Closer Look: Former NBA Player Mike “The Stinger” Glenn Talks 40th Anniversary of All-Star Basketball Camp for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing; SmokeFree Atlanta Initiative; Good Samaritan Health Center
Closer Look: Former NBA Player Mike “The Stinger” Glenn Talks 40th Anniversary of All-Star Basketball Camp for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing; SmokeFree Atlanta Initiative; Good Samaritan Health Center
May 30, 2019
Thursday on “Closer Look with Rose Scott”:
0:00: The Atlanta City Council is scheduled to vote on a SmokeFree Atlanta initiative that would ban smoking in most public spaces around the city, including bars and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. American Cancer Society CEO Gary Reedy and former United States Surgeon General David Satcher talk about the importance of the measure.
American Cancer Society CEO Gary Reedy and former United States Surgeon General David Satcher talk about the SmokeFree Atlanta initiative, which would ban smoking in most public spaces around the city, including bars and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Photo credit: Grace Walker)
22:49: In 1995, Dr. Bill Warren left his practice in Sandy Springs and began serving patients out of a spare room in a local church. This was the beginning of the Good Samaritan Health Center, which opened its doors in downtown Atlanta in 1999. Today, the organization has a full-time staff and volunteers who work to provide health services to communities in Atlanta with limited access to affordable healthcare. “Closer Look”recently took a trip inside the center, which includes medical facilities, a farm, and a recently-opened fresh food market.
Since 1995, the Good Samaritan Health Center, now located on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, has provided medical, dental, mental health, specialty, and health education services to individuals and families in Atlanta that lack adequate access to healthcare.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Good Samaritan Health Center
Marcia Mercy Emerson, a certified peer-specialist at Good Samaritan, stands with a photograph of her mother that she always carries with her.
Credit: Candace Wheeler
Good Samaritan provides a number of medical services to its clients, including dental care.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Good Samaritan Health Center
: In addition to its many services, Good Samaritan also has its own farm.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Good Samaritan Health Center
(From L T R) Good Samaritan’s Breanna Lathrop, Chief Operating Officer, Veronica Squires, Chief Administrative Officer, Marcia Mercy Emerson, a certified peer-specialist and Matt Cole with the organization’s board of directors.
41:46: Mike Glenn’s All-Star Basketball Camp for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will celebrate 40 years this June. The former NBA player, known as “the Stinger,” joins “Closer Look”in studio to share where his commitment to the deaf and hard of hearing community comes from.
Closer Look is produced by Candace Wheeler and Grace Walker. Joy Barge is a contributing producer.
