Augusta, GA

Local breast cancer screening event meets patients where they are

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9 months ago

June 24, 2025

Local breast cancer screening event meets patients where they are

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Several health organizations are teaming up to meet patients where they are in the community.

Christ Community Health partnered with Piedmont Augusta and the Georgia Department of Public Health to offer free breast cancer screenings on Monday.

Organizers say it’s a convenient way for you to get care.

“It’s just access to care and making it convenient for women to get those mammograms,” said Lisa Ann Wheeler, patient navigator for the breast and cervical cancer program. “If you can bring something to the community and meet them where they are, it is a winner winner.”

The screenings are for women who are both uninsured and underinsured.

The Department of Public Health’s breast and cervical cancer screening program covers breast cancer preventative care.

“It’s a feeling of empowerment,” said Wheeler. “Self-care is hugely important, and we as women don’t tend to take care of ourselves as much as we should. You can’t really pour it from an empty cup, so I say if you can take care of yourself, you can take care of others and take care of your family.”

Wheeler says they try to host an event once a month.

Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, call 706-513-1033.

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Augusta, GA

From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

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6 hours ago

March 29, 2026

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From Augusta roots to Nighthawks leader: Nolan Belcher comes home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)- Augusta University baseball is in a three-game series matchup against the University of North Georgia.

AU is currently down in the series 0-2 after a close loss Friday and a loss Saturday.

But we aren’t focusing on the Jags, we’re going to take a look at North Georgia’s head coach, Nolan Belcher.

He is an Augusta native who began his career at Greenbrier and Augusta Christian.

He won three state championships, which then led him to play for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

There he won back-to-back national championships and finished runner up in 2012.

His coaching career began after that where he eventually joined the Peach belt Confrence, coaching at USCA and GCSU.

Now in his first season as head coach for the Nighthawks, he is happy to come home and coach in front of his friends and family.

“I’m very fortunate that I got family that, one is still around and they can come watch me do what I love. And, they’ve shown me, nothing but support throughout my whole coaching career and even back on my playing dates are very thankful and appreciative for everything they’ve done for me.”

AU and UNG will have their final series match on Sunday.

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