Maura Flynn and Maryellen Maguire-Eisen presented, the Ripple Effect, at the National Council for Skin Cancer Preventiion at their biannual meeting on Novemeber 2, 2016. They highlighted the Blue Hills Community Health Alliance support of a Melanoma Awarenss Initiative in13 member towns. A highlight of the presentation was a review of the many programs and projects that they did in conjunction with the public health nurses in the towns. They described how the public health nurses were able to open doors in both their own communities and others.