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Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Families Take Advantage of Free Physicals
Amya Mitchell-Howard, 5, stands on one leg as part of her development test with Loudoun County Community Health Center CEO Debra Dever while her parents look on. Dever, a registered nurse, helped conduct development tests throughout the day. (Rachael Dickson)
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors member Kelly Burke watches as Dever administers a development test to 4-year-old Kyle Wilson. Kyle and his parents are newcomers to the county. "We found out about this and we were like good! We didn't know where to go for Kyle's physical," Kyle's mother, Kristi Wilson said. (Rachael Dickson)
Kyle works with Dever to identify pictures of several animals as part of his development test. (Rachael Dickson)
Four-year-old Jeremy Jimenez picks out a backpack from the Junior League of Northern Virginia's selection, as his mother, Karen Jimenez looks on. The Junior League provided the backpacks, filled with school supplies, free to all the children that completed the physicals. As a reward for being good during the appointment, Karen Jimenez took Jeremy and her nephew to Chuck E. Cheese's. (Rachael Dickson)
Kyle Wilson has his blood pressure checked in another stop during his physical. The different parts of the physical were laid out in different areas of the center, with children going from station to station to complete them all. (Rachael Dickson)
Kyle has his height checked by a volunteer. At 3 foot, 11 inches, this Spiderman fan is ready to start school. (Rachael Dickson)
Christyle Hall, 7, identifies the shapes that Mobile Health Registered Nurse Nikou Afshari points at during her vision exam. (Rachael Dickson)
Christyle Hall, 7, identifies the shapes that Mobile Health Registered Nurse Nikou Afshari points at during her vision exam. (Rachael Dickson)
The Loudoun County Community Health Center has been inundated the past few weekends with families wanting to take advantage of free student physicals. Preschoolers and kindergartners, as well as older children who are new to Loudoun County Public Schools, were eligible for the physicals.
This is the first year that the center has offered free physicals, and the staff was expecting to conduct only about 30 physicals the first day. However, last Saturday staff members arrived to find an overwhelming number of families, and completed 110 physicals.
Yesterday was no different, the center almost matching last Saturday in the number of physicals completed. Students went through eye exams, development tests and more, and at the end were offered a backpack full of school supplies, provided by the Junior League.
Photos by Rachael Dickson
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Tagged: health, Loudoun Comm. Health Center, students
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