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Breast Cancer Awareness Day is Wednesday, October 26 at the Murray County Health Department. Free breast exams will be offered from 7:30 AM to 11 AM and from 1 PM to 3:30 PM. No appointment is necessary! Breast cancer prevention education will also be available. *Chatsworth Mayor Tyson Haynes has declared October to be Breast Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month and is urging all Chatsworth residents and residents of Murray County to save a life and get checked. Find out more about how you can prevent breast cancer for yourself or for someone you love at the Breast Cancer Awareness Day event at Murray County Health Department on Old Dalton-Ellijay Road in Chatsworth. Call (706) 695-4585 for details. For more information about breast cancer and the prevention of this and other types of cancer, log onto www.cdc.gov/cancer.
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Fast, Safe, Convenient – Oct 11!
The Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic is rolling into Chatsworth, and all you’ll need to do is roll in, roll up a sleeve and get the shot that will protect you all flu season. The Murray County Health Department and community partners will conduct their annual Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic on Tuesday, October 11th from 8 am to 6 pm at the Murray County Parks and Recreation Department while practicing local emergency Point of Dispensing operations. 4-in-1 Quadrivalent Flu Shots will be $25 and Fluzone High Dose Flu Shots for people 65 and older will be $58. Cash, checks, Medicare, Medicaid, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and United Healthcare Insurance will be accepted. The CDC recommends getting a flu shot each year. The fastest, most convenient way to get that shot is at the Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic in Chatsworth! The Murray County Parks and Recreation Department is at 651 Hyden Tyler Road in Chatsworth, GA. Call (706) 695-4585 for more information.
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FUN Family Event - Learn how to Prepare for Disasters!
Prepare Yourself, Your Family, Your Community
As National Preparedness Month draws to a close, Whitfield County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), including the North Georgia Health District, invite the public to Community Disaster Awareness Day at Home Depot at 875 Shugart Road in Dalton from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 1st. Community Disaster Awareness Day is being held in conjunction with Home Depot’s Safety Day and Whitfield’s PrepareAthon! campaign. Join this fun family event and learn how to prepare for and protect yourself, your family and your property before, during and after disaster strikes. Call (706) 259-3730 for more information.
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Fast, Safe, Convenient – Oct 6!
At the Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic in Ellijay, you can conveniently Roll In, Roll Up a Sleeve and ARM against the Flu to be protected all flu season! The Gilmer County Health Department and community partners will conduct their annual Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic on Thursday, October 6th from 8 AM to 4 PM at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church while practicing local emergency Point of Dispensing operations. 4-in-1 Quadrivalent Flu Shots will be $25 and Fluzone High Dose Flu Shots for people 65 and older will be $58. Cash, checks, Medicare, Medicaid, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and United Healthcare Insurance will be accepted. The CDC recommends getting a flu shot each year. The fastest, most convenient way to get that shot is at the Drive-by Flu Shot Clinic in Ellijay! Pleasant Grove Baptist Church is at 115 Pleasant Grove Road in Ellijay, Georgia. Call (706) 635-4363 for more information.
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