Date
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Day/Time |
Event |
October 2 |
Thursday
8:00 am |
Interagency meeting—8:00am at Sweet Aromas
(Every first Thursday of the month) |
October 2 |
Thursday
11:30 am –
1:00 pm |
Safe Kids Ashe / Alleghany Counties
Quarterly Meeting
Ashe Family Central—large conference room
SKAAC committee members and members of the community that work at preventing injuries in our children ages 0-19 are invited to attend. (Please bring an update of what you and your agency are doing to prevent childhood injury for the next upcoming 3 months). RSVP 336-846-5850 |
October 4 |
Saturday
8:00 am |
Recycling Hope Yard sale
Lady Bug Boutique Parking Lot
All proceeds will go to the “Women In Touch” Endowment Fund to support and assist cancer survivors in Ashe County!
You can help by: Donating your “gently” used items, come out and help during the sale, BUY ITEMS!!! For more information contact the Lady Bug Boutique. 336-846-2159 |
October 8 |
Wednesday 4:00 pm |
Volunteer Initiative Meeting
–4 pm at Ashe Services for Aging
(usually every second Wednesday of the month) |
October
9 & 10 |
Thursday & Friday |
Annual Healthy Carolinians Conference
“Sustaining Healthy Carolinians Partnerships:
The Face of Our Communities”
Greensboro Downtown Marriott
Who should attend? This conference welcomes members from Healthy Carolinians partnerships as well as all professionals, community members, scholars, and anyone interested in learning about community health improvement. Participants from past conferences include representatives of public health, hospitals, health and human service agencies, volunteer groups, community residents, the faith community, elected officials, and community organizations representing minority groups. |
October 9 |
Thursday
7:30 am– 9:30 am |
Cholesterol Screening
—7:30 am at Mountain Hearts, by appointment only: call (336) 846-0744. Must Fast for 12 hours (overnight) may drink water.
(Every second Thursday of the month) |
October 13 |
Tuesday
8:30 am |
Ashe Elder Abuse Prevention Forum
Free
Ashe Services for Aging
9:30am—3:30pm
This working forum will walk participants how, when, why report a case of Elder Abuse. It will also go through different aspects of WHAT happens during a report of Elder Abuse by the different agencies.
To reserve your space at this forum, please contact 336-846-5719 (Ashe County DSS Adult Services) |
October 15-18 |
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Safe Kids World Wide Annual Leadership Conference
Washington DC
www.safekids.org |
October 16 |
Thursday
4:30 pm |
Ashe Suicide Awareness and Prevention (ASAP) Task Force—4:30pm Ashe Memorial Hospital Library
(Every third Thursday of the Month) |
October 17 |
Friday
3:00 pm—
4:30 pm |
FREE Car Seat Check at Ashe Family Central
Held in the Community Room—the old cafeteria
- Bring: your vehicle, your child (children), if your child is on Medicaid please bring their Medicaid card, Happy Faces!
(Every third Friday of the month, unless otherwise noted) |
October 21 |
Tuesday
8:30 am |
Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco (PANT)—
8:30 at West Jefferson Coffee House (Every third Tuesday of the month) |
October 23 |
Thursday
11:30 am |
School Based Health Center (SBHC)
—11:30 am at Ashe Extension Office
(Every fourth Thursday of the Month) |
October 25 |
Saturday
9:00 am –
1:00 pm |
Ashe County Health Fair
Jefferson Station
Free and open to the public—all are welcome
Many Health booths and screenings will be available for those who attend…looking forward to seeing you there!!! |
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If you would like to see your events listed on the ACHC website, please email the date, day, time, and a description of the event with contact information to juliana.whitaker@yahoo.com Please title the email website posting. |
