Handsel Art

PRESS RELEASE

Date: 6 December 2007

For Immediate Release

Contact: J.R. Few at

(870) 427-1365 or email

handselart@marioncounty.com

Julio Mereiros tests his carbon monoxide levels at Ranger Boats’ Employee Health Fair in Flippin December 5th and 6th.  Tobacco Free Marion County offered the test to smokers and non-smokers alike.  In addition TFMC offered tobacco users the opportunity to participate in the UAMS College of Public Health SOSworks  tobacco cessation program.   SOSworks connects quitters with trained interventionists who evaluate a persons’ nicotine dependency and help plan individual quit plans for quitting and staying tobacco free.  The program is free to all Arkansas residents simply by calling 1-866-NOW QUIT.

TFMC volunteer J.R. Few notes, “Ranger really sets the curve in their concern for a healthy workforce.” 

Other activities available to employees included information from the Hospice of the Ozarks, discounted membership with the Area Evac Lifeteam, glaucoma testing from the Sneed Eye Clinic, flu and tetanus shots from BCLP, and bone density scans from Health Dynamic Physicals.  In addition, the American Red Cross conducted a community blood drive in the parking lot.

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