Congratulations to Empire's student volunteers (Laura Gutierrez, Lisa Haun, Nicole Livingstone, Kaitlin Maksim, Cristina Poueu, Natalie Rogers, Delphone Russell, Ascelia Sanchez, and Maria Valmonte) who assisted at the recent Employee Health Fair at River Rock Casino. Volunteers were asked to perform blood pressure and blood glucose screenings at the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Sonoma County Indian Health Project's tables.

Neal Stone, who works in Indian Health's Healthy Traditions Department, provided certificates to each participant and stated, "Please let your students know how appreciative we are of their skills, and for giving their time to this worthy cause."

"The Healthy Traditions Department is dedicated to preventing diabetes in Indian country, and sharing our experience with other communities as well," explains Mr. Stone. "This is a huge undertaking, one that we cannot possibly accomplish without the assistance of caring people like the people at Empire College."

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

Two volunteers - Ali Llamas and Maria Valmonte - will be performing blood pressure and blood glucose checks at the City of Santa Rosa Employee Wellness Fair on October 13.

Lisa Haun and Nicole Livingstone will be providing similar screenings at the Sebastopol Senior Center on October 15.

Twenty-five Empire volunteers will be working with the Medical Reserve Corps at Sonoma County's first H1N1 clinic on Saturday, October 17.

More opportunities are listed at http://www.empirestudent.com/volunteer.asp.

PS: Volunteer and community events are fun, as evidenced by the photo below!