Mallory Davis, a fourth year medical student at Rush University going into Family Medicine, is continuing a partnership with Pilsen’s Healthy Hood organization through a Community Garden that she initiated her first year of school. She has been working to convert an underutilized community space into a more fruitful shared classroom for families to learn about the role of diet and exercise in their overall health and disease prevention and/or treatment. Not only does the space provide hands on educational opportunities, but it also increases access to healthy fruits and vegetables, opposes urban disinvestment, fosters a stronger sense of community, and empowers Pilsen residents to better advocate for their families’ health.
Mallory seeks to raise:
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 2018, the Schweitzer Fellows for Life network launched Fellows Fest 2018, 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. We also invite you to join us for our Fellows Fest event taking place on September 11 in Chicago. Click here for more info and to RSVP.
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."
Supporters | |||
Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
Fredrick Kendricks | 09/19/2018 | $10.00 | Shriya Gandhi | 09/19/2018 | $10.00 | Bernadette Day | 09/12/2018 | $100.00 | Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar | 09/11/2018 | $50.00 | If you haven't met Evelyn Figueroa at UIC, you should. She's a family doc there who is doing some work (I think in Pilsen) creating a food pantry! Contact me and I'll introduce you if helpful. elizabeth.salisbury@gmail.com | Jacob Forman | 09/11/2018 | $40.00 | Keep it up! | John | 08/25/2018 | $25.00 | love you mal | Krista Seeds | 08/24/2018 | $50.00 | What a wonderful program! Happy to support this community effort. | Pat Mason | 08/24/2018 | $75.00 | We are so proud of Malory. She has always been such a loving, kind individual. | Amy Jones | 08/24/2018 | $50.00 | Love you and all the great work you do! | Carol Worcel | 08/24/2018 | $25.00 | Blessings! | Michael Hanak | 08/23/2018 | $100.00 | Good projects by good people! | Kristina Davis | 08/08/2018 | $20.00 | <3 HH! | Anonymous Friend | 08/05/2018 | $100.00 |
Total | $655.00 |