Hello all,
I’m Alex Ruiz, a Premed student at UW and UDOC 05 alumni, SMDEP 08 alumni, 09 SMDEP RA & ’10 SMDEP RA. I am currently involved in a migrant health program and we are conducting a drive to collect donations to be taken to migrant families in camps in the Bellingham and Mt. Vernon areas this summer with the help of the University Of Washington School Of Medicine under the Summer Medical/Dental Educational Program. The donation will be distributed after screening and Health Education sessions, both of which will be provided by Sea Mar Community Health Center.
I’m emailing you all to encourage you to please donate anything you can to this program, it will be greatly appreciated!
-Migrant Farm workers are a critical component of the US agricultural production system, they make up 64% of the harvest labor force.
– Although Latinos clearly make substantial contributions to the US economy, this highly productive community has some of the worst health outcomes.
v 1.2 Million Mexicans in the US have been diagnosed with diabetes
v Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Latinos nationwide
v In the United States, 70% of the agricultural-worker population does not have health insurance
v (California Policy Research Center, University of California, 2003)
-They work an average of 15 hours OR MORE A DAY, making an average income of less than $10,000 dollars per year
– 60% of families live in Poverty.
The program runs from June 28th to July 27th this summer. And we still accept donations during.
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP!!!!!!
-Money Donations!!!
-Kids Toys
-Clothes
But what we really need are:
-Shampoo
-Soap
-Toilet paper
-Toothpaste, toothbrushes
-Shaving stuff
-Tampons
-Diapers
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR CAUSE!!!! PLEASE HELP US SERVE THE UNDERSERVED!!!!!
Donations can be dropped off at the OMCA in room A-300 at the HEALTH SCIENES CENTER.
www.myomca.org For questions or more info, please contact me @
aruiz06@uw,edu
509-378-5023
