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7th
Annual Kid Power a Success
The 7th Annual Kid Power: Empowering Kids for Success is set
for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 8, 2010. The 2009 event drew a crowd of 5,500 at the Appalachian
Fairgrounds in Gray.
See Wings helicopter land and talk with the crew. Sing your way to
Kid Power Idol and have fun with the Johnson City Family
Skate Center. See a Roller Derby Jam.
Test your batting speed with the Johnson City Cardinals. Check out
your skills in the Milk Mustache, Limbo, Hula Hoop, and
Power Bubble contests. Make giant bubbles with Project BASIC
or investigate fossils with the Gray Fossil Site and see
Bay’s Mountain opossum.
Experience a soccer clinic with Chuckey Doak High School. Meet the
Kingsport Lifesaving Crew Heavy Rescue Bloodhound Search
Team and see the Water Rescue Truck. Hitch a ride with
Raceway Ministries on their golf carts. Get inside an
18-wheeler with Tennessee Trucking Association.
Try to stay dry when you visit Pluggie the Fire Hydrant,
provided by the Johnson City Fire Department, and Andy the
Ambulance from the Sullivan County EMS. Get your face
painted, or get temporary tattoos.
Make butterfly craft with TRACES Foster Care, play games and win
prizes. Visit with WCQR’s Danny the Lion. Get a scoliosis
screening and body mass index with the Washington County
Health Department. Hammer away at the Doak House Museum’s
tin punch.
Learn about a doctor’s office visit with the Teddy Bear Check-up at
Niswonger Children’s Hospital. Take part in Kohl’s Kids on
the Move. Meet Happy Bear and Kids on the Block. See
Tri-City Talent.
Play games and win prizes. Get your face painted. Do crafts, make
silly putty and plant flowers. Each booth has a game or
craft to complete.
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Flowers
on the Lake
SAFE House Domestic Violence Shelter is hosting its 2nd
annual Flowers
on the Lake at 5 p.m. , Friday, May 21, 2010, at Warriors Path State
Park.
Judge
Mark Toohey is the guest speaker. Chamber music will be
provided by Fiddlesticks and soloist Lindsey Newton.
The
ceremony will conclude as attendees launch a beautiful array
of flowers on the lake in remembrance of Victims of Domestic
Violence, including the 213 served by SAFE House during Fiscal
2009. The flowers will be provided by Rainbow's End Gift and
Floral.
 REMOTE
AREA MEDICAL (RAM) is set for
July 23-25, 2010. The 10th annual event is expected to draw
even more individuals from the region in need of care.
The 9th annual Remote Area Medical health outreach
served 5,598 patients with 1,746 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. Photo courtesy Kingsport Times News.
Volunteer Registration Form
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Planning
District One Behavioral Health Services received new funding
for 2009-10 from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation
to provide tobacco prevention programs for local youth in
Wise, Lee, and Scott counties and the City of Norton. 
Family
Links planned respite services, a program
of Frontier Health, offers a Support Group for parents and
caregivers of children with severe emotional disturbances
or mental illness. The Support Group is not a parenting class.
Family Links can provide child care for all appropriate children.
The Support Group is free of charge. If you would like more
information, call (423) 232-2719. 