Appalachia

Collegiate Times (Virginia Tech)
Health Wagon unveils new mobile unit to serve Appalachia
Leslie McCrea, multimedia editor
November 19, 2014

In 1980, Sister Bernie Kenny began riding around in her red Volkswagen Beetle dispensing healthcare to those in need. 34 years later, the Health Wagon continues to serve those in need, but this time, through the doors of a brand-new mobile unit.

The Health Wagon is a nonprofit organization that travels throughout Central Appalachia providing services to thousands of medically underserved people. According to the Health Wagon website, every dollar donated to the Health Wagon is worth approximately $100 in health care benefits.

A public relations campaigns class took on the challenge of working with the Health Wagon this semester. One team of five students worked specifically to help plan an unveiling of the new mobile unit.

“This was an important event because the Health Wagon staff and volunteers provide valuable healthcare for people in rural Appalachia who unfortunately may not be able to afford healthcare. In order to continue and to expand to other areas, there need to be supporters and more awareness of the great things that the Health Wagon does,” said Ashley Yum, a senior communications major who worked on the project....

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