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Section B<br />
Community Scene<br />
November Edition Section B 1<br />
Flags Flown Over Capitol<br />
On 9/11 Will Now Fly Over<br />
Seven Lakes<br />
SEVEN LAKES EYE CARE<br />
PROVIDES SERVICES TO<br />
RESIDENTS IN COSTA RICA<br />
A team of four from Dr. Kavanaugh’s<br />
Seven Lakes Eye Care office located<br />
in Seven Lakes along with 13 others<br />
from Christ Community Church<br />
traveled to the slums in Guarari,<br />
Costa Rica to provide eyecare and<br />
Rx glasses to residents.<br />
This was a mission trip which<br />
involved providing eye care to<br />
approximately 500 residents living<br />
in this impoverished area of Costa<br />
Rica.<br />
In Costa Rica, there are 305,231<br />
households in poverty, and 86,663<br />
households in extreme poverty,<br />
according to data from the 2017<br />
National Household Survey<br />
(ENAHO).<br />
Three days were spent in Guarari,<br />
and a fourth day included a visit to<br />
a small church by the public dump<br />
facility in a nearby city.<br />
The young woman pictured with the<br />
baby, for the first time was able to<br />
see the features of her baby. Many<br />
had problems due to poor diet,<br />
(mostly rice) and the overall poor<br />
living conditions contributed to the<br />
needs.<br />
Dr. Barry Kavanaugh, wife Penny,<br />
daughter Macie, and Marliss<br />
Horsley from the Seven Lakes Eye<br />
Care office traveled to Guarari,<br />
Costa Rica to provide the residents<br />
with this humanitarian service.<br />
Peter Bishop, a resident of Seven<br />
Lakes West accompanied the<br />
group.<br />
Many other volunteers as members<br />
of the team are part of the Christ<br />
Community Church, located in West<br />
End and assisted in this“Global<br />
Outreach Program.”<br />
With thanks to U.S. Representative<br />
Richard Hudson, North Carolina<br />
8th Congressional District, three<br />
American flags flown over the U.S.<br />
Capitol on September 11, 20<strong>19</strong> will<br />
now fly over Seven Lakes.<br />
Steve Hudson, a relative and Seven<br />
Lakes resident, presented the<br />
first flag to the Seven Lakes Fire<br />
Department.<br />
The remaining two flags were given<br />
to the SLLA Board of Directors and<br />
will be flown at the North and South<br />
gates.<br />
The 9/11 flag program was started<br />
in remembrance of those who lost<br />
their lives at the World Trade Center,<br />
Pentagon, and the Shanksville,<br />
Pennsylvania site.<br />
The flags were also flown in honor of<br />
all of those first responder heroes<br />
who risked their lives to shepherd<br />
survivors to safety on that tragic<br />
day.<br />
The flags represent the 2,977<br />
victims of the September 11, 2001<br />
attacks on the World Trade Center,<br />
Pentagon, United Airlines Flight 93<br />
and First Responders. It is a great<br />
honor to have these special flags fly<br />
in our community.<br />
By: Victoria Levinger<br />
Source: Linda Christy<br />
Sandhills Winery<br />
Trivia Winners Tie<br />
The group from Seven Lakes Eye<br />
Care and several others provided<br />
everyone in attendance with at<br />
least one pair of glasses, whether<br />
it be a pair of sunglasses, readers<br />
or custom made glasses.<br />
The need was great.<br />
By: Brittany Samuels <strong>SLN</strong> Reporter<br />
LAKE BUMS & FUN BUNCH
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