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SUMMARY:First Voter Registration Drive
DESCRIPTION:Wood River Health Services to hold \n\nfirst voter registration drive\n\nhope valley: To kick off its celebration of National Health Center Week\, and in keeping in line with this year's theme\, "Powering Healthy Communities"\, Wood River Health Services will hold its first-ever voter registration drive on Monday\, Aug. 6\, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.\n\nRepresentatives fromtheSecretary of State's office will be on hand from 10 until noon to provide voter identification cards to those who need them to meet the state's new voter identification law. Volunteers from the League of Women Voters of South Kingstown/Narragansett will be available to assist in registering voters.\n\nThe drive was inspired by the National Campaign for America's Health Centers' Community Health Vote movement\, according to Wood River Health Services Development Coordinator David Henley.\n\n"Voting is good for your health\," Henley said. "That was the message that came out of the latest Health Center Policy and Issues Forum in Washington. \n\n"Community health and civic engagement have been linked from the start of the health center movement\," Henley said. "One of the cornerstones that health centers are built on is the empowering of the people we serve\, and voting is one of the ways we can all exercise what power we possess. We've certainly seen in recent years how a few votes one way or another can affect the entire course of events\, locally\, nationally and even world-wide."\n\nThe National Voter Registration Act of 1993\, known as the "Motor Voter" Act\, encourages agencies receiving federal funding to make voter registration available\, and requires those that provide certain types of public assistance\, such as the WIC (Women\, Infants and Children) offices at Wood River Health\, to pro-actively offer registration to their clients.\n\n"Community Health Centers like Wood River Health have a unique position in their communities that could allow them to greatly increase voter participation among a segment of the population that is typically under-represented in elections\," Henley said. "And in the current economy\, it wouldn't hurt to have plenty of voters out there who understand health centers and how important they are to the communities they serve."\n\nAny United States citizen above the age of 16 may register to vote. In Rhode Island\, identification such as a driver's license\, passport\, or military or other government-issued photo id must be shown at the polling place to vote. The health center will collect and deliver registrations for voters of the Chariho area\, Westerly and Hopkinton to their respective town halls and will deliver any others to the Secretary of State's Office.\n\nRhode Island does not permit online voter registration\, but anyone wishing to take a registration form with them to fill out later and submit by mail may do so. \n\nThe deadline for registering to be eligible to vote in this year's September 11 primary elections is August 12\; the deadline for the November 6 General Election is October 7.\n\nWood River HealthServices is a non-profit\, full-service Community Health Center serving southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut\, providing primary and family medical and dental care and a nationally recognized chronic disease management program\, as well as social services\, nutrition counseling\, WIC program and a food pantry. \n\nThe center also provides behavioral and mental health counseling. Lab testing\, including blood work\, x-ray and mammography\, is available on-site in cooperation with Westerly Hospital. \n\nSliding scale payments are available to those who qualify. \n\nWood River Health Services is located at 823 Main St.\, Hope Valley (on Route 3 south of the village\, just off Route I-95 at Exit 2). For more information\, call Development Coordinator David Henley at (401) 387-9628 or visit the web site at www.woodriverhealthservices.org.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Wood River Health Services to hold </span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">first voter registration drive</span></span><br />\n<span style="text-transform:uppercase\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">hope valley</span></span>: <span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">To kick off its celebration of National Health Center Week\, and in keeping in line with this year&rsquo\;s theme\, &ldquo\;Powering Healthy Communities&rdquo\;\, Wood River Health Services will hold its first-ever voter registration drive on Monday\, Aug. 6\, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Representatives fromtheSecretary of State&rsquo\;s office will be on hand from 10 until noon to provide voter identification cards to those who need them to meet the state&rsquo\;s new voter identification law. Volunteers from the League of Women Voters of South Kingstown/Narragansett will be available to assist in registering voters.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">The drive was inspired by the National Campaign for America&rsquo\;s Health Centers&rsquo\; Community Health Vote movement\, according to Wood River Health Services Development Coordinator David Henley.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">&ldquo\;Voting is good for your health\,&rdquo\; Henley said. &ldquo\;That was the message that came out of the latest Health Center Policy and Issues Forum in Washington. </span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">&ldquo\;Community health and civic engagement have been linked from the start of the health center movement\,&rdquo\; Henley said. &ldquo\;One of the cornerstones that health centers are built on is the empowering of the people we serve\, and voting is one of the ways we can all exercise what power we possess. We&rsquo\;ve certainly seen in recent years how a few votes one way or another can affect the entire course of events\, locally\, nationally and even world-wide.&rdquo\;</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">The National Voter Registration Act of 1993\, known as the &ldquo\;Motor Voter&rdquo\; Act\, encourages agencies receiving federal funding to make voter registration available\, and requires those that provide certain types of public assistance\, such as the WIC (Women\, Infants and Children) offices at Wood River Health\, to pro-actively offer registration to their clients.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">&ldquo\;Community Health Centers like Wood River Health have a unique position in their communities that could allow them to greatly increase voter participation among a segment of the population that is typically under-represented in elections\,&rdquo\; Henley said. &ldquo\;And in the current economy\, it wouldn&rsquo\;t hurt to have plenty of voters out there who understand health centers and how important they are to the communities they serve.&rdquo\;</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Any United States citizen above the age of 16 may register to vote. In Rhode Island\, identification such as a driver&rsquo\;s license\, passport\, or military or other government-issued photo id must be shown at the polling place to vote. The health center will collect and deliver registrations for voters of the Chariho area\, Westerly and Hopkinton to their respective town halls and will deliver any others to the Secretary of State&rsquo\;s Office.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Rhode Island does not permit online voter registration\, but anyone wishing to take a registration form with them to fill out later and submit by mail may do so. </span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">The deadline for registering to be eligible to vote in this year&rsquo\;s September 11 primary elections is August 12\; the deadline for the November 6 General Election is October 7.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Wood River </span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Health</span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Services</span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;"> is a non-profit\, full-service Community Health Center serving southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut\, providing primary and family medical and dental care and a nationally recognized chronic disease management program\, as well as social services\, nutrition counseling\, WIC program and a food pantry. </span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">The center also provides behavioral and mental health counseling. Lab testing\, including blood work\, x-ray and mammography\, is available on-site in cooperation with Westerly Hospital. </span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Sliding scale payments are available to those who qualify. </span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif\;">Wood River Health Services is located at 823 Main St.\, Hope Valley (on Route 3 south of the village\, just off Route I-95 at Exit 2). For more information\, call Development Coordinator David Henley at (401) 387-9628 or visit the web site at <a href="http://www.woodriverhealthservices.org">www.woodriverhealthservices.org</a>.</span>
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