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Home / Articles / Editorial / Letters / It’s nice to see community support for our vets and active military
Wednesday, February 8,2012
It’s nice to see community support for our vets and active military
To the Editor:
I just felt compelled to write to say how much I love living in Athens. What a wonderful community. Case in point: I am a dietitian for the Athens VA clinic on West Union. One of my jobs is to teach a class called Healthy Hearts. Many of my veterans who participated in the class talked about how much they would like to exercise, but times are really, really tight and a membership to the Athens Community Center was out of the budget. Well, I thought what the heck? Why not call the Athens Community Center to see if something could be done, even if it was just a small discount? Got to love it. The Athens Community Center made it happen.
Veterans can exercise for free! The veteran (or active military) just needs to show an ID that indicates a veteran status at the front desk of the Athens Community Center to receive a day pass. If veterans receive medical care from the Athens CBOC, their medical card works for the identification. So kudos to the Athens Community Center for looking out for our veterans by allowing them to exercise in their primo facility!
Kimberly J Willard MS
RD LD
Athens HBPC Dietitian
& Healthy Hearts Instructor
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