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CLINICS, PROGRAMS & EVENTS
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Date: 00/00/0000
Time: TBA
Event: Secondhand Smoke Community Forum
Location: TBA
Cost: Free
Tired of working in a smokey environment? It's time to protect the workers of Clark County from secondhand smoke exposure! Join us at the spring community forum (date TBA).
The forum will give you a chance to voice your opinion regarding Clean Indoor Air.
Stay tuned for date, time, location and more details.
Event Coordinator: Cara Palmer
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 136
Date: 00/00/0000
Time:
Event: Clark County Tobacco Coalition
Location: Clark County Health Department
Cost: N/A
The coalition is made of people with a variety of interests and specialties. Members represent local health & human services, hospital, family resource centers, and community at large.
Our coalition represents broad partnerships that cover Winchester/Clark County with the purpose of reducing/eliminating tobacco use with effective community-based programs.
Please join us at our next meeting! A light dinner will be provided.
Feel free to call for more information.
Event Coordinator: Cara Palmer
For Additional Information Call 859-744-4482 ext. 136
Date: 04/09/2008
Time: 8:30am - 3:15pm
Event: Cooper/Clayton FACILITATOR Training
Location: Clark Co. Health Department
Cost: Free
Support smokers who want to RISE above the pack. Become a facilitator in the Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking.
The Cooper/Clayton Method is a proven program that can help smokers become nonsmokers through:
*Nicotine Replacement Therapy (gum, patches, lozenges).
*Thirteen weekly education sessions.
*Relapse prevention training in a supportive group atmosphere.
For more information please contact Amy LaCount 744-4482 ext. 103 at Clark Co. Health Dept.
Event Coordinator: Amy LaCount, MS
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 103
Date: 04/17/2008
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Event: Community Baby Shower
Location: Clark Co. Extension Office
1400 Fortune Dr.
Cost: Free!
For All Expecting Parents and New Parents of Children Ages 0-2
Featured Speakers: Representatives from the Clark County HANDS Program
Door Prizes & Vendor Information
Cake & Refreshments
Sponsored By: Clark County Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, Students 1st, and the Clark County Health Department
Event Coordinator:
For Additional Information Call 745-3900 or 744-4482
Date: 04/21/2008
Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Event: Town Hall Meeting: Underage Drinking in Our Community
Location: George Rogers Clark High School, Auditorium
Cost: Free
63% of Clark Co. 10th
Graders said it would be “sort of easy” or “very easy” to obtain alcohol.
(2006 KIP School Survey)
12% of Clark Co. 8th Graders said they used
alcohol at least once in the last 30 days.
(2006 KIP School Survey)
The meeting will provide an opportunity for parents, teachers, officials, youth, and other community members to voice their concerns and suggest ideas for preventing young people from using alcohol.
A panel of professionals will discuss local school survey data, law enforcement statistics, and the possibility of a community social host ordinance.
Presented by the Clark County Alcohol Coalition and Clark County ASAP. For more information contact Janna Smith, ASAP Coordinator, 749-1577.
Door Prizes and Refreshments Provided
Event Coordinator: Janna Smith, Clark Co. ASAP Coordinator
For Additional Information Call 749-1577
Date: 04/22/2008
Time: 12PM-1PM
Event: Cooper-Clayton Smoking Cessation Clinic
Location: Clark County Health Department
Cost: Free
Do you need help to stop smoking? Try the Cooper/Clayton Method to stop smoking. This effective smoking cessation program addresses all aspects of smoking and provides group support.
The class meets for 12 weeks, only 1 hour, 1 day a week!
This program is FREE! The only cost to participants is the cost of nicotine replacements, (such as nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges). **SPECIAL** Ask about our 100% Reimbursement Program.**
We can help you put out your cigarettes for the last time.
Event Coordinator: Amy LaCount or Cara Palmer
For Additional Information Call 859-744-4482
Date: 04/25/2008
Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Event: The Teen Brain
Location: Embassy Suites on Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY.
Cost:
The KY Teen Pregnancy Coalition's spring meeting will be April 25, 2008. Dr. David Hager of Women's Care Center of Lexington will be speaking on "The Teen Brain".
For more information please contact Carolyn Burtner at 744-4482 ext. 130.
Event Coordinator: Carolyn Burtner
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 130
Date: 04/26/2008
Time: 9am
Event: American Heart Walk
Location: Winchester Traveling Trail
@ Corner of Colby Rd. and ByPass Rd.
Cost: Free
Come walk the Winchester Traveling Trail for a good cause – The American Heart Association. Registration is at 9am and the walk begins at 10am.
Heart Disease is the #1 killer of Kentuckians. Come out to support research for heart disease.
If you’d like to be involved or get a team together please contact Jennifer Ebert at the American Heart Association 859-278-1632 or Kristian Wagner at the Clark County Health Department 744-4482 ext. 123.
Event Coordinator: Kristian Wagner
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 123
Date: 04/29/2008
Time: 6PM
Event: Diabetes Support Group
Location: Clark Co. Library
Cost: Free
Speaker: Dr. Quentin Murray of Ertel Medicine & Pediatrics, PSC
Topic: Diabetes and Your Health
Event Coordinator: Carol Hisle
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 116
Date: 06/24/2008
Time: 6PM
Event: Diabetes Support Group
Location: Clark Co. Extension Office
1400 Fortune Drive
Cost: Free
Speaker: Kristian Wagner RD, LD
Topic: Healthy Summer Eating
Event Coordinator: Carol Hisle
For Additional Information Call 744-4482 ext. 116
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