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Low Vision-It's More Than Needing Reading Glasses

As America’s baby boomers enter their senior years, they may notice a gradual loss in some areas of sight. Loss of peripheral or central vision could indicate low vision, a visual impairment that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, pharmaceuticals or surgery. More than 2.9M people …

Local Connections

Former TV Reporter Joins Bon Secours Marketing Team

Bon Secours St. Francis announces Sharon Y. Johnson has joined the staff of Bon Secours St. Francis as its new Media and Community Coordinator. Johnson, a former TV news anchor on WYFF, is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University and earned her Master’s Degree from Seton Hall University. …

School

School District to Hold Transportation Job Fair

Greenville County Schools will host a Transportation Job Fair from 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at M. T. Anderson Support Center (formerly Southside High School), 100 Blassingame Road, Greenville. The goal is to fill vacancies for bus drivers and special needs bus aides for the 2013-…

Accomplishments

Verizon Kicks Off Wireless Technology Innovation Awards in the Carolinas

Small and Mid-Sized Businesses to Compete for $10,000 Prize for Innovative Use of Wireless Technology GREENVILLE, S.C.—Starting April 1, Verizon Wireless will begin accepting entries for its 2013 Wireless Technology Innovation Awards for small and mid-sized businesses located in North and South …

Local Connections

Summer Camp & Vacation Bible Schools Get Ready for Summer Craft Season With help from A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts

Crafts are synonymous with summer camp and A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts is making it easier than ever for summer camp leaders to stock their cabins with arts and crafts supplies via the company’s new summer camp initiative. With more than 100 new craft kits, crafting ideas and thousands of supplies, A.…

Awareness

Project Paws Alive Partners with Groupon Grassroots for Vests for K-9s Initiative to provide Law Enforcement K-9s Bullet and Stab Protective Vests

For Immediate Release Press Release: Help Law Enforcement K-9s Get Bullet and Stab Protective Vests   Project Paws Alive Partners with Groupon Grassroots for Vests for K-9s Initiative to provide Law Enforcement K-9s Bullet and Stab Protective Vests   Grayson, GA – Today Project Paws Alive and …

Awareness

Free Event for Parents w/ Teen Drivers - TOMORROW!

Did you know that the leading cause of teen driver deaths is driver inexperience? 85% of South Carolina parents taking a recent survey were not aware of this fact. Join us for this exciting event TOMORROW NIGHT to learn more coaching tips to use when you're working with your teen behind the wheel. …

Awareness

Verizon To Train Upstate Employees in CPR, Heimlich Maneuver

           A life-saving encounter for Verizon Wireless’ regional president Jerry Fountain has resulted in the company offering free classes on CPR and the Heimlich maneuver to all Upstate employees. In January, a small group of Verizon employees were enjoying a celebratory dinner together at …

Volunteers Needed

Volunteer at Local Parks

From Greenville County Parks and Recreation Be a Hero... Volunteer! Do you love parks? How about giving back to the community? If so, you should be a Park Hero. Park Heroes is a public park volunteer corps created by the Greater Greenville Parks Foundation and Greenville Rec. Volunteering in your …

School

Lecture on Christianity Open to Public

Submitted by USC Upstate A century ago, 93 percent of the world’s Christians could be found in the Americas and Europe. Today, the area of the world known as the Global South – the nations of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia – is home to 61 percent of the estimated two billion …

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