Can churches become community health centers?
That’s the goal of the Community Health Promoter Program, aimed at training volunteers to offer free services such as blood pressure checks and counseling on a range of maladies from asthma to stress at churches and other neighborhood venues in the Roanoke area.
The free course, consisting of 30 hours spread over 10 weeks, is scheduled to be held on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, from Sept. 16 through Nov. 25, at the Belmont Baptist Church Health Management Center at 825 Stewart Ave., in east Roanoke.
“The idea is that volunteers working through churches and other organizations might be able to reach people who might not come into a doctor’s office or clinic,” said Donna Bollinger, the program’s coordinator. She’s also coordinator of community outreach at New Horizons Healthcare, a nonprofit agency in northwest Roanoke.
To sign up, or for more information, call Bollinger at 362-0360.

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