public health
Submitted by UMMvanderbilt on Fri, 02/01/2008 - 00:41.
UMM is a student founded organization at Vanderbilt University. We are committed to facilitating connections between undergraduate students and medical settings. We are involved in numerous community health volunteer groups and hope to spread in popularity in order to give undergrads meaningful medical experiences.
Submitted by chels_fro on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 23:42.
Last year I signed up to go on a mission trip with my church. After meeting with the delegation and learning about the community we would be visiting I decided that I should make health kits for the families. Along with two other girls I collected donations, raised awareness about Guatemala and the struggles they face, and put together a total of 28 health kits. We made two health kits for each household, One for kids, this one had light up toothbrushes, colorful band-aides, kids vitamins, and other health supplies geared towards children. We also made adult kits with similar items.
Submitted by Huntre on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 16:27.
There are an estimated 15,000 people in Austin, TX that are homeless. In the summer when temperatures are normally in the high 90s to over 100 degrees, even something as simple as having a bottle of water to properly hydrate one's self is not always available to those who are forced to live on the street . Many of us take for granted our ability to just walk into a store and purchase a bottle of water, walk to the sink in our apartment or home, or even use the water fountain inside of retail establishments.
Submitted by katecisco on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 14:42.
Sustainable South Bronx is thrilled to partner with the creative, dynamic and ambitious young men and women of Dream Yard to host the 2007 Hunts Point Healthy Living Block Party The Healthy Living Block Party gives residents of Hunts Point an opportunity to learn about ongoing efforts to improve the environment of the neighborhood. With hundreds of new street trees planted in recent years and two new parks opened this Spring, Hunts Point is well on its way to having a dense urban forest capable of filtering pollutants from te local atmosphere.
Submitted by tarannum.nagpurwala on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 21:11.
CISV is a non-profit, volunteer based organization that promotes cultural and global understanding through youths by sending them abroad to different camps. Through this organization I have had the opportunity to broaden my views of the world by traveling to Thailand, living with a family for three weeks, and Egypt, living at a campsite with thirty-five other campers from nine other countries.
Submitted by beckydavis13 on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 19:13.
Tucker, my husband was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the spring of 2006. One of the most devastating effects of the disease is not knowing how you got it, or exactly how to cure it. Unable to answer some of these hard questions, we turned to health issues that we are able to control – healthy eating habits and regular exercise.
Submitted by sweet.tanya.st on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 22:41.
Trying to cook healthy and buy healthy grocceries are one thing. However, we all get caught eating convienent food here and there. Some of us more often than others. Fast food is very popular world-wide. Billions of people eat unhealthy fast food every week. This food is of the lowest quality, conventional produce, low-grade meat. 70 years ago, there was no difference between organic and non-organic food. After serious chemical spraying from 1940-1979, finding truly natural and organic food is different in quality.
Submitted by 463cjhill24 on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 09:22.
The only way to becoming a healtier person and becoming the person you want to be is by just doing something about it. This is a page that I want to create just to help people find out what is out there in the fitness world by allowing people to comment on my page and give ideas for healthy places to eat, what kinds of foods are out that most people don't think about, games, sports, daily activities that contribute to a healthy life style.
Submitted by babetteanns on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 19:43.
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Inspired by a cause in which one can directly impact the lives of millions of people, Cover Africa was founded by eight undergraduates, including myself, in January, 2007. Cover Africa is a registered Cornell student organization affiliated with The Cornell Public Service Center, and dedicated to fighting malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that one child dies every thirty seconds from malaria in Africa.
Submitted by Archive Institu... on Sat, 08/11/2007 - 16:27.
The Archive Institute Poster Competition 2007 is a project that places children at the forefront of the campaign against HIV/AIDS. In response to the UNICEF’s call to action, we are seeking to unite the efforts of children around the world against the destructive pandemic of HIV/AIDS.
Express your imagination and creativity to us through artwork! The 2007 ARCHIVE Institute poster competition calls for poster designs from young artists under the age of 18 who want to help bring increased attention to the widespread AIDS epidemic.
