Health Fair on Sat. 4/16

Thanks for volunteering for the upcoming Community Health Fair! We are excited to have your help. 

Reminder: Event Date - April 16   Time - 11 to 3  
       

Signing up for shifts: Please click on the link to sign up for the available table and time slot (& make sure to save once you have added your name). The time slots are from 11-1 and 1-3, but please plan on arriving at 10:30 for those doing the first shift to help set up. For those on the second shift plan on arriving 15 mins early to get caught up and plan to stay a little after 3 to help clean up. Feel Free to sign up for both the morning and afternoon shift if you would like to stay throughout the event.

What to bring/wear: Bring yourself and your knowledge. Everyone should wear their white coats. 

Volunteer Tables:
The Fit Solution - do weight assessments including percent body fat, educate the participants on ways to make healthier decisions when it comes to exercise and eating habits.

Diabetes Treatment Center - provide information to the community on diabetes

Student Sight Savers - perform Glaucoma screenings

HIV screenings - volunteers will provide info on HIV/AIDS and info and walk patients to the HIV screenings room in the hospital

Clinic - volunteers will provide health info and perform screenings for BP & glucose. Please bring your stethoscope if you sign up for the Freedman clinic table.  

Children's Health & Activities - volunteers will get a chance to educate the kids about their health using interactive games and exercises (twister, jump rope, ...) Those that sign up for the Children's activities table should wear something comfortable under your white coat so they can move around with the kids (for example wear your Howard shirt under your white coat). 

General Health Info - help educate the community on a variety of topics: heart disease, cancer, smoking cessation,...

Community Outreach - it is very important that we have these people to help spread the word and get people from the community to actually attend our health fair. You will also help in the general running of the health fair.

Thanks again and looking forward to this great event! Feel free to contact me with any questions.