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MedLink News NATIONAL HEALTH &
WELLNESS OBSERVANCES
MedLink Volunteer Opportunities
MAY 2018
NC MedAssist
Arthritis Month n Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month n Better Sleep Month
Monday-Friday; Saturdays, if requested | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Bike Month n Correct Posture Month n Healthy Vision Month
• Volunteer pharmacists, nurses, physicians (a medical
Hepatitis Awareness Month n High Blood Pressure Education Month
background is not required) Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month n Lupus Awareness Month
• Volunteers will sort and itemize over-the-counter medicine Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month n Mental Health Month
Older Americans Month n Osteoporosis Month n Physical Fitness & Sports Month
and product. Product is distributed to low-income/uninsured
individuals in Charlotte and across the state. Stroke Awareness Month n Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• Volunteers are needed daily (on weekdays)
May 1-7: National Physical Education and Sports Week
Contact Diana Romero at dromero@medassist.org or May 2: Project Aces Day (All Children Exercise Simultaneously)
call 704-350-3574.
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
NC MedAssist, 4428 Taggart Creek Road, Suite 101, Charlotte, NC 28208 May 6-12: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH)
Care Ring May 8: World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day
May 7-13: National Hospital and Healthcare Week
Care Ring improves access to quality healthcare
through its physician referral service, Physicians Reach May 9: School Nurse Day
Out. Started by the Mecklenburg County Medical May 13-19: Women’s Health Week
Society in 2004, Physicians Reach Out is a network of
more than 1,600 volunteer doctors, dentists and other May 14-18: Bike to Work Week
healthcare professionals who see low-income, uninsured May 20: World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
Mecklenburg County residents free of charge in their own May 30: National Senior Health & Fitness Day
offices. Other services, such as diagnostic testing, lab
services and hospitalization are provided at a reduced cost. Save the Date!
Through the generous support of our volunteer providers, Eighth Annual
more than 3,500 people received $17 million in donated Fighting for Women
care through Physicians Reach Out last year. With Fashion
Care Ring is in need of additional primary and specialty
care physicians and dentists to help care for those in October 2, 2018, 7 p.m.
need. If you are interested in being a volunteer provider CenterStage — NoDa
with Physicians Reach Out, please contact Care Ring’s
Provider Liaison, Stephanie Cameron, at 704-248-3739 Fashion presentation by Dillard’s.
or scameron@careringnc.com. For more information
on Care Ring and Physicians Reach Out, please visit Fashions modeled by member
www.careringnc.com. physicians and local attorneys.
8 | May 2018 • Mecklenburg Medicine Silent Auction, Raffle and Wine Pull
Benefitting the Clyde and Ethel Dickson
Domestic Violence Shelter
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, email ssmith@meckmed.org.