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People
Helping
People
Fayetteville State
NC A&T
St. Augustine
NC Central
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St. Augustine
Saint Augustine’s College estimates
by way of attendance, sign-in and registration records that it has
served over 7,000 residents of Southeast Raleigh and Wake County.
The Resource Referral Coordinator office in the Community Health and
Wellness program serves as the site for the Alliance on the campus.
Through the Community Health and Wellness program, St. Augustine’s
College has made efforts to close the health care access and
educational gap that exists among residents of Wake County. Citizens
have been served through the following programs as a direct result
of the Kate B. Reynolds initiative:
- Summer Children’s Food Service
Program for over 1,500 children ages 10-16 years old during the
summers of 2000 and 2001.
- Distributed literature and favors
in communities on topics such as CHIPS, Cancer Awareness, Women
Health issues, STD’s, Smoking Cessation, Stress Management, and
drug awareness in partnership with other health agencies.
- In collaboration with Healthy
Mothers, Healthy Babies, we brought together health care providers
and low-income women for Women’s Health Education programming and
Wellness Brunches for over 300 women.
- A six-week class on “ Good
Health Practices for Women” for Habitats for Humanity.
- Maintained the telephone service
and walk-in service for individuals seeking Medicaid information.
- Sponsored a Health, Housing and
Employment Fair in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
- A number of free memberships to
our Community Health Wellness Programs and Fitness Center have
been issued to low-income clients.
- Health and Wellness education
programming for clients of the Rex Senior Health Center, Project
D.I.R.E.C.T. and other like organizations.
The grant provided the opportunity for Saint Augustine’s College
to contribute to making health care access a reality by serving as
a medium to bring those in need of health care together with those
that provide services. The College stands proud of what it is
doing to impact access to health services among minorities and
African Americans. The Kate B. Reynolds commitment has made it
possible for Saint Augustine’s College to make the significant
impact that it has made on the lives of citizens of Wake County.
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