|Articles|October 1, 2005

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Pharmacy Tour Reaches Communities

McKesson Corp's Health AcrossAmerica: Keeping Pharmacy Care Personal23-city bus tour was a success.The tour's purpose was to raise awarenessof the vital role community pharmacistsplay in the health of Americans.Here are highlights from the tour:

The tour gathered 68,238 signaturesfor the "Keeping PharmacyCare Personal Petition;" the petitionis to demonstrate to policymakers the need to preserve everyindividual's access to communitypharmacists
More than 3500 community pharmacistsreceived Pharmacy AdvocacyToolkits to help promotetheir value in their communities
830 participants took advantageof the free health screenings
Nominations from the NationalCommunity Pharmacists Associationand the American PharmacistsAssociation resulted in a total of$23,000 in scholarships beingawarded to 28 pharmacy students

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