Wood River adds another new board member

Local businessman Greg Kenney joins WRHS Board

The Wood River Health Services Board of Directors has unanimously elected Gregory Kenney of Rockville to the board.

Kenney is a Vice President at Perrault Farms, Inc., a turf farm and real estate venture business in Hope Valley, where he has worked since receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Milton College in Wisconsin.

He served on the Chariho Regional School District for 16 years and is a former Chairman of the committee. He also served as Chairman of the Chariho School District’s Project 2010 Building Committee and as Chairman of the Hopkinton Finance Board.

A Chariho High School Class of 1968 graduate, Kenney replaces his wife, Beverly Kenney, on the Wood River Health Services Board.

Wood River Health Services is the Federally Qualified Community Health Center for southwestern Rhode Island, providing medical and dental care and social services to over 9,000 area residents.

The center also administers the area WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Nutrition Program, provides a nationally recognized chronic disease management program, has available on-site lab testing in cooperation with Westerly Hospital, including blood work, x-ray and mammography, and provides behavioral and mental health counseling and referrals.

Sliding scale payments are available to those who qualify.

Wood River Health Services is located at 823 Main St., Hope Valley (on Route 3 south of the village, just off Route I-95 at Exit 2). For more information, call (401) 539-2461 or visit www.woodriverhealthservices.org.