Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day Breakfast Inspires Old and Young

(From left) Senator Jeff Merkley, Keynote Speaker Mike Green, The Skanner News Group President Bernie Foster and event emcee Bobbie Foster headline The Skanner’s 26 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day Breakfast.

MIKE Program joined hundreds of community members to celebrate at The Skanner’s 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King… Read More »

Legacy to Host Health Literacy Conference

Legacy Addresses Crisis in Low Health Literacy with Spring Conference

A young man in MIKE Program’s Rosemary Anderson High School program asked point blank, “why do doctors always have to use words that nobody understands?” It’s a question for a growing segment of the population. Nearly 50 percent of Americans are considered… Read More »

Inside the Classroom: It’s a Learning Process

Youth at De La Salle North Catholic High School share healthy snacks.

Eating Healthy Begins with Small Bites

When MIKE Program’s Dr. Cheryl Neal and Adrienne Daniels arrived at David Mickola’s classroom, the De La Salle North Catholic High School youth were absorbed in a conversation about teasing a fellow classmate for eating… Read More »

MIKE Program Board of Directors’ Updates

(From left), Mary Anne Harmer, Auctioneer Kelly Russell, and Emily Boscacci share a moment at MIKE Program’s 2011 An Autumn Evening: Kaleidoscope.

MIKE Program thanks Mary Anne Harmer and Emily Boscacci for their invaluable service to our mission and community as they cycle off the Board of Directors.

Harmer was appointed to serve… Read More »

Instruction Flows Through a Big Wooden Kidney

Dr. Cheryl Neal (on left) guides a freshman health class through the functions of kidneys at De La Salle North Catholic High School.

Measuring four feet in length, MIKE Program’s BIG WOODEN KIDNEY catches a lot of attention. It’s a colorful depiction of a human kidney that has become a signature part of MIKE Program’s… Read More »