MIKE Program

10th Annual African American Wellness Village, held at the Blazers Boys and Girls Club, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR.

Multnomah County Environmental Health sponsored a Neighborhood gathering to bring together neighbors, community groups, and interested individuals who would like to learn more about the role our environment plays on our health and what we can do to empower our communities to make them a safer and healthier place to live. Held at Patton Park and the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 North Interstate Avenue.

Fashion Show and Community Building Resource Information presented by the Cornerstone Community C.O.G.I.C. at the Matt Dishman Community Center, Portland, OR.

Bullivant Houser Bailey, Bank of the Cascades, and Northwest Renal Clinic sponsored "An Autumn Evening," a benefit dinner and auction for the MIKE Program at the Fife Restaurant in Portland. Roy Jan, advisor to the MIKE Program, was emcee for the special evening.

Bridging the Gap: A Health Care Disparities conference was hosted by CCRC OHSU medical students.

Outdoor Health Fair initiated by Housing Authority of Portland; Plaza Townhomes, Portland, OR.

National Night Out, Harney Park, presented by Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association/Lent-Brentwood-Darlington Weed & Seed, and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement Crime Prevention Program: Music, Food, Face-painting, Games, Community Resource Information, and more.

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Samantha Dang, Brentwood/Darlington Neighborhood Association, Cece Hughley Noel, Southeast and Bridgette Fahnbulleh both of Southeast Uplift.	Music, drumming,  and community booths.

The Neighborhood Health Fair was part of Family Funday initiated by First Steps Sports Academy, with organizational sponsor Portland Parks and Recreation and Northeast Neighborhood Association at in Irving(ton) Park.

The Neighborhood Health Fair at Irving(ton) Park was part of Family Funday initiated by First Steps Sports Academy, with organizational sponsor Portland Parks and Recreation and Northeast Neighborhood Association.

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A group of Springdale Job Corp Students brought new life to a play originally composed by students at Youth Opportunity Center in 2002.

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Dr. Phill, otherwise known as Phillip Scott Walker, a student at Springdale Job Corps Center, poses between performances in Troutdale. This is Dr. Phill's words of wisdom: "There is no free lunch. Someone always has to pay."

Special Honorees this year include Gillian Davis and her class of senior Health Occupations Program students.  Attendees viewed and discussed the "MIKE Program Newscast" prepared as the health education advocacy teaching tool by the students.

Ashley and her fellow students at Benson High School developed a video "newscast" highlighting facts to fight kidney disease.	(Click on pictures to zoom)
Gillian Davis, RN, MAT, enjoys a chocolate dipped strawberry. Gillian worked with her cadre of senior Health Occupations Program and the MIKE Program co-facilitator in 2004-2205.	Cheryl Neal, MIKE Program President and Toni Arenz, Trustee of the Juan Young Trust, Western Division, share information about forthcoming plans to refine the MIKE Program curriculum into a Comprehensive Health Education curriculum for teens.

The Oregon Diabetes Coalition is an unincorporated association of individuals and public and private organizations interested in public awareness, education and advocacy concerning diabetes in the state.

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MIKE Program Advisory Board member Jan Kelly oversees Benson H.S. Health Occupations Program Junior student in Gillian Davis’ class test blood pressure at the Diabetes Expo, Oregon Convention Center, Portland.

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The MIKE Program joins the Health Kids Learn Better Coalition in Salem to meet Susan Castillo, Oregon Superintendent of Schools at a day with legislature.

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Skanner Newsgroup and the Benson High School Health Occupations Program student at the Skanner Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.

Multicultural Health Fair at Harriet Tubman Middle School with the SUN School and Benson High School Health Occupations Program students.

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