Here is Justin Thomas from the Linn County Crisis Team, which provides counseling and support for families and people dealing with mental health crisis including break downs, drug & alcohol addiction, and other mental health emergencies, telling your Lebanon Optimists about the hard work the Crisis Team does to take care of our communities struggling families and people.

To find out more information, including how to get these services for you or a loved one, please go to: http://www.co.linn.or.us/health/mental_health/crisis.htm

What a turnout for the Optimists Club Christmas Party! We're about to start our white elephant gift exchange.. Wonder what will be the most stolen gift?

Your Lebanon Optimists are donating $500 towards Shop with a Cop. We hope you'll contribute as well and help our Lebanon Police Department make sure as many kids as possible have a wonderful Christmas!

One of our own, Dala Johnson from the Lebanon Police Department, telling your Lebanon Optimists about "Shop with a Cop" which is a wonderful program where Lebanon's Finest gather up money to take Lebanon's less fortunate kids out shopping to get Christmas presents for their families. What a generous and loving act completely in tune with Lebanon's connectedness and the Christmas Spirit!

Whitney Wolfe, the 2018 COMP-Northwest Class President, telling your Lebanon Optimists about her life's journey that has kept her in Oregon to come to Lebanon's own medical school. Whitney has lead an amazing life, including overcoming a major trauma from a car accident, and her radiant optimism is a great example of how wonderful our med students are!

Please welcome our newest member of your Lebanon Optimists, Tyler Grove from the Boys and Girls Club!

Correction: these great students are Lebanon High School students! They completed an internship at COMP-Northwest under the tutelage of Dr. Brion Benninger. Here, Molly Benjamin is presenting how they developed the use of the Sectra anatomical display to better teach high school students about the human body. Great stuff!
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