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Rosemary Anderson High School teachers, including MIKE Program Site Facilitator Leigh Rappaport, health teacher (in blue t-shirt), and Advisory Board Member Kim Filla, counselor (pulling behind Rappaport), challenge students during a tug-of-war at the 2013 student-led Health Fair.

For their Health Leadership Project, MIKE Program youth at Miller Education Center presented a Kidney Karnvial to their younger peers in middle school.

Rosemary Anderson High School health teacher and MIKE Program Site Facilitator Leigh Rappaport (center) joins her students on the OHSU Tram after their field trip to Discover OHSU!

De La Salle North Catholic High School Health Teacher David Mickola (on left) rates an outcome for one of the mentor teams during MIKE Program's Make A Kidney lesson.

Check out our blog for how nurses like Terrie Ferguson, RN, at Tuality Healthcare volunteered at Miller Education Center.

Van Vuong, a recent nursing graduate from the University of Portland, returns to MIKE Program as a content expert during a blood pressure clinic at De La Salle North Catholic High School. Van is a MIKE Program alumni from Benson High School.

Rosemary Anderson High School youth take part in a Scavenger Hunt for healthy foods at a North Portland market.

Welcome to Mike Program

MIKE Program empowers youth to be health leaders—ambassadors for healthy kidneys—through education, mentorship and community outreach. We exist because chronic disease conditions including obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure are increasingly impacting our children, especially low income and minority children.

In the News

MIKE Program’s Latest Video is on YouTube

Watch MIKE Program “Empowerment” by Vo Minh McBurney, here.

MIKE Program’s Annual Report is Available

Click here to download MIKE Program’s 2011-2012 Annual Report.

MIKE Program’s Latest Newsletter is Now Online

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Program Update

Guest Blogger: Arie Roskott

Arie Roskott

Join MIKE Program in welcoming guest blogger, Arie Roskott, who shares her unique perspective on mentoring with our program at De La Salle North Catholic High School. Click here to read Arie’s article.

Blog Post: Tuality Healthcare Nurses Measure Up

Registered Nurses Terrie Ferguson, Rachele Morley and Stan Shields all of Tuality Healthcare, joined Pediatrician Kamala Randolph, MD, of the Westside Medical Clinic for a Blood Pressure Clinic at Miller Education Center. Read more.

MIKE Program Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors and Staff

MIKE Program’s Board of Directors

Join MIKE Program in welcoming our newest member on our Board of Directors, Dave Chapman. Dave has volunteered extensively with MIKE Program providing critical IT support and innovation with his services through One Up Solutions NW. He joins recently added members Yasuyo Tsunemine of Fresenius Medical Care, Kathe Fradkin of Portland State University, Lori Fedje of Legacy Health and Erskine Hayes of the Beaverton School District.

Continuing on the Board are President Cheryl Neal, MD, Emily Bradford of Geffen Mesher & Company, Brent Barnett of OSI Photography and Stacy Kaczor-Roach of DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc.

Introducing Paul F. Morris, CFRE

Paul F. Morris, CFRE, joins MIKE Program as Development Director. He brings more than 19 years of experience and insight in nonprofit development work. Check out his full bio here.