Student Health Outreach Project for Children (SHOUT), a new program piloted by the Children's Defense Fund, spearheads a Medicaid and Child Health Plus Outreach and enrollment campaign for uninsurable children. Volunteers serve in community-based organizations, helping educate families about the availability of health insurance for their children, screening families to determine eligibility, and assisting them with the enrollment process. (Various days, 2 hours per week off-campus.) For more information, visit the Shout Website.
Contact: Katy Saintil. Call 212.854.6310 or e-mail kjs5@columbia.edu.
Barnard/Columbia Earth Coalition volunteers work to improve the local environment by promoting recycling on campus, organizing gardening and clean-ups in local parks, maintaining an office and library of environmental materials at Barnard College, sponsoring environmental forums, and coordinating Earth Week activities on the Columbia campus. Earth Coalition also gets involved with local and national environmental issues with other environmental organizations, letter writing campaigns, and trips to environmental impact sites in the area. To find out more information check out the Barnard/Columbia Earth Coalition Web site. (Various days, 2 hours per week in various locations.)
Contact: Sandy Helling. Call 212.854.9621 or e-mail sh18@columbia.edu.
Project HEALTHworks to ensure that all children grow up free from the obstacles imposed by poor health. The project consists of five youth programs targeting specific diseases (asthma, diabetes, obesity, sickle cell, HIV) as well as a sixth program that provides advocacy services for families at Harlem Hospital. Each youth program combines health education about the disease, fun activities to boost confidence of disease management, and one-on-one tutoring and mentorship. Programs are supervised by medical/social work staff at Harlem Hospital and Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. (Various days, 3 hours a week in various locations.) Click here for the Project Health web site.
Contact: Katy Saintil. Call 212.854.6310 or e-mail kjs5@columbia.edu.
Health Education Awareness League (H.E.A.L.)
volunteers work with Community Impact programs to promote health
awareness by providing information on preventive medicine, proper
nutrition and health care resources, and by distributing first aid and
hygienic products. (Various days. 2 hours. Various locations.)
Contact: Katy Saintil. Call 212.854.6310 or e-mail kjs5@columbia.edu.
