Sign Letter to Congress for Children's Health and Human Needs by Oct. 15!

Sign Letter to Congress for Children's Health and Human Needs by Oct. 15!

If you represent a statewide or local VA group*: Please tell your Members of Congress to cover uninsured children and to fund human needs.

The President has vetoed the children's health insurance bill and has threatened to veto appropriations bills that fund critical human needs programs. The House will vote to override the President's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) veto on October 18.

Please sign your organization's name to this letter by Monday, October 15 - to show your Congressional delegation how important it is that they
- vote to override the President's children's health veto;
- vote for vital health, education, nutrition, housing, and other social services programs and reject appropriations vetoes.

Click here to read the letter, to sign it, and/or to get more information:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/125/t/3748/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=31692

Help Repair Facial Deformities in Children

Do you all remember playing that really fun game as a kid called Operation. Perhaps playing it motivated you to come here to EVMS (hopefully other factors were involved :) ). I could never quite get all the pieces out without setting off the buzzer. Hasbro, the maker of the game has agreed to donate up to $75,000 to Operation Smile, a nonprofit medical organization dedicated to repairing facial deformities in children worldwide.


All we have to do to make this possible is visit www.operation.com every day and click on the prompt next to the "Oxygen Pump" icon on the page. Hasbro has agreed to donate $.25 to Operation Smile every time someone pushes the button on the following page. Each person can do the free donation through the website once a day.

Increasing Attendance at Parent Work Shops

http://preview.channing-bete.com/special-pdfs/attendance-tips.pdf

Dental Disparities

Previously unreleased figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that in 2003 and 2004, the most recent years with data available, 27 percent of children and 29 percent of adults had cavities going untreated. The level of untreated decay was the highest since the late 1980s and significantly higher than that found in a survey from 1999 to 2002.

Read an article on this topic:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth
By ALEX BERENSON
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/business/11decay.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

American Heart Association Announces 2007 Start! Heart Walk

2007 Start! Heart Walk
Saturday, October 20th
9am registration, 10 am walk begins
Chesapeake City Park
757-628-2609

www.startshrva.org

The Stork's Nest

The Stork's Nest is a national project for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in conjunction with the March of Dimes. The goal of this project is to encourage low income mothers to get pre/post-natal care. Participants in this program can earn points by attending educational sessions and keeping all appointments such as doctors and/or clinic, WIC, and Social Services. Points may be exchanged for baby items to include clothes, papers, and other baby essentials. The educational component to the Stork's Nest provides women with valuable information to have a healthy baby. Workshops such as proper eating during pregnancy, essential vitamins, breastfeeding, warning signs, genetic diseases, preparing the home for the baby, what to expect after the infant is born, and other topics are offered.

Beta Theta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has partnered with the South Norfolk Health Center to offer the Stork’s Nest program. For more information, contact Ms. Stevalynn Adams, Stork’s Nest Chair at 757-823-2658. The location of the Stork’s Nest Office is:

Stork's Nest
South Norfolk Health Center
490 Liberty Street
Chesapeake, VA
(757) 382-2600..for more info, call 823-2658

New Reports from the Urban Institute Focus on SCHIP

Series of Briefs Offer Timely Analyses on Coverage Issues
The Urban Institute will be conducting research and releasing several reports over the next few months on key issues related to health insurance coverage in the United States. The two latest briefs focus on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

-- Concerns About Parents Dropping Employer Coverage to Enroll in
SCHIP Overlook Issues of Affordability
-- Eligible But Not Enrolled: How SCHIP Reauthorization Can Help