Jump to full article: Chambersburg (PA) Public Opinion, 2009-10-23
Author: KEITH PARADISE Staff writer
Intro: The Healthy Communities Partnership of Greater Franklin County has had to eliminate its classes to help people with their efforts to quit smoking. Grant Coordinator McCole said she had to tell about 10 people that an eight-week class that was to start in a couple of weeks was being canceled, and to turn away a handful of people looking for help in kicking the habit.
"We had classes scheduled, but they're all gone now," she said.
Last year the organization conducted about 10 classes that were completed by about 60 people.
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McCole said the most frustrating part of the financial cuts is not being able to assist people who are looking for help to better their health. McCole said that she comes from a family of smokers and that if a relative of hers were to come to her now looking for a class to help them quit, she doesn't have any to offer.
"To turn them away is heart-breaking," she said.
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