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In January 2010, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) held their annual breakfast in Richmond, VA, as a part of Small Business Day in the capitol. Staff and leaders from National Counseling Group were in attendance.

Pictured from left to right: Katie Weaks (NCG), Randy Wilson (NCG), Paul Lawrence (NCG),
Reverend Joe Ellison, Sam Gray (NCG), and Antoine Green

(Photo Credit): Photo by TR Cook of Cook's Photo Art Studio, Vienna, Virginia

National Counseling Group's Randy Wilson, Business Development Specialist, and Ashley Kemnitz, NCG Petersburg Site Director, and Jim Rankin, NCG Harrisonburg and Staunton Site Director, attended Congressman Eric Cantor's Campaign Breakfast on Friday, March 5th, 2010 in Richmond, VA.

Also in attendance were Secertary of Education Gerard Robinson, the Deputy Secertary of Administration Charles James, Director of the Daily Planet Dianne Reynolds-Cane, Owens & Minor Consultant Angela Wilkes, and McGuire Woods Partners George Martin and Jackie Stone.

Speakers included Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling.

Pictured are Randy Wilson, Eric Cantor, and Ashley Kemnitz.

National Counseling Group's Eastern Shore office Site Director, John Konkel, will be providing a presentation to the Eastern Shore Rural Health Systems group at their Quarterly Clinicians Meeting on April 15th, 2010, discussing NCGs services.

The meeting will be attended by 30 to 40 physicians who work in the ES community health care system.

Holly Duggan, NCG's Regional Director of the Tidewater Region, has recently donated $250 to the Newport News Healthy Families Organization to show National Counseling Group's enduring support of the organization.

Holly is also a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Newport News Healthy Families Intiatives and participates on the Blue Ribbon Committee to coordinate events for Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention month in April.

Come join us in celebrating the counseling profession and in recognizing counselors in the community.

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National Counseling Group staff Patrick Slifka, James Rankin, and Melinda Baker-Morris were featured in the Advocate, Winter 2010 edition, a publication of the Virginia Juvenile Justice Association.

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Polar Plunge!

On February 6th, 2010, thousands braved the chilly Atlantic Ocean wearing nothing but swimsuits and zany costumes - all for a good cause - including National Counseling Group's Virginia Beach Office Clinical Supervisor, Denielle Warner, and Community Based Counselor, Kristi Robinson. Proceeds from Saturday's Polar Plunge benefit Special Olympics Virginia. Since 1993, more than 26,000 plungers have raised more than $4.7 million for Special Olympics Virginia. Both Kristi and Denielle pledged to raise $200 for the Special Olympics.

National Counseling Group's Virginia Beach office is having a clothing drive to aid the victims of the disaster in Haiti in January 2009.

Please send any clothing that you would like to donate to the Haitian relief efforts to our office located at 4099 Foxwood Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 before February 12th, 2010 care of Karen Matthews, Site Director. Thank you for your support!

Director of Training for National Counseling Group, Patrick Slifka, will be facilitating a Motivational Interviewing training on February 19, 2010 from 9-4pm at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center.

On January 21st, 2010, Melinda Baker-Morris, along with a few members of the local human service agencies in Front Royal and the surrounding Shenandoah Valley community, were on the radio to talk about foster care as well as the many services that are offered by National Counseling Group.

The station is 95.3 FM (http://www.theriver953online.com), and was facilitated by the NCG Site Director in Front Royal, Carol Lucking. You can hear a podcast of the show here.

National Counseling Group's Director of Training, Patrick Slifka, will be presenting at the VCA Counselor of the Year event in Manassas, VA on March 2nd, 2010.

He will be discussing Compassion Fatigue how professonal counselors deal with the experience.