 March is social work month, which works to empower the often overworked and underpaid social workers across the United States. I spoke with Judy's Place Community Outreach Coordinator, Kalen Richmond, about the importance of social work. Social work is very important here. For obviously what we do whenever we're working with child abuse cases, it's very important that we have a lot of talented and skilled and compassionate social workers that both work here at our office but also work with the cabinet, people that we work with on the cases from outside of our agency. It's incredibly important that we have those people to make sure that we're doing everything that we can to serve the kids in our community that do have to face things like abuse and neglect. Hillbilly Haven Weekend of Destruction, demolition derbies are coming to Pikeville Friday, Saturday, March 29th and 30th, 7 each night, Appalachian Wireless Arena Pikeville. It's going to be a crashing good time. Be there. Social work is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States with a projected 782,000 social workers needed by 2030. One of the most important ways that we as a community can help serve other people. Everyone faces their own challenges but nothing is more important than especially when it comes to our realm of work. There's nothing more important than serving the kids in our community and so the social workers here that work with the kids, a lot of different things goes into that from interviewing, from therapy, from just general advocacy and support for these people. It's very important that we have social workers here at our office that are compassionate and kind and ready to serve. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Breanna Robinson.