USF Health Service Corps Sponsored Events & Projects

These projects and events are sponsored and approved by the USF Health Service Corps and are also listed in a calendar format at USF Health Service Corps Calendar. Interested USF Health students, faculty, staff and community partners are welcome to contact Ellen Kent, MPH, CPH, Faculty Coordinator for the USF Health Service Corps, at ekent@health.usf.edu or 813-974-6622, to suggest additional events and projects that may be added to this page.

STUDENTS:

First, thank you for your interest in participating in these service opportunities. Second, please remember that you should NOT miss scheduled classes/labs to participate in these service activities. Please note that some of the events listed below may have the name and email for a student leader of a specific student organization (so that you can have a contact person/liaison with whom you can sign up as a volunteer) but this does NOT limit participation to only those members of that particular student organization. In fact, the only events which have specific participation requirements are the clinical events listed in Section I, below. All other service events and projects listed in Sections II – VII are open to any interested USF Health student. Once that you sign up for an event, you will receive final detailed information and driving directions a few days before hand. ALSO – if you sign up for a service event and can not come at the last minute, please be sure to let the contact person know so that we can plan accordingly. Thank you!

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

Please contact Ellen Kent, MPH, CPH, Faculty Coordinator for USF Health Service Corps, at ekent@health.usf.edu, with specific questions about the events listed on this page or if you wish to collaborate with the Service Corps. Thank you!

Events & Projects: Spring Semester 2011

You can view the different categories of service opportunities at each of these websites below ....

Health Fairs & Other Clinical Events

Special Events

Fun Fundraising Events

Health Education and Other On Going Health-Related Service Projects

Collection Drives

Camps for People with Special Health Care Needs

Blood Drives 

and you also can download an 'easy to print' PDF version atServiceCorpsSpringSemester2011.pdf

III.  Fun Fundraising Events

 

Saturday, January 29^th, Run in the Dirt for the Hurt 5K !  Registration at 7:30AM, race at 8:30AM at Trout Creek Park. 12550 Morris Bridge Road  Thonotossassa, Florida. See http://www.active.com/5k-race/thonotossassa-fl/run-in-the-dirt-for-the-hurt-5k-2011-pl524  "Run in the Dirt for the Hurt" 5K is the first annual fundraiser hosted by the American Medical Student Association from the USF College of Medicine. The funds raised will benefit the local free clinics in the Tampa Bay area: BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic, Judeo Christian Health Clinic, Brandon Outreach Clinic, and San Jose Mission Clinic in Dover. The clinics provide healthcare to the underserved in our community, including medical services, physical therapy, and social services, all free of charge. We hope to not only raise money to help these clinics provide these services, but to raise awareness of the clinics, as well as to promote collaboration among them in order to provide the best care possible to the underserved of our communities.   Even if you are unable to run, please email Conrad Vinalon at cvinalon@health.usf.edu  with your availability and preference for set up/disassembly, registration, or course directing/cheerleading!  

 

 

Saturday, February  19^th .  Registration at 9:00am; Walk at 10.  Tampa Bay’s first annual National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)  Walk at Al Lopez Park in Tampa. Here  is the link to our USF Health Service Corps  team web site:   http://neda.nationaleatingdisorders.org/site/TR/NEDAWalk/General?fr_id=1280&pg=team&fr_id=1280&team_id=2220

When you go to this link, you can click on : Join Team OR  Make a gift! The Tampa Bay NEDA Walk 2011helps to raise awareness and funds to support individuals and families affected by eating disorders. Your contribution will help NEDA continue to build on critical programs and services such as a National Toll-Free Helpline, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Research Grants for Young Investigators, an annual Conference for Families and Professionals, and Toolkits for Parents and Educators.

 

 

The Walk to defeat ALS will be held at USF on Saturday March 12^th, 2011, walk begins at 10 am, registration at 8:30 am!

If you are interested in starting a team, joining a team or contributing to this effort please visit the website   at http://web.alsa.org/site/TR?sid=4340&type=fr_informational&pg=informational&fr_id=7140 . Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

 

 

Sunday, March 27^th, 7 pm -10 pm.  Gifts of Love FUN FAMILY FUNDRAISER event to benefit  the BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic! See flyer at KaleisiaGiftsofLove2011-flyer.pdf
Gifts of Love is Kaleisia’s annual community building and charity event. This year the Gifts of Love event will support the BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic, a student-run free clinic that serves the uninsured and underserved adults of the University Community Area.   There will be face painting, silent and live auction, henna tattoo artist, balloon artist, photo booth, and a community talent showcase. The winner will receive $100 and a month of all you can drink tea at Kaleisia. You can pre-purchase a $5 love donation, which includes food, drinks, entertainment, and a raffle ticket!   Tickets at the door will be sold for $7.  If you cannot attend the event but would like to  purchase a raffle ticket, you will still be able to win a prize. All you have to do is save your ticket. When raffle ticket numbers are called, we will post it on the Kaleisia tea website and facebook for you to check at home. If you have a winning ticket, you can claim your prize(s) by bringing the ticket to the tea lounge.    For more information pertaining to how to sign up for the talent show or how to donate auction items (e.g.  gifts certificates), contact the BRIDGE Clinic Manager Yalile Perez at yperez1@health.usf.edu .

 

April 8^th -9^th, Relay for Life at USF Soccer and Track Stadium. (Walk begins  6 pm  Friday evening, April 8^th.)  

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY11FL?pg=entry&fr_id=29613

You can click on this website and scroll down to locate the links to sign up for the different USF Health teams: USF College of Nursing Student Council and  Lab Rats .

 

 

Saturday, April 30^th, 8 am -10 am.   March of Dimes 'March for Babies' walk in Tampa, starting at the  St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL, 33602You can access the web page by going to http://www.marchforbabies.org/  - then click on 'Join a team', then type in USF Health, hit 'search', and click on the  USF Health Service Corps Team   link that will appear in the next window. Please contact Ellen Kent at ekent@health.usf.edu  if you have any questions and for additional details! 

 

 

Saturday morning, May 14^th, 2011 ! Miles for Moffitt!  http://www.milesformoffitt.com/   and then go to: bar that says Miles for Moffitt Five-Mile/5k/One-Mile. if you wish to run/walk, click on the register tab and  if you wish to  volunteer ,click on the volunteer tab!   Either way, you will benefit the community and have lots of fun!