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Healthcare Throughout the Lifespan: SEARCH Tackles Access Issues in Western North Carolina
by SEARCH Board member Sarah Melotte Image by Conrad Leavitt/Trillivision To address the critical issue of healthcare access in Western...
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- May 6
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- Mar 18
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SEARCH 2023 Annual Report
Welcome to the 4th Annual Report. Within it you'll find a review of SEARCH's projects and events focused on the communities of Mitchell...
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- Jun 5, 2023
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Connecting and Sharing Healthcare Concerns and Resources in our Community
One of SEARCH’s missions is to connect: to create bridges between organizations and make healthcare information accessible to the public....
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- Apr 27, 2023
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SEARCH Events Are Springing Up! May 18 Community Forum Next
Spring has sprouted many opportunities to engage with our community: SEARCH's Homeplace and Hog Hollow Nonprofit Night, PATH's Burnsville...
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- Feb 23, 2023
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SEARCH 2022 Annual Report
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Report. We hope you'll read about the year and find ideas and images that show our work in and for the...
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- Feb 1, 2023
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Up Next: Phone Calls to Legislators As Over 150 Postcards Make Their Way to Raleigh
Last Thursday evening more than 40 community members joined SEARCH for a postcard-writing party at Homeplace Beer Company in Burnsville. ...
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- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
Take Action to Push Medicaid Expansion Over the Finish Line in 2023!
Show your love this Valentine's season by advocating for affordable healthcare for all North Carolinians SEARCH encourages our...
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- Jan 17, 2023
- 2 min
Make 2023 the year that the N.C. Legislature votes to Expand Medicaid
Shockingly, North Carolina is one of only 11 states that has not expanded Medicaid. Recently, SEARCH attended a local presentation on...
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health Round Table Forms Strategies to Support Youth Following COVID Isolation & Stresses
In the spring of 2022, SEARCH’s Bring Summer Back Committee (BSB), which began as a collaborative partnership for fighting the COVID...
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- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
September Meeting Highlights YMCA Plans and "Moms & Babies" Survey
Flowers were provided by SEARCH volunteer Sandra Saunders. Autumn was barely three hours old when we kicked off our second public meeting...
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- Sep 6, 2022
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SEARCH Invites You to a Presentation & Family Friendly Supper in Spruce Pine
RSVP to the SEPTEMBER 22 SEARCH Event HERE
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
A June SEARCH Party with a Purpose - Photos from the Burnsville Town Center
Photos by Jan Graham The June 16 SEARCH Party at the Burnsville Town Center got under way as guests mingled and enjoyed refreshments....
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Come to Our First Public Party in Two Years!
When: Thursday, June 16 Time: 7:00- 8:30pm Where: Burnsville Town Center (6 South Main Street, just below the Town Square) Who: SEARCH...
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
The Independent Monitor Comes to Town
Recently ten SEARCHers (present or past board and committee members) met in-person in Spruce Pine with Tom Urban and Ginger Smith of the...
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- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
A.G. Josh Stein's Asheville Roundtable on Hospital Consolidation Pivots to HCA Concerns
AG Josh Stein invited local leaders, healthcare advocates, health care providers, and elected officials to a round table in Asheville...
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- Mar 23, 2022
- 2 min
SEARCH's Bring Summer Back Group Remains an Effective Collaboration
Even as COVID numbers are falling, a committee formed a year ago to share information and resources continues to meet virtually, and the...
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- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
2021 Independent Monitor Virtual Meeting on Wednesday, April 7th
Register to attend the April 7, 2021, Virtual Independent Monitor Meeting
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- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
SEARCH General Meeting Minutes August 11, 2020
Location: Meeting via Zoom Attendance: 32 people in attendance The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Susan Larson, co-leader....
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 8 min
SEARCH Community Meeting - March 10, 2020 - Spruce Pine
Lee Rule, Surgical Nurse Practitioner at BRRH, speaks at the SEARCH meeting about Surgical coverage at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
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