SAT 6/20 Screening in Queens

Free Health Screening
Blood Pressure, Glucose, and
Cholesterol
(A minimum of 2 hour fasting required)
WHEN:
SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2009
10 AM – 3 PM
WHERE:
First United Methodist Church of Jamaica
162‐10 Highland Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432
For more info, please call
718‐380‐3724
Kalusugan Coalition, Inc. will be participating at the Community Health Fair and Rummage Sale
Sponsored by the First United Methodist Church of Jamaica in collaboration with AMERIGROUP

SUN 2/1/09: Filipino Volunteers Wanted!

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

Greetings on behalf of Kalusugan Coalition's Project AsPIRE!

We are a health initiative that brings together community members and academic researchers to improve cardiovascular health, particularly hypertension, for Filipino Americans living in New York and New Jersey. Project AsPIRE provides free health screenings to Filipinos in these areas, and helps monitor indicators of hypertension (high blood pressure) and other cardiovascular conditions.

We are looking for volunteers and participants for an upcoming health screening in Jersey City, NJ, and would love to have you!

UPCOMING HEALTH SCREENING
Date: THIS SUNDAY, February 1, 2009
Time: Please be at the site by 930 a.m. for a quick orientation; to end by 1 pm.
Location: 115 Kensington Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. (between West Side Ave & JFK, by St. Aloysius Church)
Directions: Take NJT#80, Montgomery/Westside, Newport Mall busses to St. Aloysius Church. or from Journal Square, take JFK heading west, and turn right at Kensington avenue.

Volunteer Details
You will be assigned one of the following duties:
- Directing participants to screening stations
- Filling out questionnaires with participants
- Weighing and measuring participants
- Taking participant's blood pressure with electric monitors

A brief orientation will be provided, to ensure you feel comfortable with your volunteer task! Basic understanding of conversational Pilipino would be nice, but is not required.

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER NOW! Please reply with:
- your full name
- email address
- current phone number

...and I will promptly confirm your volunteer spot.

In case you are unable to volunteer for this event, but would like to hear about future volunteer opportunities, or our events hosted in the Queens, NY area, please reply and you will be added to our volunteer database. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Hanalei Ramos
201 621 3351 // hanalei@kalusugancoalition.org
http://www.kalusugancoalition.org/aspire.htm

An event by one of our community partners:

The Philippine Consulate General in New York, Catholic Action of Mary and Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League, Inc.

invite

All Filipinos and former Filipino citizens to a

CONSULAR OUTREACH SERVICE

in Jersey City on Sunday, 1 February 2009

10am to 3pm

Marian Hall, below St. Mary’s Church

Corner of Second St. and Erie St, Downtown Jersey City

Misang Pilipino at 9am, St. Mary’s Church

Feel free to consult with us and have your Passport, Dual Citizenship and Legalization of documents processed, Register as an Overseas Absentee Voter for the 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections, or avail of any of our Consular services.

Passport processing takes six (6) weeks, and requires personal appearance for all. Visit our website at www.pcgny.net for the downloadable forms and documentary requirements.

If you need a Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate or Death Certificate from the Philippines, you may order these at the website of the National Statistics Office: www.e-census.com.ph

Photo services (with the required royal blue background) will be available at the outreach venue.

For Overseas Absentee Voter (OAV) Registration, please bring documentation proving your Filipino citizenship, such as your current Philippine Passport, or a Birth Certificate.

For additional information, please contact us at the through:

Philippine Consulate General

Website: www.pcgny.net

Email: newyork@pcgny.net

Tel. No. (212) 764 – 1330

We hope to see you there!