In the Columbia area, the following events are planned.

October 6, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. - Kick-off for "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week" Book reading and storytelling from The Little Elephant With the Big Earache for Camp EdVenture participants at EdVenture Children’s Museum. Cecilia Hem Lee, the Children’s Librarian from The State Library will read to the children, and health professionals will be available to answer questions in the booth at EdVenture.

October 6 – 10, 2008 –  "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week" DHEC will have a booth at the EdVenture Children’s Museum with posters and educational materials for parents and children all week long. Visitors to the booth can register to win a free copy of the book.

October 14, 2008 5 – 8 p.m. – "Family Night" at EdVenture Children’s Museum. Health professionals will be available to answer questions in the booth at EdVenture. Posters and educational materials for parents and children will be available. Visitors may register to win a free copy of the book.

Clarendon County: 
(In school event)
October 7th at 9 am -
the Clarendon County Youth Librarian is going to read the book to the kids at the Parenting Center at Walker Gamble Elementary School in New Zion. 

Marlboro County:
(Public Library event)
Tuesday, October 7th at 10:30am - the story will be read by the Children's Librarian at the Marlboro Library.  

Sumter County:
(Public Library event)
Friday, October 10th at 10:00am - the Sumter County Children's Librarian will be reading the book at story time.

In the Columbia area, the following events are planned. Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
October 6 -10, 2008

 “Because sometimes the best medicine is no medicine.”

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Careful Antibiotic Use (SC CAUse) campaign is participating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign during the national “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week”.  The purpose of the week is to focus on this week with partners to encourage the public and healthcare providers to learn more about antibiotic resistance and the importance of careful and appropriate antibiotic use and prescribing.

Objectives

Target Audiences

Original SC CAUse Collaborating Partners

New Partners: