Catie Isroff is a second year medical student at Rush Medical College. She is currently working with women at Haymarket Center, a substance abuse treatment facility, to provide women’s health education to the in-patient ladies. Topics range from preventive care to discussions of healthy relationships. She hopes to plan a daylong Women’s Health Workshop one Saturday every 3 months. For this purpose, she hopes raise a total of $800: $300 for food at the workshops to encourage attendance, $200 for health education materials, and $300 to bring outside speakers to discuss issues pertinent to women’s health.

The Schweitzer Fellowship is a year-long service learning program for graduate students in health-related professions who will design and implement innovative direct service projects aimed at improving the health and well-being of underserved Chicago area communities. Through their community projects and participation in a year-long program that includes mentoring support, monthly meetings, written reflection, and interprofessional collaboration, Schweitzer Fellows are developing the skills and confidence needed to become Leaders in Service—professionals who will remain dedicated to public service and to creating change.

In the summer of 2016, the Schweitzer Fellows for Life network launched FellowsFest 2016 (formerly Summer Fest), a campaign to help support our current Fellows' projects. Each of the Fellows has created a "wish list" of supplies and resources that will help them realize their service project goals.

The Chicago Areas Schweitzer Fellowship is a program of Health & Medicine Policy Research Group. Your Summer Fest donation will appear on your credit card statement at "Health & Medicine."