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HealthBeat Kohrs helps Brenner Kohl's Department Stores has provided a gift of $107,218 raised this year through its Kohl's Cares initiative to support the Brenner FIT Program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Brenner Children's Hospital. Since 2004, Kohl's has raised $1,142,202 to benefit Brenner Children's through the sale of its Kohl's Cares merchandise, such as exclusive children's books and plush stuffed animals. The initiative benefits chil- , ?,, m , dren s hospitals across the country. Kohl's officials pre sented a check for this year's amount during the recent fourth-annu al Brenner FIT Challenge at Wake Forest University's WVSj# Deacon Tower. tVavUT The event, which is Skelion dedicated to fighting childhood obesity, raises money for Brenner FIT (Families In Training), and this year it! included more than 300 participants and volun teers. The evening included a 1 -mile fun run, a 5K run, and interactive areas for the entire fam ily to have fun and learn about healthy living. "We are extremely grateful for the continu ing commitment from Kohl's to extend this wonderful partnership that supports our efforts to improve the health of children and their fam ilies," said Dr. Joseph Skelton, associate profes sor of pediatrics and director of Brenner FIT. Breastfeeding hener The Esther R. Culp Women's Center at High Point Regional was recently honored with the Golden Bow Award in recognition of the hospi tal's outstanding support of breastfeeding moth ers. The Golden Bow Award was launched in 2007 by the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBC) to honor hospitals that implement policies promoting breastfeeding, specifically discouraging the distribution of infant formula companies' marketing bags to new mothers. When NCBC launched the Golden Bow Awards in 2007, less than 20 per cent of North Carolina babies were born in facilities that had banned the bags. Today, with the addition of High Point Regional, more than 80 percent of babies bom in the state are bom in "bag-free" facilities. Nearly three quarters (74.9 percent) of North Carolina mother-baby pairs initiate breastfeeding, but a mere 14.8 percent are exclusively breastfeeding at six months, according to 2013 data from the CDC. Research indicates one reason for the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding is marketing of for mula in health care facilities. Multiple studies show when breastfeeding mothers are given commercial companies' mar keting bags, they are more likely to start using formula - even if the formula samples have been removed from the bags. Purchases to heip homeless Food Lion is partnering with its customers to help solve hunger by launching specially marked Food Lion Feeds bagged apples for sale in its stores. The effort will help provide 1 mil lion meals to feed families facing hunger in local communities across the grocer's 10-state footprint. With the sale of each bag through Oct. 7, or while supplies last. Food Lion will donate five meals to local food banks, in partnership with Feeding America. The bags will maintain an MVP Sale price of $2.99 throughout 1 =? the cam v paign, just in time for parents to pick up healthy snacks for children back in school. Through Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion is working to create a better tomorrow by uniting with customers and partners to help eliminate the difficult choices many families are forced to make when they are struggling with hunger. The specially marked bagged apples are the second of three in-store Food Lion Feeds cam-; paigns in 2014. Through the sale of special Food Lion Feeds reusable bags made available earlier this year. Food Lion will provide 1 mil lion meals to local food banks in partnership with its customers. The specially marked apples are anticipated to provide an additional one mil lion meals. The in-store campaigns support Food Lion's work toward its goal of providing 500 million meals to families in need in its local communities by the end of 2020. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com/feeds. UQJN jfgit ViS Medical Society honoring professors SPECIAL ro I ML CHRONK I I Two Greensboro College visiting scholars are being honored by the N.C. Medical Society for their contributions to North Carolina public health Robert Wineburg, Visiting Scholar of Religion and Community Service, and the Rev. Odell Cleveland, Adjunct Professor of Religion and Community Ministry, will receive the N.C. Medical Society's John Huske Anderson Award on Oct. 24 in Greensboro. Named for the society's former long time legal advisor, the annu al award honors North Carolina laypeople "whose contributions have had a positive impact on the med ical profession and the pub lic health." The award recognizes the work the two men did with the Medical Society's Work Group on Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and conceptualizing social-sup port systems using the faith community. ACOs are partnerships between health-care providers and hospitals that are intended under the U.S. Affordable Care Act to reduce health-care costs by coordinating efforts among different parts of the health care system. After savings reach a certain point, they are split between the gov ernment and the ACO. According to figures See Professors on A 9 UNCO Photo Rev. Odell Cleveland (left) with Robert Wine burg. NCCU receives grant to health tackle issues SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE North .Carolina Central University's Juvenile Justice institute has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $897,840 to develop techniques for reducing rates of alcohol and drug abuse and HIV transmission among 18 to 24 year olds. The initiative is known as the Campus Community Coalition (3C) and taps the expertise ol five aca d e m i c departments within NCCU and two outside agencies. The funds were award ed to the Juvenile Justice Dennis Institute by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The collaborative effort rec ognize the close interaction of the campus population with the larger Durham community, said Arnold Dennis, executive direc tor of the Juvenile Justice Institute. "If we can begin to deal with preventing substance abuse and reducing the transmission of HIV using the wealth of knowledge we have from our behavior and social science faculty, we can work towards making sure that our students and the surrounding community will not be pulled into these addictive and harmful behaviors," Dennis said. Community agencies involved with the project are Together for Resilient Youth, a Durham-based advocacy group better known as TRY, and the Durham County Department of Public Health. Academic partners include the NCCU departments of Psychology, Public Health Education. Social Work. Criminal Justice, and Student Health and Counseling Services. An initial phase of the project begun earlier this year and involved on-campus surveys to explore prevailing habits and attitudes of regarding sex and drug and alcohol use among young adults ages 18 to 24. A similar evaluation will take place at the end of the project to meas ure the impact of education and other deterrence efforts on the behavior of young adults on and off campus. ('9BilK vW, ?' 1 III II ? I j Registration open for domestic violence walk SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Family Services will hold its 6th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Saturday, Oct. 11 at noon. It will begin at Merschel Plaza on the comer of 4th and Trade Streets in downtown Winston-Salem. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an interna tional event to raise awareness about rape, sexual assault and gender violence, as well as highlight the role that men play in creat ing a solution. Men are asked to literally walk one mile in women's high-heel shoes. It's not easy walking in these shoes, but that's the point. organizers say. The event provides an oppor tunity for the community to talk about a very difficult subject. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. at Merschel Plaza. General registration is $25; high school and college students may regis ter for $15; the fee for children 12 and over is $5. Both men and woman alike are asked to join the march. Teams can be formed as well. For more information, visit www.walka miletriad.org or contact Michael Heelan at 336-722-8173. Push for Hispanic organ donors SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Carolina Donor Services is highlighting Hispanic donors and transplant recipients from Sept. 15 - Oct. 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month. The agency is also using the nationwide observance to encourage more people to register as organ, eye and tissue donors at DonateLifeNC.org/Rcgister or by calling 1 800-200-2672. _ The lives of more than 4.000 Hispanics in the United States were saved last year through organ dona tion and transplantation. Yet, there are more than 19,000 individuals of Hispanic heritage still waiting for lifesaving organ transplants. Many thousands more require the healing power of tissue and corneal trans plantation. Ruben knows what it is like to be on the waiting list. "The waiting breaks you," he said. "You start thinking about how your family will be without you. 1 questioned if 1 would see my daugh ter graduate elementary school, let alone graduate college and get married." Ruben had cancer in his liver and bile ducts and his only chance for survival was with a liver transplant. Because of someone's life-affirming decision to register as a donor and to share it with their family, Ruben no longer had to worry. "I just felt like a new person. It's literally an injection of life," he said. Mike Gonzales, a United States Army Chief Warrant Officer, had the strength and See Donors on A9 [now open J Tel rW'WSRWEVSEsEfll 1 \mmmmmtw aamgfwl W ZMBBUMJM&MmM lrum^ ? _ TT??r*d?> September 25th - MI85 Waughtowti St, Winston Salem, N( ?Thwtesl Cm ?Aeeept MedtcaM. Medl- ? ?hrte? Mateh fmwtn ?*?, ami meat lauiraftcm ^ ?fart. Krtmtlv Smtot ?*-??> *?'?"" Your CA akr^o niwJ hr?*Mur? CWk ^WTfftl Phanndv v m tnlMSwXM rfMtM'.lVT?V Jf ?"> 2???2SS Pharmacy ? M in-ton \ Vrn rvt. Friendliest. Discount Pharma< \ 336-830-8774 N4Ntth*M*IM?*wia<R\? gmail t orn
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