ETV, Pan Flu & U

I'm on a year long contract with ETV coordinating the public awareness campaign with DHEC on pandemic influenza. Two words you don't wanna hear together. An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a flu strain that may or may not yet exist. The bird flu or Avian flu is a virus that if evolved from being a bird to bird virus and became passed easily from human to human could became a pandemic or world wide illness. Prevention and preparation will be key to weathering this health crisis when and if it comes. There have been 3 pandemics in the last century occuring about every 30 years and we are about due again.

We interviewed experts across SC that include health care, community, educational and emergency management leaders on the subject of pan flu. A 30 minute information video "Pan Flu. Prepare. Prevent. Plan Now." will air Feb 19th at 9pm on ETV that features the experts and 2 hosts.

I'll keep you posted about this issue and about what the general public can expect. (I'll let you know if we think it's coming!)

The Columbia Festival of the Arts

The Chernoff's hosted a gathering of supporters and participants of The Columbia Fesitval of the Arts.
Click on the title to see whats coming up in spring.
My role is to help with media production to promote the event.




One thing is certain about our dear town of Columbia. We have ARTS!
Theatre, dance, music and visual arts abound in this town!
A big thanks goes to Marvin Chernoff because for over 20 years his commitment and passion for making sure there is excitement and support for the arts in Columbia has never waned.
It became clear in my very early years working with him at Chernoff/Silver how essential the arts and community service are to the well being of any community. Pro Bono work took up a lot of our time - cause we loved it. It fed us.
We loved incorporating the arts into other client projects as well. Music, dance, comedy and visual arts were frequently found in the work we produced. One of my first assignments with Chernoff was as production assistant for a musical we produced for SCANA at an employee retreat. Yep. SCANA Corporation.


The Columbia Festival of the Arts is sort of a trip down memory lane for those of us who grew up with Chernoff/Silver in the 80s. Things were just gettin hoppin then and we were right in the thick of it.
As I looked around the recent gathering of supporters and participants at the Chernoff's I was happy to see so many familiar faces and sooo many new ones as well!
Things are getting cranked up again!