ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) – Ballad Well being held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the brand new Youngsters’s Useful resource Heart (CRC) positioned within the Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon on Wednesday.
Ballad mentioned in a launch that the brand new CRC will assist households within the space with stopping accidents and sickness in addition to offering info to oldsters. The CRC acts as an umbrella for household and group engagement applications provided by Ballad.
“We’ve all the pieces from harm prevention to bodily exercise to wholesome recipes, methods for households to be lively collectively and free methods to have the ability to try this so children could be lively with zero price,” mentioned Tara Chadwell, director of the CRC.
Some applications provided by the CRC embrace security and harm prevention training, together with the significance of utilizing bike helmets, treatment security inside the house and baby passenger security. The CRC may also supply wellness and literacy applications.
