Columbus Parks and Recreation is looking for volunteers to collect BMI information for participants in the Soccer for Success program. The screening will take place Thursday, March 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Holton Recreation Center (303 N. Eureka Ave., Columbus, Oh 43204). Please contact Laura Lawrence, BSN, RN, Student Health Nurse, at llawrence@mccn.edu, if you are interested in volunteering.
Volunteer at the annual Kappa Kidney Camp for children ages 8 to 18 with renal disease, on dialysis, and pre and post-transplant. Tasks range from helping take vital signs, weights, scribes for intake, observe assessments, assist at med pass time by getting beverages ready, accompany to the dialysis unit on Tuesday and Thursday to observe dialysis treatments with the campers who are on dialysis, etc. Learn a great deal about renal disease physiology, and psych-social issues the campers endure with their diagnosis. The camp will take place July 22-27 at Recreation Unlimited in Delaware, Oh. If you are interested, please contact Melissa Stacy-Cull at melissa.stacy@oaohio.com.
