{"id":3307,"date":"2014-05-02T15:48:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:01:39","slug":"eddie-george-named-keynote-speaker-at-columbus-area-integrated-health-services-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/eddie-george-named-keynote-speaker-at-columbus-area-integrated-health-services-event","title":{"rendered":"Eddie George Named Keynote Speaker at Columbus Area Integrated Health Services Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS, OH. — Former NFL and Ohio State running back, Eddie George<\/a>, has been named the keynote speaker at a luncheon for the Columbus Area Integrated Health Services Inc. The program, titled \u201cMental Health: Six Degrees of Separation,\u201d will feature a keynote address by Eddie George, who is expected to relate his own experiences with behavioral health issues.\u00a0The event, which takes place on May 28 at noon at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Columbus, \u00a0hopes to open a public dialogue about behavioral health.<\/p>\n

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Photo shows Former Tennessee Titan, Eddie George, speaking about his induction into College Football’s Hall of Fame. George also won the Heisman Trophy in 1995, as well as the Walter Camp, The Maxwell Award and the Doak Walker award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Columbus Area Integrated Health Services was founded in 1965 as part of Ohio\u2019s first efforts to develop community-based mental health services, the agency offers mental health and supportive employment services, substance use and addictive disorder programs, prison re-entry programs, pharmacy and integrated health care and youth prevention services. All proceeds from the event will go to Columbus Area Integrated Health Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope and vision is these types of events create good community conversations around these issues and helps de-stigmatize the issues,\u201d said Anthony Penn, president and CEO of Columbus Area Integrated Health Services. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be a partner with Eddie, to offer the luncheon and to get this message out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Eddie George’s Second Act on 60 Minutes Sports in February 2014. George reached heights few have ever achieved on the football field before he hit the low many NFL players find themselves in post-career. But he was able, after therapy, to remake himself in the world of business and entertainment.<\/p>\n

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