| 6th
Annual Kid Power a Success
The 6th Annual Kid Power: Empowering Kids for Success held
Saturday, May 9, 2009.,drew a crowd of 5,500 at the Appalachian
Fairgrounds in Gray. Highlights for the day were Daisy, the
Opossum from Bays Mountain, Kingsport Lifesaving Crew Search
and Rescue Bloodhounds, Pluggie the Fire Hydrant, the Chuckey
Doak Soccer Clinic and the Obstacle Course by Johnson City
Schools Coordinated Health. More than 70 exhibitors, outdoor
activities and events kept kids busy all day.
Kingsport Lifesaving Crew brought their
heaving equipment and Bloodhound Search Team and Johnson City
Fire Department brought Pluggie the Fire Hydrant. The last-minute
newcomer and biggest hit for this year’s event was Zappo
the Magic Clown, who never stopped creating balloon tree-hanging
monkeys, hats and creatures of every color, shape and size.
Another newcomer, The Marathon Ministry, gave away new clothing
for infants and toddlers, blankets and other items.
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 REMOTE
AREA MEDICAL (RAM) the 9th
annual Remote Area Medical health outreach will be held July
24-26 at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Va. Last year's
event served 5,474 patients with 1,584 volunteers providing
$1.7 million in care including medical exams, mammograms,
eye exams, and dental exams, cleaning, fillings and extractions.
The event at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia,
is evidence of the need for affordable health care services
in the region. At right, Gov. Tim Kaine speaks with Bill Russell,
Chair of the LENOWISCO Suicide Prevention Coalition.
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Survivors
of Suicide Support Groups are in Tennessee and Virginia.
The
Tennessee group meets from 6-8 p.m. the 4th Monday of each
month at Johnson City Medical Center, 5th Floor. For the Tennessee
group, call Dorothy Gregory at (423) 928-9062. The Virginia
group meets at 6 p.m. the 4th Thursday of each month. For
the Virginia group, call Bill Russell at (276) 346-1641.
Virginia
Regional Suicide Prevention Coalitions
The Lee County Suicide Prevention Coalition formed
to raise awareness and determine the available resources in
the Lee County community for suicide survivors. The group
meets at 2 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month at Lee
County Behavioral Health Services in Jonesville. Call Bill
or Phyllis Russell at (276) 346-1641. The Wise County
Suicide Prevention Coalition meets the second Thursday
of every month at 10 a.m. at Baptist Student Center at UVA-Wise.
please contact Rica Maralit at (276) 523-8357. The Scott
County Suicide Prevention Coalition meets at 3:30
p.m. the first Thursday of every month at Addington Hall in
Duffield. Please contact Amy Bledsoe at (276) 431-4370.
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