Health Wagon and Sequoyah Council Scouting America Team up to Provide Physicals in Kingsport

Anthony Johnson And Scouting America representatives worked with The Health Wagon's Teresa Tyson and Paula Hill- Collins to get Scouts camp physicals Flag Day.

Scouts Take Part in Flag Day Event Prior to Summer Camp

Sequoyah Council Scouting America and the Health Wagon teamed up on Flag Day, June 14 in Kingsport for a joint event featuring Scout physicals performed by Health Wagon nurse practitioners, prior to the start of summer camp. 

“We were so impressed with The Health Wagon leadership of Dr. Teresa Tyson and Dr. Paula Collins, (DNP’s), from the time we first met them we knew we wanted to work together,” said Scout Executive Director Greg Leitch. “Offering camp physicals with the Health Wagon in Church Circle was a natural fit to work together. We so appreciate Health Wagon Medical Director Dr. Smiddy and the volunteers of First Broad Street United Methodist Church, as well as Dr’s Tyson and Collins (DNP’s) for making this event a reality.” 

“We love children at the Health Wagon,” said Health Wagon CEO Dr. Teresa Tyson. “So partnering with Scouts to ensure the children are health before they go to summer camp was an ideal win-win for both organizations.”

A total of eight Scouts got their physicals prior to heading to Camp Davy Crockett in Whitesburg, Tenn. for summer camp. Each Scout was presented with a BSA flag lapel pin to commemorate Flag Day once their physical was completed.

About the Health Wagon:

The Health Wagon is a nurse practitioner managed clinic that has been in existence

since 1980 which provides free medical, dental and vision health care services in Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan, Washington and Russell Counties and Norton City. For more information about The Health Wagon, please call 276-328-8850 or visit www.thehealthwagon.org. If you would like to donate to the Health Wagon, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, please visit: www.thehealthwagon.org/donate.