August 2016
Sign-up This Operation Heart event will be held at Spirit Valley Days, an annual festival in the West Duluth area, and the American Legion is planning to host a Pancake Breakfast at the same time. We did the event last year and it went well so they are asking us to do it again this year! This is a great opportunity for anyone in the Duluth area looking for something to be involved in this summer! If there are any…
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More Details Operation Diabetes is looking for volunteers to help at the medical staff check-in/medication drop-off stations at the camp (4-5 volunteers each day). Check-in goes until 2:30pm, but volunteers are welcome to shadow physicians/nurses on cabin rounds after, where they dose insulin and get check blood glucose levels. Lunch will be provided. Please click here for more details. Sign-up: If interested, please contact Karen Chan ([email protected]) by July 17th and she will put you in contact with Becky (camp coordinator)…
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MPSA Sign-up Volunteer Application Operation Heart is looking for volunteers to help at events tailored towards stroke patients such as games, sports, hiking, group discussions, crafts, education sessions, registration, snack preparation, and assisting survivors. All expenses and room will be covered. This would be a unique experience to learn more about strokes and how to provide care to survivors in addition to enjoying a great weekend in the outdoors along other care givers. Please click here or visit www.strokecamp.org for…
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Operation Diabetes is looking for volunteers to help at the medical staff check-in/medication drop-off stations at the camp (4-5 volunteers each day). Check-in goes until 2:30pm, but volunteers are welcome to shadow physicians/nurses on cabin rounds after, where they dose insulin and get check blood glucose levels. Lunch will be provided. Please click here for more details. Sign-up: If interested, please contact Karen Chan ([email protected]) by July 17th and she will put you in contact with Becky (camp coordinator) to get…
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Sign-up Cub Pharmacy is an organization that has a longstanding relationship with the surrounding Minneapolis/St. Paul communities and has been active with their community outreach efforts by providing a wide array of free health care-based services. They will have their own booth at the State Fair for all 12 days and they welcome pharmacy students to fill up as many shifts (each shift is 6 hours) as possible. Training for blood glucose testing will be provided and there will be…
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Sign-Up We are having our first Operation Heart health fair of the school year! We are looking for volunteers from each class to fill the entire two hour shift. PD1s can help with patient intake and bone density screening, PD2s can do blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol testing, and PD3s can provide medication counseling. There will be a training session (date TBD) to prepare students for the event.
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Sign-Up for MPSA’s Volunteer List Fill Out This Form for Stroke Camp Operation Heart is looking for volunteers to help at events tailored towards stroke patients such as games, sports, hiking, group discussions, crafts, education sessions, registration, snack preparation, and assisting survivors. All expenses and room will be covered. This would be a unique experience to learn more about strokes and how to provide care to survivors in addition to enjoying a great weekend in the outdoors along other caregivers.…
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Sign-Up This is a meeting for any pharmacy students that are interested in working with Generation Rx and/or OTC Medicine Safety and learning more about both patient care projects. Tiffany Thurmes ([email protected]) will talk about OTC Medicine Safety and Joan Madison ([email protected]) will talk about Generation Rx. Meagan Gartner will also be there to talk about her experiences with Generation Rx from being at the APhA conference as well.
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Sign-Up Join us for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) yearly walk to help support mental health awareness in the community. NAMI Walks raises money to support the various activities and groups offered by NAMI Minnesota, and raises awareness about mental health. We encourage personal donations, but they are not required! Contact Teagen Warrick ([email protected]) with questions
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