Comedy Club Benefit for RIM
Comedian Ricky Laporte will be the headliner a Comedy Club benefit for the Rehabiliation Institute of Michigan. On Sunday, Nov. 7, for "Don't Just Sit There!" will be hosted at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak, Mich.Former Detroit Lions great Doug English will be on hand. Tickets are $99 per person for tickets including pre-show food, meet-and-greet and VIP seating. Two other levels of seating, at $77 and $44, are available. Proceeds from the event will go to RIM's Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery. Seats are assigned in order of purchase. For tickets, please call the Comedy Castle at (248) 542-9900.
WSU's combined campaign for United Way, Black United Fund begins
Pledge cards have been distributed for the WSU 2005 Combined Campus Charitable Contribution Campaign for the United Way and the Black United Fund. This year's campaign will run through Nov. 5. Contributions may be made in cash or via payroll deduction.
Volunteer for WSU Health Fair
The Health Science Committee of the WSU Commission on the Status of Women will host a university wide health fair on Thursday, Nov 11, 2004 from 11: a.m. to 3 p.m. . Participants will include representatives from the WSU School of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, School of Nutrition, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System Complementary & Integrative Medicine Center, St. John's Healing Arts Center and other community organizations.
Health fairs are a satisfying and rewarding way to display our commitment to community outreach and delivering the most up-to-date, technologically advanced health care possible. Faculty physicians, residents and students proudly represent the School of Medicine and WSU Physician Group by volunteering in such health fairs and providing information on mental health awareness (anxiety/sleep/depression disorders), stroke screenings, eye exams, skin cancer screening, blood pressure and cholesterol screenings, to name a few.
For more information or to participate, please contact Jennifer Day at (313) 577-1058.
Yarn and fabric donations needed to knit for NICU babies
Hutzel Women's Hospital NICU/SCN is collecting baby-soft yarn in various colors to make hats, booties and blankets. The group would like to make approximately 50 hats and booties sets in Christmas green and red for babies ranging from one pound to 10 pounds. In addition to yarn, we need six yards of cotton fabric (not flannel) or three yards of patterned fabric, with three yards of a coordinating solid color, to make isolette covers. The fabric should have a baby theme and in colors for boys, girls or unisex. Several groups have already volunteered to sew and knit the items, but anyone is free to join the effort. Contact Rosalyn Hall at (313) 966-2271, Karen Grace at (313) 745-0741 or Juanita Wade at (313) 745-7667 for yarn, material and a pattern. Drop off your yarn or fabric donations at Hutzel's 2 Brush Center (SCN) or 3 Brush Center (NICU).