2026-10-07 - Health and Wellness Advisory Committee

00:32Does everybody see the agenda?

00:34>> I can see it.

00:35>> All right, Kevin, I think we are

00:39we should be good to go.

00:41>> Well, good morning everybody. Um, thank

00:43you for joining us. We've got a good

00:44meeting this morning set up. A lot of

00:46great information. Um, I want to go

00:48ahead and call this uh meeting of the

00:51Health and Wellness Advisory Committee

00:53for the City of Charleston to order.

00:55Today is Wednesday, October 7th, 2026.

00:58It's 8:30 a.m. And um if you would to

01:02start off um we need to um approve our

01:06committee minutes from September 2nd,

01:082026. Can I get a motion to approve

01:10those minutes, please?

01:17any Kevin, we might have to defer those.

01:22>> Okay.

01:23>> Right now.

01:24>> Okay. Well, we can we can defer the we

01:26can defer the the minutes. Um but um and

01:31um again, just want to welcome everybody

01:33in. I can hear there's still some people

01:35joining. So, thank you. We had just

01:36we've just called the meeting to order.

01:38It's a beautiful uh October morning.

01:41Nice and cool out there. and uh good

01:44good start to fall and um and and a

01:47great day. Want to go ahead and um go to

01:50item number three on our agenda, the

01:532026 walk to end Alzheimer's October

01:5625th in Charleston, South Carolina. I'm

01:59going to call on Jamie Roer, the event

02:00chair and Alzheimer's Association for

02:03the South Carolina chapter and South

02:04Carolina chapter board member, Miss

02:06Jamie Roer.

02:16She's bouncing around, but I see her

02:18down there somewhere.

02:19>> Yeah,

02:20>> you're muting. Muted, Jamie.

02:26>> Having a little technical difficulty.

02:30>> Go ahead.

02:34>> Good morning, everybody. I'm Jamie with

02:37the city of Charleston's office on

02:39aging.

02:40Wanted to share with you all some

02:42outstanding information. This year, the

02:45city of Charleston is going to have a

02:47team joining the Alzheimer's walk. As

02:51you know, over 6 million Americans are

02:55sickened with this disease. The

02:57Alzheimer's Association works to fund

03:00money for research, fund money for

03:03support for those families in order to

03:06have someone to help them navigate

03:09navigate through the difficulty of this

03:11disease.

03:13So the walk is one of our biggest

03:15fundraiser. It is going to be the

03:17Charleston walk is going to be October

03:2025th.

03:21It is going to be held at the Joe Riley

03:23Stadium. The gates open at 2:00, but the

03:27actual walk starts at 2:45.

03:30This year, the walk is extremely near

03:32and dear to us because earlier this

03:34year, we discovered that our former

03:38beloved mayor, Joe Riley, was diagnosed

03:41with the disease. So in honor of

03:44supporting him and his family and what

03:47they're going through, the team, the

03:49city of Charleston of team has named

03:51their team not your average Joe because

03:55we know he was not your average Joe to

03:57give us 40 years of service. And so in

04:02honor of him and in support of him and

04:03his family, we are asking the community

04:06to join our team. You don't have to be a

04:09city employee. You can just join the

04:11team. There's a link and there's also a

04:14QR code

04:16that if you click on the QR code, you

04:19can join the team. If for some reason

04:22you can't, you can go to the Alzheimer's

04:24Walk for Charleston website, put in the

04:27name of the team, not your average Joe,

04:31and you can join the team or make a

04:33donation.

04:34This disease is near and dear to my

04:36heart. I not only um serve on the

04:40committee for this walk and I'm not only

04:42the captain for the city's team, I'm

04:45also a member of the board of directors.

04:48I've also been personally affected by

04:50this disease. There are very few of us

04:52who haven't been affected. I'm pretty

04:54sure each of you know somebody that may

04:56have been affected. So, I'm asking you

04:58to join the city team. We're going to

05:00have a kickoff and lots of fun leading

05:02up to this

05:04>> and we ask that everybody come out,

05:07>> have a good time for a good cause.

05:12>> All right. Thank you so much. Any uh

05:15questions or anything further for

05:19for this topic?

05:22>> Uh Jamie, I'll send out your flyer to

05:24everybody as well too. And um we just we

05:28want to thank you for all that y'all do.

05:31Um is there any other events after this?

05:34I think there's something in Somerville

05:35coming up on

05:37>> Yes. There's also on November 4th, it's

05:41going to be senior day at the Labs and

05:45Exchange and that's where seniors can

05:47get in for $5 or people who may have

05:50some physical challenges or those who

05:52may be disabled

05:54or anybody who may have, for example,

05:56autism. This day is designed to set

05:59aside it for just those folks from 10 to

06:03two and they will be events geared

06:06towards seniors and geared towards

06:09special needs persons and your

06:12caregivers can get in free. So we ask

06:15people to come out. Seniors come out

06:17have a good time. It is a funfilled day.

06:22um good food, good fun, and lots of

06:25games and lots of money and prizes to

06:27win too. And not the regular um fair

06:32prizes. We have games set up like bingo.

06:35So those of you who love bingo and love

06:37winning cornhole, lots of money to win,

06:41lots of gift cards.

06:44>> Great. Thank you so much. Appreciate

06:46that. Um, so hopefully we can have some

06:48people come out and enjoy that and uh do

06:51some great things for a great cause. So,

06:52thank you so much, Miss Jamie Roer. All

06:55right. All right. Next on our agenda, we

06:57have our opioid update. Um, we have

07:00Officer Terry Cherry and also a

07:03certified support specialist with the

07:04city of Charleston, Terry Smith, that's

07:07going to give us an update here on our

07:08opioids. Please.

07:11>> Terry or Terry?

07:12>> Hey there. So, I'm Master Police Officer

07:14Terry Cherry. been with the city for 15

07:16years. I'm on our neighborhood impact

07:18team. I took over the public health

07:20segment of the team which is the opioid

07:23response and outreach. Um recently I

07:26gave a presentation to the uh inner

07:28fraternal order of uh pledges at the

07:31college of Charleston about 150 of them

07:34handed out 216 units of Narcan. So

07:37that's being disseminated across College

07:39of Charleston um at the beginning of the

07:41year. Uh we have some other uh plans for

07:46those things to occur. Uh we also had a

07:48packing event at Favor Low Country where

07:51Terry Smith who's a peer support

07:52specialist who's going to speak next is

07:54housed. Um and they've been handing out

07:56those units about 200 of those kits. So

07:59we're really getting um the information

08:01and the Narcan out into the community.

08:04Uh Terry Smith really is the

08:06knowledgeable person here on this call.

08:08I do a lot of the data entry and a lot

08:10of the liaisoning between Favor Low

08:12Country and the Charleston Police

08:13Department, but Terry's the one actually

08:15in the field. So, in terms of knowing uh

08:18where the spikes are happening, what

08:20we're seeing, he's going to be the best

08:21person to answer that. Terry,

08:29>> you ready for me?

08:30>> Yes.

08:31>> All you intro.

08:33>> Good morning. Uh, forgive me. I am

08:35battling a uh I don't sure I'm not sure

08:38it's a battle. I I lost a long time ago.

08:40I have a terrible cold that just will

08:42not let go of me. Um so um I wasn't sure

08:47what to share this morning uh because

08:50you know [snorts] u my first exposure to

08:52the wellness committee. Um but it sounds

08:56like um kind of explain what my role is.

08:59I'm Terry Smith. I am a um I I've been

09:03contracted through Faber Low Country to

09:05be the certified peer support recoveries

09:07peer support specialist uh for the city

09:10of Charleston Police Department. Um we

09:14uh the bulk of of my work uh and what

09:18we've been able to focus on uh over the

09:22past many months is um there is a

09:25partnership with the Charleston County

09:28Sheriff's Office um and local recovery

09:32community organizations including

09:35Charleston Center EMS

09:37um there are um so [snorts] that would

09:41be wake Carolina, Charleston Center,

09:43Favor Low Country, um corner's office,

09:48uh [snorts] and we meet once a week. Uh

09:51we will be meeting today. The the

09:54partnership, it's a it's a crit, it's

09:56called the critical incident management

09:58system. Um, it is managed um um by the

10:03sheriff's office uh

10:06uh for data entry and it produces maps,

10:09keeps up with all the data tracking of

10:12all of our overdoses uh that are going

10:14on in the not just our county, but it is

10:17nationwide as well, but um it produces

10:20reports for us on where things are are

10:23happening. um in Charleston County

10:25mostly right now. Um it seems to be

10:29focused on most of [clears throat] our

10:32overdoses and fatal overdoses are in the

10:35Rivers um Rivers Avenue and Ashley

10:40Phosphate area. Uh that intersection.

10:43Um, when it comes to the city of

10:45Charleston, it would be the James Island

10:48uh Folly Road corridor and uh Highway 17

10:53in West [snorts] Ashley or Savannah

10:54Highway corridor. Um,

10:58about 5050 of the overdoses uh that

11:02resulted in fatality that I have uh

11:06responded to have been um

11:10older people. um that we're not using

11:14fenol but other opioids, prescription

11:16opioids. Um so I think that um you know

11:21we're we're [clears throat] going to be

11:24coming up with events that help raise

11:27awareness among our elderly population

11:30um and not just the fentanyl crisis that

11:32we're experiencing. Uh, is there I would

11:35like to ask the chair, is there

11:36information that I could share with you

11:39that would most benefit and and help

11:42[clears throat] uh the wellness

11:43committee make the decisions it needs to

11:45make?

11:48>> Well, um,

11:50>> yeah, the, um, any information you can

11:53you can give us um, Mr. Smith would be

11:56great. Um, you know, we would we would

11:58support you 100% on this.

11:59>> Yeah. Is there a particular area of

12:01interest that you're that you or any

12:03other of the committee may have?

12:05>> Well, um, you know, I represent outer

12:09west Ashley as my my district and

12:12certainly you've mentioned some of that

12:13and you know, but um, but yeah, I I

12:16would be interested in in the community

12:18that I represent to to be um to have

12:21some attention. Sure.

12:23>> Yeah. and Cherry, I will gladly help you

12:26connect with the senior communities,

12:28especially with all of the senior um

12:30housing complexes, and they normally do

12:33have a um community room if you want to

12:36give a presentation. So, let's

12:37definitely connect.

12:39>> Yes, please. And and Kevin, if if you uh

12:42Terry, if you could also maybe talk a

12:44little bit about this, what we we're

12:47hearing out of some of the college

12:48campuses and what the the the

12:51surrounding areas with the synthetic and

12:54the ketamine and any of that that's

12:57maybe that we not whether we're seeing

13:00it or not seeing it in Charleston and

13:02any kind of alerts that we should be

13:04helping our parents, helping our college

13:07students or anything that resource

13:09courses out there. I just I just feel

13:11like it's a hot topic and we need to be

13:14always keep our our finger on the button

13:16to just know as much as possible so that

13:19when something does happen, we know

13:21where to point people toward.

13:23>> Um Terry Smith, I can I

13:26>> please.

13:26>> Um so we are seeing some synthetic

13:30opioids. Um the issues with the

13:33synthetic opioids is is normally not

13:36always but normally you know two and uh

13:39two doses of Narcan may bring people

13:41back to the point where they can be

13:43managed by EMS 911. With the synthetic

13:46opioids we're finding that it's more and

13:49more and more and more and more.

13:50oftentimes people don't have that much

13:52Narcan on their person or around um and

13:55so you know there's limited um uh help

13:59that can be given before first

14:01responders show up mostly meaning EMS

14:04because they have access to more um

14:06Narcan uh in terms of the colleges I

14:09mean we we see cocaine ketamine

14:12methamphetamine

14:14you know opioids pills uh but that's

14:17been true for quite some time um I I the

14:21best thing to do is to educate young

14:22people that are attending college here

14:24in Charleston that all drugs can be

14:27laced with an opioid. Um you know

14:30there's no safe drug. Uh that's why I

14:33spent some time recently going out and

14:35speaking to particularly Greek life. Um

14:38as they tend to host parties and have

14:40events and uh a lot of those students

14:43end up going to King Street. Um, and so

14:46I think there's an educational component

14:47to just explain to them the dangers as

14:50we've done for years and years of drug

14:52use and what that can lead to. Um, but

14:54also that now these things are being

14:56laced um, and are being mixed with with

14:59product that can, you know, be

15:01detrimental, can be deadly. Um, and I

15:04think the best thing for the wellness

15:05committee is just to, you know, if

15:08anyone asks, send them to Terry Smith or

15:10my direction. And then also, you know,

15:13any opportunity, we're happy to go and

15:14speak. I speak on alcohol consumption,

15:17fake IDs, all those things in in um

15:20combination with the opioid issues. Um

15:23so, any opportunity to get out and

15:25educate uh build a rapport and

15:28relationship uh to then expand the

15:30knowledge and information would be

15:31awesome.

15:34>> Very good.

15:38I guess one last thing I'd like to add

15:40is um and and I'm willing to answer any

15:42questions you may have um or try to, but

15:45one last thing I'd like to add is the

15:48work that the city has been doing for

15:50the past couple of years and the

15:52partnerships that has made um throughout

15:54the county um are working and

15:56[clears throat] the data shows that.

15:59>> Great.

15:59>> Yeah.

16:00>> Very good.

16:02Terry, um, Council Member, um, Sheiley

16:05asked about West Ashley. Are there any

16:08hot spots in our city, especially around

16:10West Ashley or age groupings that we

16:13we're we're focusing on?

16:16So the only particular

16:19um actual location that I would say

16:23where there is it is an actual location

16:25and not just a corridor would be the

16:28Walmart Super Center on James Island

16:31area. Um that but that is relieved in

16:35the past 2 months. Um there's been a

16:37focus uh I believe by CPD on that area

16:41and um we haven't I haven't seen a

16:44report in the last 6 weeks or so from

16:46that area but there was multiple uh

16:49incidents in the previous months at that

16:52location.

16:53>> And then you're saying Terry West Ashley

16:55it's 17 right?

16:56>> Yes the the 17 corridor. Yeah. Savannah

16:59Highway and it could be an apartment one

17:02one time um and a transient or unhouse

17:06person the next. So

17:09>> now along that corridor that's is that

17:11the one that's mostly elderly or is that

17:13the one that's younger?

17:14>> No. So most of my elderly individuals

17:17were actually John's Island.

17:19>> Okay.

17:20>> Yeah. And [clears throat] it's

17:21specifically elderly African-American um

17:25population and it was prescription

17:29medications.

17:31>> All right. The um have we have we gone

17:34into West Ashley High School recently or

17:37the Center for Advanced Studies for West

17:39Ashley?

17:40>> No.

17:41>> No. Okay.

17:42>> No. But I mean I can make a note, speak

17:46to my executive director and we can work

17:49on that.

17:50>> Okay.

17:51>> Um I mean West

17:53>> we were recently at James Island High

17:55School for an event we were invited to

17:58>> uh Don um charter [clears throat]

17:59school, James Island charter,

18:01>> right?

18:01>> So yeah.

18:03>> Yeah. Okay. Yeah. School's the largest

18:06in the city. So largest in the city.

18:10Cherry, have you guys did any speaking

18:12with um John's Island Rural Community,

18:15the housing community for seniors out

18:17there?

18:17>> I No, ma'am. No, but I will you and I

18:21will get together and may I get your

18:23name is is

18:24>> Jamie Roer.

18:26>> Okay.

18:28>> And I'll shoot you my information in a

18:30text, my contact.

18:31>> Okay. All right. And Mr. Chairman, could

18:33I get your name, too?

18:35>> Yeah. Kevin Sheileely.

18:36>> Okay.

18:41All right.

18:42>> S H E A L Y. Yeah.

18:44>> Yes, sir.

18:44>> And and Terry Cherry, Officer Cherry,

18:48while you're on, Lamar is going to talk

18:51about something, but I'm going to put it

18:52up on the screen, and I know you would

18:54like to say something about it as well.

18:56So, um I'm going to just I'm going to

18:59jump ship and let you just remind

19:01everybody about the uh Saturday, October

19:0524th is the um takeback day.

19:10>> Do you want to

19:11>> let Lamar talk about that because I

19:13think that's a DEA initiative. Um if I

19:16if I am correct. Um

19:18>> yes.

19:19>> So, [clears throat] please Lamar, you

19:21you take you take over that one.

19:25this way. This way. Um, and uh, uh,

19:29Paul, do you want me to just kind of

19:31discuss it now or

19:32>> Well, just go ahead since it's in this

19:34topic and we're talking about opioids

19:36and medicines laying around. This is a

19:39wonderful segue to just bring this one

19:41up and remind everybody about it.

19:43>> Right. Right. And and I also

19:46want to definitely go in the space of

19:48talking about that. Good morning

19:49everyone. Lamar Hodes with the

19:51Department of Public Health uh serving

19:54as the community engagement manager for

19:56Charleston, Dur Chester, and Berkeley

19:58County. Um yes, so of course the DEA is

20:02actually doing um they usually do two

20:04takeback days throughout the year. Um of

20:07course, one the last one was in April.

20:09This time is in October. Um, of course,

20:12when it comes to it, as is showing, uh,

20:14there's an opportunity on Saturday,

20:16October the 24th, um, uh, from 10:00

20:19a.m. to 2 PM to be able to take back any

20:21of those, uh, prescription drugs that

20:24are just kind of laying around.

20:25Sometimes, you know, we take those

20:27medications and sometimes we discard

20:29those um, in not necessarily in the

20:32right uh, matter. So um this is an

20:35opportunity for anyone um and they even

20:39uh medications for our uh our f our uh

20:42furry friends as well. So our pet

20:45friends we can also take those

20:46medications um to those locations and

20:49what usually in a space where your local

20:52uh pharmacies so your CVS your Walgreens

20:55um locally in those areas you can be

20:57able to take those prescription drugs

20:59back um in those areas. This is a way

21:03that we can kind of make sure that we uh

21:05keep um any of our uh and I always look

21:08at it at all ages, keep our people as

21:11keep us in communities safe because in

21:14the same sense just having those uh

21:16medications laying around often times

21:18and situations is usually um uh brings

21:22harm in any asset. I also want to go in

21:25a space of just commending um uh favor

21:28low country for all the great work

21:30they're doing when it comes to just uh

21:33uh regarding opioids and and and being

21:35in a space um uh department of public

21:38health. We serve as one of those

21:39distributors for Noran um as well. So we

21:43go in a space of at any of our local

21:46health departments. Um anyone can um uh

21:49approach uh and and and just ask for a

21:53box of uh Norcan. They do not have to

21:55have our ID or anything. Is just one of

21:58our ways to be able to uh be able to uh

22:01uh help the community out with being uh

22:04well aware. Um one of the things that I

22:06do also require for my team members to

22:09do is go in a space of as we attend many

22:12of the community events that I do share

22:15um with the group. Um I uh require for

22:18them to always have nor can um available

22:22um to distribute um in the community. Um

22:25it does go in the space of as um uh

22:28Terry mentioned um in that space of

22:31where a lot of our senior populations um

22:33I often times my comparison for that is

22:36always sharing with even with us uh um

22:39just in that space of understanding.

22:42Sometimes I you can ask yourself the

22:45question, what did you have for

22:47breakfast uh 3 days ago and then it kind

22:51of goes in that space of h you wonder to

22:54yourself what did I have and often times

22:57the situation when it comes to you know

22:59with our senior population with those

23:01pain medications sometimes they wake up

23:03or if they're in a space where they are

23:05not able to uh remember that they've

23:08already taken that pain medication um it

23:11also goes in a space where they could

23:13accidentally um take it again. So a lot

23:16of times in situations if I can't

23:18remember what I had for breakfast two

23:20day two or three days ago um often times

23:22and situation is kind of that way of

23:25understanding that how easily is for is

23:28easily to forget when it comes to being

23:31on some strong type of of of pain

23:34medication to be able to um go in a

23:36space of an accidental overdose. Um so

23:38we go in a space of always working with

23:41um community with our communities

23:43whether it's a health fair um if it's a

23:46just a just a a health presentation just

23:49providing that education to our seniors

23:52as well as any of those persons in the

23:54community that we can provide that

23:56information to. So we u uh are grateful

23:59for all of what you guys do at Favor Low

24:02Country. So thank you so much.

24:07>> All right. Thank you very much.

24:10Anyone else? Any other questions?

24:12>> Kevin, just to add in onto the takeback,

24:16>> the city's police department has a um a

24:20red box in their lobby for drugs that

24:23you can bring back at any given time

24:25that you want to dispose of anything,

24:27you've got a space right there. you can

24:29come into the city's police department

24:31there on Lockwood and and put it in the

24:34red box where they will safely dispose

24:36of them at a future date. So,

24:39>> yeah, thank you, Paul. Um, yeah, one one

24:43more question I have um either Terry

24:46Smith or um or Terry Cherry. Um the um

24:50are we reaching across and working with

24:52I know the fire department does some

24:54things as well. Are we reaching across

24:56and working together with the fire

24:57department and coordinating because I

24:59know they get some Narcan, they get some

25:01things as well sometimes.

25:02>> So, we have the SCRF we have a Scarf

25:05grant um that that city council just

25:08approved again for this year. Um so, we

25:11have a huge uh concentration of Narcan

25:15that we are distributing to community

25:17stakeholders. Um I'm not trying to not

25:20directly answer your question. I'm just

25:21trying to explain that fire kind of has

25:24its own

25:27outreach and things that it does. Um I I

25:30believe that they have a different

25:32aspect or portion of the Scorf grant. Um

25:35I only deal with the police department.

25:38We have a you know a contract or a

25:41communication with favor. Um

25:44so we don't really coincide that much um

25:49other than in the field. you know, in

25:50the field obviously

25:52>> we're working together um constantly

25:55with the fire department in terms of of

25:57opioid response and overdoses, etc. But

26:01in terms of the public health space,

26:03most of our time as the police

26:05department is spent with our

26:07relationship with Favor because Favor

26:09really is the grassroots organization

26:11that that can communicate with these

26:13people, get to know these people. Um and

26:15then the fire is is doing their own

26:16education. and I I believe in the field

26:18and then whatever they're doing. Um, but

26:20a lot of our Narcan is going to the

26:23communities that I end up engaging or uh

26:26favor is is willing to participate in in

26:29disseminating it to.

26:31>> Okay. All right. Very good. Well, thank

26:32you.

26:33>> Yeah, no problem.

26:37>> Anyone else?

26:39Okay. I'm going to send it back to uh

26:41Lamar Hodes um for our public health and

26:44community engagement u for for other for

26:47other things as well. So Lamar.

26:49>> Yeah. Yeah. So again, thank you all. Of

26:53course, first off, I would like to say

26:55that I wear my Not Today Cancer shirt as

26:58it pertains to it is breast cancer

27:00awareness month. So therefore, um I

27:03think I have a shirt for almost every

27:05week now as it as it is as time has

27:09progressed. Um I do want to just kind of

27:11share some information in regards to

27:14breast cancer. um especially female

27:16branch cancer in South Carolina. So um

27:20uh as you see Paul does uh provide this

27:23some information there and I'm just

27:25going to kind of provide um just some

27:27highlights when it comes to the

27:28information that is provided here on the

27:30screen. Um of course as you can as you

27:33know that is is in a space where breast

27:35cancer has affected us in um worldwide.

27:39you know there's not one way one way or

27:42shape or form that we are not affected

27:44by whether we know someone whether it

27:47has happened to someone in our family um

27:49or very close relative a close friend.

27:52So in this space we wanted to go in the

27:54space of just kind of sharing some

27:56information regarding it. One of the

27:59things about it is just understanding

28:00that one in one in eight women will be

28:04diagnosed with breast cancer um in their

28:07lifetime. Uh breast cancer is the second

28:10cause leading cause of death for women

28:13um in in the US. Um over as you see here

28:17over 45 over excuse me over 4500 women

28:23uh with new breast cancer um diagnosis

28:26usually occur per year um which is a lot

28:29very much a lot um so I want to go a

28:32little bit deeper into the information

28:34that's provided here. Um so the graph

28:36that is to the far left um it shows the

28:40breast cancer incidents and mortality by

28:42race and ethnicity. Um we are reminded

28:46that the incidence that usually displays

28:49the number of newly diagnosis versus

28:51mortality this demonstrates the number

28:54of deaths um per a thousand uh females.

29:00So when you're looking at this graph,

29:01you're kind of looking at as it pertains

29:03to the um darker shade uh incident um

29:08represents the incident and then of

29:10course as it pertains to the lighter

29:12shade is the mortality and um just kind

29:15of comparing uh and seeing those numbers

29:18as they affect um whether if it's

29:20regarding non-Hispanic

29:22um as well as uh those of the um black

29:26and white and other ethnic u as as

29:29races.

29:30Um also going into space if you look at

29:33more so of the um state of South

29:37Carolina on the the right to the right

29:40it shows that the female breast cancer

29:43um as it is is usually in the last stage

29:46diagnosis by the county and this is uh

29:49uh information from 2020 to 2024

29:53um as data uh uh is provided as you can

29:58see that the lighter shade here um

30:00indicates that there are uh less than 16

30:03cases in each of these in in those

30:06counties. Um as it pertains to counties

30:09such as Marian County, Dylan County as

30:12well as Jasper County has the highest uh

30:16proportion of late stage diagnosises. Um

30:19and then and that that and as well as

30:22Marbor County. So of course there a lot

30:25of different things that we need to look

30:26in to um just really providing more

30:31awareness in those areas.

30:34Um, of course, a lot of times in

30:36situations I look at as it pertains to

30:38the resources that are potentially that

30:40are provided because if you see there

30:43Marboro, Dylan and Mary are in all in

30:46the same area as as adjacent and then of

30:50course in that space where there are

30:53rural areas in in that space. So there's

30:57where a lot of the awareness and where

30:59resources will possibly need to be more

31:02focused when it comes to providing it uh

31:05those to those communities. Um and

31:08finally at the bottom the data shows the

31:11female uh breast cancer mortality rate

31:14by the county. Um and and and we're

31:17going a little bit deeper as it pertains

31:19to that information. Um just showing

31:21those deaths, right? Um as it pertains

31:24to Marian County, right? Marian County,

31:26Newbird, Newberry, excuse me, um as well

31:30as Hampton. Uh these are the counties

31:32that are highest female breast cancer

31:35mortality rates. And and one of the

31:37things that we are so grateful for is

31:40our friends with MUSC. um this month

31:43will be um October the 21st will be down

31:46in uh that county providing u mamogram

31:50screenings um to the uh to assist with

31:53those um with um making sure that we get

31:56those those women get screenings um

31:59[clears throat] prior to um a lot of the

32:02information that's shown here just is is

32:04shows the info the importance of early

32:07detection um through regular screenings

32:11Um, however, you know, one of those

32:12barriers as it pertains to it is being

32:15able to have the resources in these

32:16communities. Um, you know, since 1990,

32:20mammograms has helped reduce breast

32:22cancer death by over 40%. Um, about 40%

32:28of the breast cancer cases in the US are

32:31found usually in women under 45. Um, so

32:34it's really in a space where, you know,

32:36our friends with partners such as MUSC,

32:39Roper, St. Francis um provide those uh

32:43those opportunities for um our

32:46communities throughout the year um to

32:48just be able to um have those resources

32:50that are not privileged to be in those

32:53areas at those at those times. Of

32:56course, as you see here, um they have as

33:00as is one of the things that if you love

33:02data, um the American Cancer Society um

33:06has done a great job when it comes to

33:07even providing additional data that is

33:10that I presented today. Um they do it um

33:14as as uh closely as by zip codes. Um,

33:18one of the things that I've always going

33:20in a space of realizing that is it's

33:23kind of uh surprising to you if you can

33:26um you can look at two zip codes that

33:28are very close to one another

33:30[clears throat] and see the difference

33:32in how one is affected by the other. Um

33:36so therefore it and and if you're one of

33:39those uh data gurus like myself

33:41sometimes you go in that space of you

33:43wanting to kind of see what more is out

33:46there. Um, American Cancer Society

33:48usually provides that information. But

33:51of course, as uh Paul did show there,

33:54um, our friends with the uh, Roer St.

33:56Francis, they are actually providing uh

33:58free C breast cancer screenings on

34:01October the 8th um from 5 to 7:00 p.m.

34:05as well as of course on October the 24th

34:08um from 11:00 a.m. to 300 p.m. And then

34:11of course is the information is shown

34:13there as it pertains to the locations

34:15where they will be. Um and this is just

34:18you know that opportunity for those um

34:20and and I'm loving the fact that these

34:22time frames that they having it is doing

34:25those those um unnormal hours that

34:28normally people are in a space where

34:29they say hey I'm not able to um possibly

34:32get off from work things of that nature.

34:34So, we're really going in a space of

34:36making sure providing that awareness for

34:38those persons um to participate in the

34:40screening, you know, 18 age uh older um

34:44you know, haven't had your yearly

34:46screening yet. Um whether you're

34:48uninsured, underinsured, or insured, you

34:51will be able to participate. So, feel

34:53free to um um take advantage of this

34:57great opportunity.

35:00Moving on to a lot of the different

35:03community events that we will be having

35:05in the community. Uh one of the uh the

35:09uh initiatives that is going on this

35:11come upcoming Saturday um is a community

35:14baby shower for those families uh who

35:17are in need. Uh diapers, wipes and all

35:19health resources. um our uh we have

35:22partnered with our friends um u absolute

35:25total care um as as well as others to be

35:29able to provide those resources um out

35:32out in the community um for any families

35:35who are in need. Please feel free um to

35:38join us at that event. And again, we

35:40will be there from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00

35:43p.m. on this upcoming Saturday.

35:48uh moving on as uh an opportunity uh for

35:52um great uh initiative that is out there

35:55um and um uh Mr. Terry, this might be an

35:57opportunity for you guys as well um to

36:00to u serve as one of the community um

36:03vendors um uh in that space they are

36:06having the Charleston Falls Senior Expo.

36:08Um it's going to be on Tuesday, October

36:10the 20th at 10:00 a.m. at the uh Trident

36:13Technical College. um a lot of um one of

36:16the great things about it is of course

36:17this was also one of the great um times

36:21that we do take in in consideration of

36:23when a lot of our seniors gather. So of

36:26course in that space where u meeting

36:28people where they are it'll be a great

36:30opportunity to uh take advantage of that

36:33opportunity as well.

36:36And then of course in that same sense,

36:38we're just reminding as it pertains to

36:40turning unne unne medication for safe

36:43disposal for the uh DEA National

36:46Takeback Day. Um yes, and I know and I

36:48did forget to mention that most of um um

36:52our uh uh uh police departments do play

36:55a a major role in there when it comes to

36:58having those safe spaces for people to

37:01um to drop off their um un unused u

37:04prescription drugs. So feel free um to

37:07like I said um visit the website um that

37:10actually provides u all the locations

37:13for October 24th. But as um always just

37:17to share that your local pharmacy um

37:21will be going in a space of um able to

37:24take back those um um those prescription

37:27drugs um that you potentially um are not

37:30using. And that's all I have. Thank you

37:33so much uh Paul. And back to you, uh,

37:36Councelor Sheiley.

37:37>> Thank you, Lamar Hodes. Any questions?

37:41All right. Very good.

37:44Um, seeing none, we will, uh, thank you

37:46so much for that report, Lamar. Thank

37:48you. Appreciate all of that information.

37:50U, we will move on to our community

37:52health and wellness updates. Um, anyone,

37:56uh, anyone have something to share this

37:58morning?

38:02>> I do. Um,

38:04>> okay.

38:05>> Councilman Sheileley. Um, hello

38:07everyone. Thank you. I'd mentioned this

38:09to Paul um about the Medicare diabetes

38:13prevention program. Y'all hear me talk

38:15about it all the time, but this is this

38:18is a real CMS, the Center for Medicare

38:22and Medicaid is really pushing this

38:25program this year. Um, and Wellness 5,

38:29my company, this is not just me as a

38:31health coach. This is a pretty big deal.

38:34I mean, I had to become HIPPA compliant,

38:36the company did, to offer this program

38:39to seniors who are on Medicare Advantage

38:43or Medicare.

38:45And right now, the CDC, this is a CDC

38:48program that Medicare has picked up. a

38:52lot of the insurance companies have as

38:54well. But one out of in January, the CDC

38:58released data that one out of two

39:00seniors 65 and older are pre-diabetic.

39:05One out of two. That's huge. And we're a

39:08huge state for retirees.

39:11And Charleston County is right there. So

39:14this program if people take the program

39:19they reduce their risk of becoming type

39:222 diabetics by 71%.

39:25Again this is CDC data released this

39:29year. So this is really current data. A

39:32lot of times the data is 2 years old and

39:34this is right out of you know right in

39:372026.

39:38So, I jumped through all the hoops to

39:41become a vendor for Medicare and and I

39:44have to in order to stay a vendor, I

39:46have to report my data that my coaches

39:48and I get from our participants to the

39:52CDC and Medicare twice a year. So, not

39:57only becoming one, but staying one,

40:00staying a vendor for them is no small

40:02feat. So, we're we've been given a um a

40:06grant to get the word out in the

40:09community. Um I'm running some

40:12advertisements through some senior

40:14publications.

40:16You're probably seeing press releases

40:19um to get the word out to our seniors

40:21because one out of two have pre-diabetes

40:25and if they stay on this trajectory,

40:27they'll get it. I mean, that's that's

40:29just the facts. So, um, Medicare is

40:33really, really focused on this. So, if

40:36anybody,

40:38you know, can get the word out with your

40:39populations, Jamie, I'd love to talk to

40:42you more about this. Um, and Lamar and I

40:46have worked on a couple of initiatives

40:48together, but this is again, guys, this

40:50isn't just me, Health Coach Lisa. This

40:53is Medicare, and this is really a a a

40:57priority for Dr. for Oz and his team um

41:02right now because of this new data. So

41:06>> definitely reach out to me Lisa. I will

41:08gladly help you.

41:09>> Okay, thanks Jamie.

41:11>> Thank you very much for that important

41:13information. Appreciate that. And uh all

41:16right, anyone else? I do want to mention

41:19um some of you may have uh come to one

41:22of the uh state of the city addresses.

41:24Um West Ashley had theirs on September

41:2715th at West Ashley High School. It was

41:28a great showing. Got a lot of positive

41:31response. John's Island was last night

41:33at St. John's High School. Um and um

41:37hearing some great things um out of that

41:39meeting as well. Um Daniel Island and

41:43Kanehoy have theirs um Tuesday, October

41:4620th, and uh that will be at the um

41:50Daniel Island Recreation Center. And

41:53James Island will have theirs on

41:55November 5th at James Island Elementary

41:57School.

41:58um that'll be 6:30 to 8. And then the

42:01Peninsula of Charleston downtown will be

42:03Thursday, November 12th. And that one

42:05will be at Burke High School. But it's

42:07an opportunity to not it's it it it's a

42:10lot of information that the mayor and

42:12others will put out. But it's also an

42:14opportunity afterward to uh or before

42:17the the actual meeting to gather a lot

42:19of great information from the city. A

42:21lot a lot of uh great ways for you to

42:23get your your opinions and and your

42:26questions answered right there. So um if

42:29you have an opportunity, I encourage you

42:31to get out to one of the city of

42:32Charleston um state of the city

42:34addresses. Paul,

42:38you're on mute.

42:40Well, I was sure Jennifer had to say

42:42something, so I was waiting for her to

42:44talk before I jumped in, but

42:46>> Okay.

42:48>> I just have one thing. Yeah, thank you.

42:51Um, it's kind of a competing event, uh,

42:53walk. And I guess Lamar's right. We

42:55could all have a t-shirt for the week.

42:57Um, but fortunately, that's good news

42:59for all kinds of things that everyone's

43:01trying to raise awareness for variety of

43:03things relating to healthcare. But there

43:05is a walk put on by the American

43:07Foundation for Suicide Prevention also

43:10on October 25th, that Sunday from 12:30

43:13to 4:00. Um, and it's for u out of the

43:16darkness walk. It is for survivors of

43:18suicide and and supporters of suicide.

43:21Um, and it's a it's a fundraiser also to

43:24raise money for research and support and

43:26advocacy. Um, it's going to be I don't

43:28know how to say that. Gayhagen Park in

43:31Somerville. Um, it's an interesting

43:33spelling. I've never been there.

43:34>> Gahagen,

43:36you know,

43:37>> Gahhagen. Yeah.

43:38>> Or Gahhagen. Yeah. [laughter]

43:40>> Yeah. Gahhagen.

43:41>> I will be mapping it to get there, but

43:43um but yeah, it's the same same day. But

43:45if anybody's interested in in doing

43:47that, you could almost do the Jay Riley

43:49walk and then get to Somerville and do

43:50both walks. [laughter]

43:52Um but that's pretty much all the news I

43:54have um this month. So, thank you.

43:58>> Thank you. Appreciate that. So Kevin,

44:01just a couple um West people live in

44:04West Ashley, the farmers market goes

44:07through um this Wednesday and next

44:10Wednesday. Um also at this Wednesday,

44:13today they're um I think the city is out

44:16there talking to people about um

44:18flooding and resiliency a little bit.

44:21So, there's some little workshops going

44:24on during the the farmers market today

44:28um which is there from 3:30 to 4 um 6:30

44:33and then or 3 to 6:30. And then, um

44:37Hampton Park also has some farmers

44:39markets on Wednesdays

44:41um that go from 3:30 to 7 right around

44:44the Hampton Park um Rose Pavilion. And

44:47um this year in on November the 8th, the

44:51um Cooper Bridger Run Kids Run is going

44:55to move up to North Charleston's

44:56Riverfront Park and we'll be there from

44:5912:30 to 4:30 with the kids run. And I

45:02already heard they had nearly 500 kids

45:05registered for it. So, um it it's a free

45:08event and and it's one where we just

45:10want to put as much attention to remind

45:13kids of the health and wellness

45:16opportunities to to get out and

45:18exercise. So, um those are a couple of

45:20the the little ones going on. We know we

45:22got the low bell um 26 ride um coming in

45:30November the 7th. Um that a Saturday.

45:32And now it's going to be a lot of

45:33bicycles on the road riding to for for

45:37cancer um research. So, a lot of

45:40different things going on and um I just

45:42hope we all take advantage of everything

45:45Charleston has to offer.

45:47>> Great. Thank you, Paul.

45:50All right. Anyone else have anything?

45:53>> Yeah. Um yeah, I wanted to ask Paul,

45:56what's the ages for the kids run? I it

46:00really goes I think it's 12 and under.

46:02Um because we have the they can go into

46:05stroller.

46:07They go into stroller. There's little

46:08small runs for the one, two, and three

46:11year olds. It's all kind of different

46:13little combinations of events.

46:16>> Okay. So, it's 12 and under. Okay.

46:17Great. Thank you.

46:21>> All right. Anyone else have anything

46:23this morning for uh our community health

46:25and wellness updates?

46:29All right. If if not, thank you to

46:32everybody. Appreciate um all the great

46:34information. Jamie Roer, thank you. Um

46:37both the Terry's master police officer,

46:39Terry Cherry, and also Terry Smith, peer

46:42support specialist. Appreciate

46:44everything that that you've shared with

46:46us and Lamar Hodgeges. Thank you so

46:48much. And uh just want to thank

46:50everybody for taking their time. It's uh

46:52it's the city of Charleston certainly

46:54appreciates it. So there's nothing else

46:57for the good of this.

46:59>> I added my phone number to the chat if

47:02anybody there was a request about the OD

47:04maps. Um

47:06I I don't have um a a map that is not um

47:12in a secure location to share, but I'm

47:15sure that I [clears throat] could get a

47:18printed copy or and and share if if it

47:22was requested. So if anyone has any

47:25questions or would like to connect with

47:28me, I put my phone number in the chat.

47:30Okay,

47:31>> great. Thank you so much.

47:34>> Very good.

47:35>> Have a good day.

47:36>> All right. Well, if there's nothing else

47:38to come for this committee, we stand

47:39adjourned. And thank

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