Health Care Meetings
People met at these meetings to share their health care stories, think about what the options are that are coming forward for health care, and finally, pick a health care service project for National Service Day on June 27th. Stay tuned.
Thank You to all who came to the meetings - it was a great success!
Results from Saturday, June 6 Fruita meeting:
Fruita Group Service Project: Booth at Fruita's Farmer's Market throughout the summer.
- What's your Health Care story? What do you need, what do you want? What's not working?
- Discussed: Health Care vs Sick Care
Results from Saturday, June 6 Redlands meeting:
Service Project: Making Community more aware
- Local solutions to a national health care challenge
- Spotlight model we have in town
- Cost containment
- Prevention
- Personal responsibility
- Community collaboration / our great community model
- Teen Pregnancy - Country Jam
- Organ Donation awareness
- Pledge Project
Results from Saturday, June 6 Palisade meeting:
Service Project for Marillac Clinic: 602 Bookcliff renovation to prepare the space to take on their Electronic Medical Record upgrade this year
- Fundraiser for Marillac
- Continued Outreach to Veterans - helping them to fill out forms
Results from Tuesday, June 9 Downtown GJ meeting:
Service Project for Marillac Clinic: 602 Bookcliff renovation to prepare the space to take on their Electronic Medical Record upgrade this year
Do you have a Health Care Service Event idea for Grand Junction on June 27th?
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Educate Yourself About Health Care
ARTICLES
The New Yorker: The Cost Conundrum
VIDEO
Moyers: Dr. David Himmelstein & Dr. Sidney Wolfe
Moyers: Donna Smith
Moyers: Robert Reich
Local Health Organizations
(Are we missing you? Contact us and we'll add you to the list)
Colorado West Regional Mental Health
Local Community Health Advocates
(Are we missing you? Contact us and we'll add you to the list)
Grow Another Row - local project to grow food for food banks
