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United Nations Millennium Campaign

United Nations Millennium Campaign

Written by AmeriCorps members Asya Tsarkova and Hope Brigham Every month, the AmeriCorps members participate in a monthly training day as part of our service year. Our trainings topics have varied from group formation and community outreach, to resume building, and cultural sensitivity. Our AmeriCorps group has been very lucky to have presenters from both the Community Health Center Inc. and outside agencies. On Tuesday May 15th our Global Health themed training was one of the unique trainings in which…

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Happy Women’s Health Week

Happy Women’s Health Week

I found a quote by the poet, Maya Angelou, that I thought suited the beginning of this post. “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes” As we hit the halfway mark of celebrating National Women’s Health Week, I think it is important to keep in mind all of the “she-roes” that are involved within our lives. Each individual has at least one woman in their life that they want to see maintain a…

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The Hidden Treasures of 675 Main Street

The Hidden Treasures of 675 Main Street

The ribbon cutting of the new building is taking place on Saturday at 12pm sharp. As the week progresses, more and more people are getting the opportunity to tour the new 48,000 square foot, 3-story comprehensive primary care facility known as The New Community Health Center of Middletown. From my impression after the CHC staff New Building preview event on Tuesday, almost everyone who walked into the building was wide eyed in amazement as the tour progressed. With medical, dental,…

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Autism Awareness: An Easy Target

Autism Awareness: An Easy Target

I was a little hesitant towards writing a blog post reflecting on Autism Awareness month seeing that April only has a few days left, but I was given a little motivation from Aldon Hynes, the social media master here at CHC.  I have been reading up on Autism Awareness and wonderful advocacy foundations, such as Autism Speaks throughout April and it has been highly educational but I did not feel like I had enough of a personal connection with autism…

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The Power of Unity

The Power of Unity

On April 17, I was lucky enough to attend a Patient Navigation Conference hosted by the Connecticut Cancer Partnership.  Along with Marie Yardis, the EDP coordinator at CHC and Corazon Irizarry, a fellow AmeriCorps member, we spent the morning listening to Rian Rodriguez speak about how patient navigation has evolved over the past twenty two years. For me, the concept of patient navigation is very new but was made easy to understand why there was such a high need for…

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Splashes of Service in Waterbury

Splashes of Service in Waterbury

During our first week as AmeriCorps members at the Community Health Center, Inc. back in August, we were introduced to the concept of “AmeriCorps Week”. We learned about the two groups who served the years before  us, and the incredible acts of service they completed within one week throughout Connecticut. I remember thinking the spring seemed so far away at that point and we still had plenty of duties to complete before even thinking about our week of service. As we…

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