Free Health Clinic, Kendall's Kreations, Devil's Due & Prevent Getting Measles

This week At The Leadership Table is Kendall Drobish, a senior at West Virginia University and Founder of the cake-pop business Kendall's Kreations. Throughout her years at WVU, Kendall has filled her time as an intern at both Hope Gas and the Public Interest Communication Research Lab (PIC LAB), President of the Public Relations Student Society of America, and Student Ambassador for the WVU Canady College of Creative Arts and Media. The General and Kendall discuss her background as a native West Virginian from the northern panhandle, and how she wants to serve the state moving forward.

In the Eastern Panhandle of WV, there is a neat distillery called Devil's Due, we will learn about this operation in this week's Rooted in The Mountain State segment provided by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.

Across West Virginia there are at least 10 free and charitable clinics. In most cases a number of the medical providers at these clinics, volunteer their time. The target population served are the uninsured or underinsured, An example of underinsured person would be a person who has a $5,000 deductible and works a minimum wage job and cannot afford to pay for medical care before the deductible is expired.

Without these safety net clinics many individuals would go with out needed medical care. By far the biggest and and most established clinic is West Virginia Health Right of Charleston Each year they have a one day mega clinic called WV Day of Caring. To learn more about WV Health Right and the services they provide as well as the Day of Care I talked with Angie Settle CEO of WV Health Right.

Outside of West Virginia there has been a number of Measles outbreaks. Some of those states do not have the same laws as West Virginia when it comes to mandatory school vaccines. If you are going to travel you will want to listen to our interview with Amy Haskins of the Jackson County set Virginia Health Department.