritionist, but in that short time she has already...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   In the early 1700s in colonial New England, a Boston clergyman and slave...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   It’s 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning of a holiday weekend and you’re partying...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   For many years HOPE Family Health has allocated a portion of the HOPE...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   The days between Thanksgiving and Christmas shimmer with warmth and holiday...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Outreach Specialist   No holiday season embodies the important role food plays in our holiday...

HOPE Celebrates Hispanic Staff for National Hispanic Heritage Celebration Month By Liz Ferrell Development & Community Outreach...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist Call 988! Call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline  at 988 ( para...