April is exciting for Public Health!!!

Thanks so much for those of you who came out to support us at our meeting on Friday! We did an incredible job of assembling the Haiti Care Kits and they are now at Heart to Heart International for shipment to Haiti! We ended up with 9 boxes full of supplies, and about 75-80 kits!

In case you missed the meeting, here highlights of the discussion:

April 1st: Public Health Day at the Capital (8:30am-3:30pm)

• Go to Topeka to visit with your legislatures and learn more about the legal process.
• Email thonderick@kumc.edu for more information

April 5-9th: National Public Health Week!!!

• Keep an eye out for an email invitation to help participate in community outreach presenations to area high schools and community colleges.
• Email kumphso@gmail.com if you want to present to your class about public health and the Kansas Public Health Association. We will provide you with a brief 3 minute script and copies of the KPHA application for students.

April 10th: MPHSO Health Walk & KUMC Annual Street Fair

• Join MPHSO and the Jahawk health admin student org in a Health Walk from 9:30am-12pm around the KUMC campus. Games, healthy snacks, and free t-shirts provided!
• End the Health walk by walking to the KUMC Annual Street Fair which happens from 12pm-4pm that same afternoon!
• Games, prizes, clowns, and lots of fun will be happening at the fair.
• The entire KUMC and Rosedale Community is invited
• MPHSO will be hosting a Nutrition booth
• Email kumphso@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering at the health walk or the MPHSO booth.

April 10th: Multiple Sclerosis Walk (8:30am- finish walk)

• Join other MPH students in the fight against MS
• Help Ashli Owen (MPH student) fight her battle with this disease by joining her team
• Click here to join her!

April 31st/ May 1st: Public Health Pow Wow

• Volunteer to help out with the Annual Pow Wow held for Native American Public Health at the Johnson County Community College
• Help set up, provide education/clinic assistance, and clean up
• Email cdaley@kumc.edu for more information

Lots of stuff to do to Celebrate Public Health in April, so get out there and help out!

Thanks,

MPHSO Officers

March 2010 Meeting!!!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful spring break!!!

Please join us for the March MPH Student Organization meeting!

When: Friday, March 26th, 2010 at 5:15pm

Where: Calkins Conference Center

(stairs right next to book store in Orr Major)

What: Our monthly meeting! Eat and create Haiti Care Kits!

Key Topics for this month's meeting:

- Public Health Policy Day at the Capital (April 1st)

- National Public Health Week (April 5-11)

- JAYHAWK/MPHSO/GSC pre-street fair Health Walk (April 10th 10am-12pm)

- KUMC Street Fair (April 10th 12pm-4pm)

- Creating the Haiti Care Kits!

Come enjoy salad, pizza, wings, and drinks on us while we create the Haiti Care Kits from the materials we have recieved through our donation drive! We will talk about the upcoming events while we put together the kits for Haiti!

See you then :)