November 2, 2007

Volunteer Notices: Movement for Life, RIM Senior Health Fair, CHM Project Challenge

Volunteers are needed to help provide blood-pressure and cholesterol screenings at upcoming Movement for Life events. Movement for Life is the city of Detroit's health and wellness initiative, which aims to motivate residents and city of Detroit employees to pursue active, healthy lifestyles. The program focuses on four major areas of healthy living: preventive health care, physical activity, nutrition and diet, and sleep and stress management.

WSU School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center will conduct screenings for city of Detroit employees at several locations from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on June 21 through June 25 and June 28 through June 30. Clinical volunteers are needed to provide lipid-panel and blood-pressure screenings. Training will be available for use of the Cholestech LDX machine for interested clinical volunteers.

For more information or to volunteer, call (313) 745-5186.

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Senior Health Fair
Clinical volunteer health screeners are needed to conduct cholesterol and blood-pressure screenings at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Novi Center on Wednesday, June 16, from noon to 5 p.m. RIM-Novi is at 42005 W. 12 Mile Road.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Betty J. Chapel at (313) 745-5186 or bchapel@dmc.org. Please provide your name, work and home telephone numbers and professional title. Volunteers are asked to offer at least two hours of service.

Children's Hospital of Michigan's Project Challenge
Project Challenge, a Children's Hospital of Michigan program, is looking for camp counselors for its summer camp program, which serves children and adolescents who have or are affected by HIV/AIDS. Counselors must be 18 years or older. The camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 22 through Aug. 12.

For more information, please contact Veronica Connors at (313) 745-4892 or vconners@intmed.wayne.edu or Janet Nunn at (313) 745-5289 or jnunn@dmc.org.

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