The Healthcare Consortium

09/30/2026

Join us tomorrow at the 2026 CARTS Fundraiser!

The Healthcare Consortium, a local nonprofit, is hosting the CARTS Fundraiser this Thursday, October 1, from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at Upper Depot Brewing Co. in Hudson.

CARTS provides free, door-to-door rides to medical appointments for Columbia County residents. The program provided more than 13,000 rides last year, and this event will help keep those rides available to neighbors who need them.

Enjoy craft b**r, light bites, and a live auction. Tickets and details: https://www.columbiahealthnet.org/2026-carts-fundraiser-registration/
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09/29/2026

Join the Healthcare Consortium this Thursday at Upper Depot Brewing Co. for craft b**r, light bites, and a live auction—all in support of CARTS and rides to care!

Tickets still available: columbiahealthnet.org/2026_carts/

09/21/2026

Do you have energy, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit? Sound judgment, creativity, and a knack for problem-solving? Would you like to devote all these talents and your time to helping people in your community? Then have we got the job for you!

The Healthcare Consortium is a local, not-for-profit organization that is based in Hudson and serves the residents of Columbia and Greene Counties. The Consortium is seeking someone to take our oldest, largest and best-known program—the Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service, or C.A.R.T.S.—to the next level as our new Transportation Program Director. We’re looking for someone who is highly organized, a good time manager, and a big-picture thinker who wants the challenge of transforming the current operation into a sustainable business model.

Learn more and apply: https://www.columbiahealthnet.org/about/employment/

09/11/2026

For more than 25 years, the Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service (CARTS) has helped Columbia County residents get to and from healthcare appointments. Learn what CARTS means to our community through the words of our clients.

Help us keep CARTS on the road! Join us at the 2026 CARTS Fundraiser and fuel another year of rides that connect our neighbors to care.

Purchase tickets, become a sponsor, or make a donation: columbiahealthnet.org/2026_carts/

09/01/2026

One month to go until the 2026 CARTS Fundraiser!

The Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service (CARTS) provides free door-to-door, non-emergency medical transportation for Columbia County residents. Last year alone, CARTS provided more than 13,000 rides to neighbors throughout our community.

Come together with CARTS riders, drivers, partners, and supporters to help fuel another year of rides that connect our neighbors to care!

Purchase your ticket today:

Please join our drivers, riders, partners, and supporters as we celebrate another year of the Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service and raise funds to support the program! To Sponsor the EventMore Sponsorship Details available here. Diamond Rims Sponsor............$10,000 Six (6) tickets....

08/27/2026

08/11/2026

The CARTS Fundraiser is back on October 1st from 4:30 - 6:30 at Upper Depot! Celebrate the Children and Adult Rural Transportation Service (CARTS) with an evening of great food, local drinks, and community. Join clients, drivers, partners, and supporters as we come together to help fuel another year of rides that connect our neighbors to care!

Sponsor the event and purchase tickets at: https://www.columbiahealthnet.org/2026-carts-fundraiser-registration/

08/06/2026

This Sunday at Athens Cultural Center, join Dr. Michael Myers from 5–7 p.m. for a conversation about his latest book, Physicians with Lived Experience: How Their Stories Offer Clinical Guidance.

This presentation bridges the gap between patient and health professional, sharing the profound insights gained when healers are felled by psychiatric illness and must seek help for themselves.

Whether you work in healthcare or simply appreciate stories of human vulnerability and resilience, you will walk away with a deeper understanding of empathy and the hidden strength behind the medical mask.

More details at:

We often view doctors as infallible experts, but they experience the fragile realities of life just like the rest of us. You’re invited to an evening with psychiatrist and author Michael Myers, MD. He will be discussing his latest, and most compelling book, Physicians with Lived Experience: How Th...

07/15/2026

Clean Air Center Information

Wildfire smoke from Canada is affecting air quality across our region, including Columbia County. If you or a loved one need a place to get out of the smoky air, Clean Air Centers are available.

These locations provide cleaner indoor air and can be especially helpful for:
💙 Older adults
💙 Young children
💙 People with asthma, COPD, or heart disease
💙 Anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the smoke

Clean Air Centers: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/20d9c0eb3f1544ac8697073311cdbd95/page/Cooling-Centers
Before you go, please call the Clean Air Center to confirm its hours of operation and availability.

To help protect your health while smoke lingers:
✔️ Stay indoors with windows and doors closed when possible.
✔️ Limit strenuous outdoor activities.
✔️ Run your air conditioning on recirculate or use a HEPA air purifier if available.
✔️ If you must be outdoors for an extended period, consider wearing a well-fitting N95 respirator.

Stay informed by checking local air quality conditions, and take extra precautions if you're sensitive to smoke.
For more information visit:
https://www.airnow.gov/wildfires/
https://appfactory.dec.ny.gov/AQI/

07/14/2026