Calendar spotlight

Yesterday's The Post and Courier, March 26, 2008, had a great article by Kristen Hankla featuring Lee Moultrie's and CCPL's Kim Odom efforts to help people find health information in the library. Moultrie and Odom were chosen to be part of the Aetna African American History Calendar and are profiled on the December 2008 page.

Kim, manager of the St. Paul branch, is one of the members of REACH, Racial and Ethnic Approached to Community Health, which works in the Charleston and Georgetown counties. This group was awarded a national award last year for their innovative approach to working with the community to share health information. Kim is quoted as saying, "Giving people as much information as possible is going to help them be a better patient in the patient/physician relationship." Kim has not only shown people in the library how to find information about health conditions, medications and nutrition, she has shared this with numerous churches and the Hollywood Senior Center, all the while encouraging people to get a library card to take advantage of the library's offerings.

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