The third annual Coal Creek Health Day at Briceville School was a great success. Dr. Hiroshi Toyohara, retired Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Robert Casey, and Dr. Bob Greer, Dentist (all three are members of the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited) recruited other doctors and medical personnel to provide basic medical and dental exams for Kindergarten through Fifth grade students. Other physicians generously donating their skills and time were Dr. Stewart Jennings, Dr. Henry Long, and Dr. Hooper Stiles.
Registered nurses, lab technicians and volunteers provided eye chart exams, blood pressure checks, glucose checks, height and weight checks among other items. They were a great help!
New toothbrushes, toothpaste, and dental examining mirrors were given to all students.
Reporters from local newspapers including The Oak Ridger, Volunteer Times in LaFollette, and the Clinton Courier News attended and made the kids feel important.
TVA volunteers Charlie Saylor and Tiffany Day, and John Thurman and Barry Thacker from the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited treated the kids to creek exploration between doctor and dental visits. Tables were set up at the creek to display fish and critters found in Coal Creek that flows by the school. They taught the kids how checking the health of the creek and checking their own health are related.
The Oak Ridger article 10/28/03
VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED:
Boyle, Aronica (Dental Student) |
Kerns, Jim |
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