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CCHP Newsletter - September 2010
News, Announcements, and Events
Funding Opportunities
National AIDS Fund - The National AIDS Fund, with support from the FordFoundation, has announced the opportunity for grant support through its SouthernREACH (Regional Expansion of Access and Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS)grantmaking initiative. The overall goal of this initiative is to protect and advancethe health, human rights, and dignity of persons most affected by HIV/AIDS in theSouthern United States. Funding will support strategic HIV/AIDS policy andadvocacy activities led by community-based organizations, advocacy coalitions,and other allies with public policy and advocacy experience. Awards are up to$100,00, along with consideration for technical assistance, for a one-year grantperiod.
Deadline: October 15, 2010
For more information, or for application materials, please visit the National AIDSFund website at: http://www.aidsfund.org/2010/08/17/southern-reach
Applications must be submitted online. To submit an application, please visitwww.ysa.org/heroes
State Farm Good Neighbor Service Learning Grants - State Farm hasteamed with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for youth-ledservice-learning initiatives in all 50 states. Eligible programs will engage youth inservice-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes studentlearning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthycommunities.State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encouragesemester-long projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service(January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17,2011). Eligible candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators andstudents in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organizationworking with a public school.
Deadline: October 15, 2010
For more information or to apply, please visit the Youth Service America websiteat: http://www.ysa.org/goodneighbor
CCHP Events and Announcements
Operation Safety Net – Recognized as one of the nations’ first full-time streetmedicine programs, Operation Safety Net set the standard for this unique form ofhealth care around the world. Come hear about this unique program and how Dr.Jim Withershas inspired a health care revolution on Tuesday, September 28,6:00-7:00 pm at the Gazes auditorium, located at 114 Doughty Street inCharleston.
To RSVP or for more information, please contact please contact Liz O’Hara [email protected].
To find out more about Operation Safety Net, and to view a trailer from thedocumentary film One Bridge to the Next, please visit:http://www.pmhs.org/operation-safety-net
CCHP/SCTR Sponsored Webinars – The CCHP and the South CarolinaClinical and Translational Institute will sponsor two webinars on September 28,2010 in the Basic Science Building, room 402. “Community Engagement inResearch: A Framework for Education” will be webcast from 1:00-2:00 pm, and“Dialogue on Dissemination: A Researcher Perspective” will be presented from2:00-3:30 pm.
For more information about the topics and participants, please visit the CCHPwebsite at: www.musc.edu/nursing/cchp or contact Meredith [email protected] or 792-4647.
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CCHP Brown Bag Lunch Series – Charlene Pope, PhD, will present a BrownBag Lunch session entitled “Implementation Science: What is it and Why areExperts and Funding Agencies Promoting it?” at 12:30 on Friday, October 8th inthe Basic Science Building, room 100.
Bring your lunch and join us! No RSVP necessary. Visit the CCHP website at:www.musc.edu/nursing/cchp
Recess Rocks: Program against Childhood Obesity – In recognition ofSeptember as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, The CommunityHealth Center, Inc. has launched the national Recess Rocks campaign. TheRecess Rocks program brings fun, creative movement into schools to increasestudents’ activity levels and is just one of CHC’s many programs to help preventand reverse obesity. It has proven to be a successful, low-cost way to bringadditional physical activity into students’ lives.
For more information about this innovative program, please visitwww.recessrocks.com or call 860-852-0830.
Community Events and Announcements
Hair Etc. Magazine – South Carolina’s only African American beauty andhealthy living publication will soon release its fall/winter publication. If yourorganization is interested in editorial features or other opportunities to educate andinform the African American community, please contact Tia Brewer-Footman [email protected] or 843-764-2622.
Trident Literacy Association Celebrity Waiters Event – The TridentLiteracy Association will hold its first annual Celebrity Waiters Event at noon onFriday, October 29 at the Charleston Marriott Hotel, located at 170 LockwoodBoulevard in Charleston. A partial list of celebrities: Ken Burger from the Post &Courier, Carolyn Murray from Channel 2, Mike Veeck from the CharlestonRiverDogs, players from the Charleston RiverDogs, Battery, and Stingrays, CoachBobby Cremins from the College of Charleston, Kathleen Wilson of CharlestonCity Council, Mickey Bakst of Charleston Grille, Sean Brock of McCrady’s, StateRepresentatives Mike Rose and Robert Brown, Rick Rush from Y 102.5, andWarren Peper as Master of Ceremonies. This will be a really fun event, with aChinese auction and more!
Corporate tables are $1,000.00 for a table of ten, individual tickets are $50.00 perperson. Now accepting donations for the Chinese auction.
For more information, visit the Trident Literacy Association website at:http://tridentlit.org/celebrity_waiter_2010.htm or call 843-747-2223.
If you have any announcements, awards, or other news that you would like to poston the CCHP Community Bulletin Board, please email Meredith [email protected]
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