Current Events > Allendale on the Move
Allendale County*, South Carolina has issues. It has high numbers
of disadvantaged, rural residents and badly needs economic development.
But it is making progress, and its residents have community spirit. Check
out these pictures of community health events:
Allendale on the Move’s “Kick Off” at the American Cancer
Society’s Relay for Life of Allendale County (April 15, 2005)
http://allendaleonthemove.org/events/0405relay.php
Allendale County Community Baby Fair/Shower (April 16, 2005)
http://allendaleonthemove.org/events/0405shower.php
Back to School with Healthy Learners (August 27, 2005)
http://allendaleonthemove.org/events/h_learners.php
“
Allendale on the Move” is a series of community health events scheduled
for 2005-2006 in Allendale County. A committee composed of local/regional
community leaders and professionals representing 10 collaborating
institutions, plans and hosts these events with funds provided
by the National Library
of Medicine (National Institutes of Health). The committee first
began meeting in 2004, based on the enthusiasm generated at a Community
Leadership
Institute hosted in Allendale and funded by Project EXPORT the
year before. This yearlong community program, attracting people of all
ages, is the
result.
For more about “Allendale on the Move,” visit the site at
http://allendaleonthemove.org/index.php
The next scheduled events are:
“
What do I Need to Know? Breast and Prostate Cancer” - October
15, 2005
Speakers will include Dr. Sabra Slaughter, http://www.allendaleonthemove.org/events/sabra.php
Chief of Staff to the President of the Medical University of South
Carolina and Co-principal Investigator for the EXPORT Center
on Metabolic Syndrome
and Minority Health.
The ABC's and 123's of Diabetes at Allendale-Fairfax High School
- November 19, 2005
Allendale on the Move Salk Walk at University of South Carolina – Salkehatchie
(an ongoing activity)* Allendale County is one of 19 counties
served by the EXPORT Center on Metabolic Syndrome and Minority
Health
