Health Department Current Events
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November - December 2008
All Are Invited to Attend World AIDS Day 2008 Events
In Commemoration of World AIDS Day
December 1, 2008
You are Invited to Attend Any or All of the Following Events
Sponsored and/or Co-Sponsored By Prince George’s County Health Department
HIV testing and literature will be available at all events.
Please participate in these activities.
We need your help to reduce the incidence and transmission of HIV/AIDS in our communities.
Date |
Event |
11/20/08 |
University of Maryland/College Park
Stamp Student Union Building, Terrapin Room
Between Campus Drive and Union Drive
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- World AIDS Program and HIV/AIDS Presentation
|
11/20/08 |
Bowie State College
Center for Teaching and Learning, 2nd Floor
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, Maryland 20715
7:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m
|
11/21/08 |
Flowers High School
Student Government Association
10001 Ardwick-Ardmore Road
Springdale, MD 20774
- World AIDS Day – Testing 1:00pm to 3:00 pm in Health Suite and HIV/AIDS presentation at 2:30p.m. in Auditorium
|
11/25/08 |
Adolescent Substance Abuse Program
Addictions and Mental Health Division
Prince George’s County Health Department
At the Dyer Regional Health Center
9314 Piscataway Road, Room 175
Clinton, MD 20735
6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
- HIV/AIDS Presentation and Testing
|
11/30/08 |
Carolina Missionary Baptist Church
9901 Allentown Road
Fort Washington, MD 20744
10:00 a.m.
- World AIDS Day Remarks at Church Service and Event
|
11/30/08 |
First United Methodist Church
6201 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
10:00 a.m
- World AIDS Day Remarks at Church Service as part of all day Event
|
12/1/08 |
Prince George’s Community College
Largo Student Center
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD 20774
Sponsored by Prince George’s County Health Department and Prince George’s Community College
12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
|
12/1/08 |
Prince George’s County Health Department
HIV/AIDS Program
Cheverly Health Center
3003 Hospital Drive in Suite 1055
Cheverly MD 20785
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
|
12/5-12/6/08 |
Reid Temple AME Church and Sing for Change at Reid Temple Church
11400 Glenn Dale Blvd
Glenn Dale, MD 20769
7:00p.m. on Friday and 8:30a.m. to 3:00p.m. on Saturday
- World AIDS Day Program and Event
- Workshops
|
November 2008
A One-Day Conference for Faith and Ministry Members
Putting Feet and Hands To The Vision
Sponsored by All Faith Communities
Advancing HIV Prevention (AFCAAP) |
|
November 1, 2008 ● 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Prince George’s County
Sports and Learning Complex
8001 Sheriff Road ● Landover, MD 20785
This one-day conference offers two separate tracks for registrants.
Participants may attend one or both tracks of the conference.
The lunch hour denotes the end of Track 1 and the beginning of Track 2. |
Track One
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Offers a Train-the-Trainer Workshop to prepare leaders to conduct HIV 101 sessions with their congregations and to initiate AIDS ministries. Each participant will leave the session with the materials necessary to conduct basic informational workshops. |
Track Two
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Offers appropriate program samples and examples to assist faith and ministry leaders from trying to re-invent the wheel. Detailed presentations of program operations and sample curricula will focus the discussion and provide the foundation for participants to develop a tentative action plan to present to their parishioners and/or leaders after the workshop. |
| Cost: |
A flat $35.00 fee paid by check made payable to: University of Maryland.
Fee waived for faith/ministry members. |
| Coordinators: |
Pearl Whitehurst, RN, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), AIDS Administration
Henry Bishop, MPA, Prince Georges County Health Department
Joan Wright-Andoh, MPH, CPM, Prince Georges County Health Department
Dorcas Baker, RN, Johns Hopkins University AETC |
| Registration: |
Register online at: http://www.pamaaetc.org/
OR, complete Pre-Registration form and follow the instructions on the form. |
October 2008
Senior Care Providers are Invited to Attend One of Two Half-Day Educational Seminars
Emergency Preparedness for
Senior Providers:
Everything You Wanted to Know,
But Were Afraid to Ask
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Two Sessions (Choose ONE):
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. OR 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn College Park | 10000 Baltimore Avenue
College Park, MD 20740
Choose ONE of the two scheduled sessions.
Meals and Free “Quick Influenza Test Kits” will be provided for both sessions.
Click
here to view the flyer.
Registration is required, so please R.S.V.P. no later than October 1, 2008 to Vivian McClaine @
vmclaine@co.pg.md.us
Office 301-883-3413
50 Million Pound Challenge 5K Walk Please Join
Mr. Ian Smith
Founder of the 50 Million Pound Challenge Health Initiative
At the
October 4, 2008
9:00 a.m.
Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, Maryland 20715
• This event is FREE!
• Fitness, Football, Fun!
• There will be PRIZES!
Click
here to view the flyer.
Register Today At:
www.50millionpounds.com/2008 Prince George's Classic
For More Information Visit:
www.PrinceGeorgesClassic.com
Stay for the Health and Wellness Fair from 10:00 AM to 2:00
PM
at the center of the Bowie Campus in the courtyard.
Join the Prince George's County Health Department and Participate in the HIV/AIDS Faith-Based Initiative
Health Crisis Sunday
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Suggested Activities:
- Conduct a sermon to educate the congregation about serious health issues as: diabetes, HIV/AIDS, hypertension (high blood pressure), and obesity.
- Distribute health-related literature
- Place health-related information in your Saturday/Sunday bulletins
- Conduct a health fair that may include HIV counseling and testing.
Benefits of this Initiative to
Faith-Based Leaders, Congregations, Churches and
Their Surrounding Communities
-
Enhance health status of people in churches and the community
- Get a better understanding of the major health issues in the County
- Enhance health and HIV/AIDS ministries
- Assistance with developing health and HIV ministries
As a support during this effort, the Health Department will provide:
- Counselors for HIV counseling and testing
- Brochures and information
- Assistance getting speakers
For more information, call: 301-883-7913
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