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Volunteers Needed: Health Fair for Ukrainian and Russian Speaking Community – 6/4
Naisha Inaugural Health and Wellness Event
June 4th 2022
10-5pm in Idylwood Park, Redmond, WA
Nashi Immigrants Health Board is a registered non-profit organization founded by people in the community in partnership with WA DOH and UWSON
Mission: We partner with Ukrainian and Russian speaking communities in WA state to meet the broad range of health and social needs of our people and advocate through community engagement, empowerment and connection to resources.
Vision: We seek to understand, support and empower our community and provide for a healthy future for “Nashi” (our community) through a lens of health equity and social justice.
Come out and support our health and wellness event for our Ukrainian and Russian speaking communities in WA state, be our guest, be a vendor or volunteer
Contact Tamara Cyhan Cunitz for questions and details cyhant@uw.edu
Volunteers Needed:
- Distributing Health Education materials for chronic disease management (diabetes, hypertension)
- Distributing materials about Mental and Behavioral health education for (depression, anxiety, trauma).
- Distributing resources about dental care
- General booth support- set up/take down
- Promoting mindfulness, non-pharmacological interventions for stress/anxiety
- Russian and/or Ukrainian speaking volunteers to translate and support attendees
Agencies represented at the health fair will be:
*If you are interested in hosting a table, please reach out to cyhant@uw.edu
- Seattle King County Public Health
- Health Point Community Clinics
- Dept of Health Care-a-van – COVID-19 immunizations
- Neighborhood House- health and social service agency
- Immigration and Refugee information booth
- Housing Support
- University of Washington School of Nursing
Activities:
- Raffle drawing- free tickets for attendees
- Scavenger Hunt for kids
- Volleyball instruction
- Vaccination van
- Tea and socializing table
- Yoga/mindfulness
- Food Truck
- Music