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Big Tick Gala 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
The Botanical Gardens at Roger Williams Park
Hosted By Barbara Morse-Silva WJAR-Channel 10
Keynote Speaker Charles Ben Beard Chief, Bacterial Diseases Branch, CDC
The 2009 Big Tick Gala Recap!
The Big Tick Gala 2009 was a great success! Highlights included:
- Informative and energetic speaking program about the state of tick prevention and protection
- Think TICK... Take Action 2009 Awards
- South County Hospital's new Lyme Disease Clinic in Rhode Island.
- A fashion show showing off "Tick Repellent You'll Love to Wear"
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend and be part of the event!
Hidden in the Leaves, full documentary now on YouTube.
Hidden in the Leaves, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Healey Jamiel, is the story of University of Rhode Island entomologist Thomas Mather and his team's efforts to help people see the risks for serious tick-transmitted disease lurking in an increasing number of rural, suburban and even semi-urban landscapes in the eastern United States.
Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks?
Would you like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available? If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.