Monday, March 10, 2008
RAM Volunteers Needed.
Pike County officials played host to RAM founder Stan Brock last summer, and the seeds planted during that visit will soon bear fruit, but volunteers will be the key to success, said Carol Napier, Pike County Commissioner of Social Services.
“In order to make this medical expedition a success, we desperately need dentists, optometrists, doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses to step up to the plate by volunteering a few hours of their time to help those who are in desperate need of their services,” Napier said.
Brock, a former co-star of the television series Wild Kingdom and founder of the medical program RAM (Remote Area Medical) visited officials in August of last year. During his visit, Brock toured the area, as well as speaking before the Pike County Kiwanis Club about the benefits for RAM operations in Pike County and the rest of the region.
But the first thing needed for the two-day expedition, planned for June 28 and 29 at Pike County Central High School, are volunteers, according to Napier.
RAM is a program Brock helped found and develop in 1985 after spending time in the Amazon rain forest where the former television host spent 15 years living with the Wapishana Indians.
“In order to make this medical expedition a success, we desperately need dentists, optometrists, doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses to step up to the plate by volunteering a few hours of their time to help those who are in desperate need of their services,” Napier said.
Brock, a former co-star of the television series Wild Kingdom and founder of the medical program RAM (Remote Area Medical) visited officials in August of last year. During his visit, Brock toured the area, as well as speaking before the Pike County Kiwanis Club about the benefits for RAM operations in Pike County and the rest of the region.
But the first thing needed for the two-day expedition, planned for June 28 and 29 at Pike County Central High School, are volunteers, according to Napier.
RAM is a program Brock helped found and develop in 1985 after spending time in the Amazon rain forest where the former television host spent 15 years living with the Wapishana Indians.
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