OVEC Volunteers Participate in Health Fair

Hundreds of community residents attended the first health fair sponsored by the local branch of the NAACP, held May 31st at the A.D. Lewis Center in Huntington. OVEC folks Maryanne Graham, Winnie Fox, Elinore Taylor, John Taylor and Thomas Kincaid "personed" the OVEC table at this event.

Clearly, environmental issues are also health issues and OVEC hopes to do its part by helping more folks make the connections. As a rule, people who have less access to health care are more likely to be exposed to a disproportionate amount of toxic pollution, which may lead to health problems. Thats one reason that OVEC took advantage of this opportunity to broaden our outreach in the African-American community.

Thanks to the outstanding leadership of Sylvia Ridgeway, current president of the local NAACP, this may become an annual event we can look forward to.