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Community Happenings
May
13 Free
yoga classes for survivors of cancer will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in
Room 120, Hollings Cancer Center. The classes support survivors who are
regaining strength and control lost during treatment. Call 513-9363.
17 The Charleston Area National
Alliance on Mental Illness and its supporting partners will sponsor the
Mental Health Month 5K Fun Run & Walk May 17 at Hampton Park. Event
registration is $15 for participants who pre-register by May 9 and $20
day of the event. Registration fee includes a T-shirt. Pre-registration
forms are available at http://www.namicharlestonarea.org. Registration
begins at 8 a.m. Runners start time is 8:30 a.m. Call 792-6259.
Golf tournament to
benefit free medical clinic
Commonwealth Financial Group and the MUSC student-run CARES free clinic
invite golfers to attend the Inaugural Commonwealth Cares Classic Golf
Invitational Tuesday, May 13. This tournament will be held on the Rees
Jones Ralston Creek Course, which is part of Daniel Island
Country Club.
The event kicks off with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. The registration
fee is $1,200 for a team of four. Commonwealth is focused on recruiting
physician-golfers.
The proceeds from the tournament will benefit the clinic, a medical
student-initiated and managed non-profit organization located in Mount
Pleasant (1145 Six Mile Road, across from Laing Middle
School).
The CARES clinic provides free medical care to the underserved,
uninsured population in the local Charleston area. It opened its doors
in 2005, and sees patients on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Many
community physicians, including those practicing at MUSC, volunteer as
medical advisors. Services provided include primary care, gynecology,
physical therapy and psychiatric care.
For information, visit http://www.commonwealthfg.com/.
Newborn Immunization
Information Campaign started
Newborn immunization packets (English and Spanish) are being
distributed to all parents of newborns. The staff at the MUSC newborn
nurseries (levels 1 and 2) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU),
has received childhood immunization information kits to give to new
parents as part of a formalized communitywide system for educating new
parents on immunization requirements.
A project of the Tri-county Immunization Coalition of the Palmetto
Project, the packets are supported by funding from Sanofi Pasteur,
Coastal Community Foundation, Charleston County Medical Society, Grace
Episcopal Church Outreach Committee and the Joanna Foundation.
New parents will receive a packet of useful, readable immunization
educational material along with new baby instructions by a nurse. The
packet of information includes a list of local clinics (including
address, phone number and clinic hours), the contact information for
the Medical Society’s Medical Homes Project in case the parent does not
have a health care provider and the recommended immunization schedule.
Other material includes a brochure from the Immunization Action
Coalition on questions parents ask about baby shots, as well as a
refrigerator magnet with the timetable for shots.
For information contact Nancy Olsen at nolson@palmettoproject.org
or Anne Ross at rossas@musc.edu.
Mental health
month fun run, walk slated for May 17
The Charleston
Area National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and its supporting
partners will sponsor the Mental Health Month 5K Fun Run & Walk May
17 at Hampton Park.
May is National Mental Health Month. This annual event is designed to
bring the community together to increase mental health awareness and
decrease the stigma that often is associated with these illnesses.
Event registration is $15 for participants who pre-register by May 9
and $20 day of the event. Registration fee includes a T-shirt.
Pre-registration forms are available online at http://www.namicharlestonarea.org.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. Runners start time is 8:30 a.m. and
walkers start time is 9:30 a.m. This year’s event will benefit local
NAMI outreach programs of support, education and community awareness.
Supporting partners for the event include Charleston / Dorchester
Mental Health Center, MUSC Institute of Psychiatry, Palmetto Behavioral
Health, and the City of Charleston Department of Recreation. For
information, contact Bryan Counts, MUSC Institute of Psychiatry, at
792-6259.
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