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Event highlights community resources

Friday, September 13, 2024

Photos by Alexandra Butler, photographer/photo editor

Rep. Jamie Flick (R-Lycoming and Union Counties) hosted his second annual Human Services Expo & Speaker Series at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday. 

The event highlighted a range of resources to help individuals and families live healthy, productive and fulfilling lives. The speaker series, featuring retired Army Sgt. Major Kevin Bittenbender, state Rep. Tarik Khan (D-Philadelphia County) and Alivia Tagliaferri, Rep. Flick’s district office manager, was hosted in the college’s Thompson Professional Development Center. The human services expo, held in the Field House, attracted approximately 70 agencies and providers dedicated to mental health and substance abuse recovery to veterans' services and elder care.

Open to the public, the Human Services Expo intends to connect individuals and families with agencies dedicated to improving physical and mental health and overall well-being.
Rep. Jamie Flick (left) is joined by retired Army Sgt. Major Kevin Bittenbender and his service dog, Kirby.
UPMC's health educator Ethan Lindermuth (on right) shares a reflex game with an expo visitor.
Bringing a royal touch to the gathering is Miss Pennsylvania’s Teen 2024 Arianna Spurlin ...
... who enjoys mingling with vendors, including Central Pennsylvania Food Bank representatives Rachael Schall and Jeremy Pearson.
Also sharing their expertise at the expo are (from left): Chad Eberhart, CEO of the River Valley Regional YMCA; Shantay Hall, medical advocate and prevention educator with YWCA Northcentral PA; and Joanna Henderson, with Williamsport Area of Narcotics Anonymous.
Flick fields questions in an on-camera interview, sharing the successes of the day. He is an alumnus of the college.

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