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New
Center
Community
Services
Host
10th
Annual
5k
Walk/Run
with
Walk
Ambassador
Kam
Carman
DETROIT
- New
Center
Community
Services
(NCCS)
will
host its
10th
Annual
5k
Walk/Run,
Saturday,
September
10, 2016
from
9:00
a.m. –
12:30
p.m., on
the
Detroit
Riverwalk.
This
year’s
Walk
Ambassador
will be
100.3
WNIC
radio
co-host
Kam
Carman.
Local
chefs
and food
vendors
will
also be
on-site
providing
healthy
food
samples
for
participants.
This
year’s
event
will
begin
with a
morning
warm up
&
stretch
session
provided
by Go!
Smoothie’s
owner
and
holistic
health
coach
Callie
Bradford.
Proceeds
from the
walk
will
support
NCCS’s
goal of
breaking
the
“cycle
of
trauma”
being
witnessed
in our
community’s
schools.
Funds
will
support
deploying
mental
health
staff in
classrooms
and
school
buildings
to train
and
support
educators
and
administrators
in
recognizing
and
dealing
with
trauma,
experienced,
unfortunately,
by many
of our
community’s
school
children.
“With
all the
tumult
in our
various
school
systems,
having
to
engage
children
and
families
that are
dealing
with
traumatic
situations
makes
educators’
job even
more
challenging.
New
Center
wants to
be the
expert
support
and
service
provider
to these
school
systems
children
and
families”
said New
Center
Community
Services,
CEO Joy
D.
Calloway.
As a
leader
in
mental
health
services,
NCCS is
committed
to
providing
information
and
education
to
increase
awareness
of
mental
health
issues
in
Detroit,
Highland
Park and
Wayne
County.
These
communities
have a
high
concentration
of
poverty,
trauma
and
vulnerability
– all of
which
impact
the
prevalence
of
mental
illness.
STANDING
UP FOR
MENTAL
HEALTH
helps
reduce
the
stigma
associated
with
mental
illness
and
helps
more
individuals
receive
comprehensive
treatment.
The
route
will
take
runners
and
walkers
3.1
miles
around
the
Detroit
Riverwalk
–. Drink
stations
will be
provided
along
the
route.
All
children
under
age 10
walk
free
with a
registered
adult
walker.
For
information
on
sponsorship
levels
please
contact
Jennifer
Dale at
jldale@newcentercmhs.org.
To
register
yourself
or a
team
please
follow
the
event
link on
www.newcentercmhs.org
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