Keeping Kids Creative During Coronavirus At-Home Sheltering
Getting a free day or two to stay home from school has always been a welcome event for kids. Not so in these days of Coronavirus and forced home sheltering. Cabin fever sets in rather quickly. For parents of special needs kids with limited attention spans, the stress...
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North Carolina Struggles to Meet Oral Health Care Needs of Children with Disabilities
Children with disabilities are almost two times worse off with meeting their oral health care needs than kids without disabilities. And, according to the American Dental Association, both North Carolina and South Carolina are in the bottom third of the country when it...
read morePediatric Obesity on the Rise
Pediatric obesity is a health problem with clear cut solutions, yet it is on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six children across America is obese. In North Carolina the obesity rate breaks down this way: 15%...
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Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
BY ANTHONY SCIALIS With the 2019/20 school year about to start in North Carolina (and in most parts of the nation), parents are looking to a checklist of clothes and school supplies. You should add eye exams to that list. To promote that action, August has been...
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Signposts Ministries Events and Announcements We are working on getting our space ready for the community cafe! Find out more information here. Don't forget all NEW Events are posted in the Signposts Scoop. Community Events Calendar of Free Events in Union County...
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