#Give4Marion is exactly 1 week away! We can hardly wait for this 24-hour online fundraising event! Your donations will make a direct impact on our Marion consumers. If you would like to learn more about our mission or would like to start donating today, click on our campaign page below!
https://www.give4marion.org/organizations/center-for-independent-living-of-north-central-florida
Please join us for an interactive webinar on deaf awareness. There will be opportunities to win a $20 gift card! The webinar will be on Tuesday, September 21st at 1 pm and Thursday, September 23rd at 3:30 pm.
Join Zoom Meeting:
Tuesday, September 21st at 1 pm
Meeting ID: 819 8441 8667
Passcode: 052780
Thursday, September 23rd at 3:30 pm
Meeting ID: 885 0197 5267
Passcode: 666508
Learn about cooking, health, communication, and so much more in our Independent Living Skills Class. Participate from Zoom on Wednesday afternoons from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. We’d love to see you there!
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#Give4Marion is less than 3 weeks away, so be sure to save the date! For the second year in a row, the CIL is participating in #Give4Marion, a 24 hour online giving event, which will directly benefit our Marion County consumers. Please join us from Tuesday, September 21st at 10 AM to Wednesday, September 22nd at 10 AM, to help people with disabilities in our community live more independently!
Our Ocala staff member Kevin Towles was busy at work this past week in Sumter County. He assisted Lake Panasoffkee Methodist Church and Bushnell Community Center with their local food drives. Over 5,000 pounds of food was distributed in Bushnell! He made sure to promote CILNCF by handing out brochures during the food drives, and plans to assist with another food drive this month in Spring Hill. Thank you, Kevin, for all that you do for the community and our consumers in need!
Come join us for our latest webinar in collaboration with Family Network on Disabilities, Hygiene & You! In this hour-long presentation, we will discuss going through puberty and learning how to take care of your body. It will help you improve your hygiene and appearance, and set yourself up for success!
Topic: Hygiene & You
Date and Time: Aug 31, 2021, at 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
To join the Zoom meeting, please click on the link below!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84234985708?pwd=dmpYVkY3ZTU3NlJWVVRHOEVGMVZmQT09
Meeting ID: 842 3498 5708
Passcode: 185747
Please check out our latest September calendar of online activities!
On Tuesday, Youth Social Group runs from 3:30 PM-5:00 PM. On Wednesday, Independence Hacks (ILS) runs from 10:30 AM-12:00 PM. Everything can be reached on Zoom through the meeting ID: 352 378 7474 and password: cilclass.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please contact Terri Poucher at 352-378-7474 or tpoucher@cilncf.org. We hope to see you there!
We wanted to give a big shout out to Kevin and Grace in our Ocala office for all of their hard work with expanding our essential item and food distribution program! On average, 100 people with disabilities per month are receiving essential food items in Marion County. Special thanks to First Step Food Bank and His Compassion Food Bank for partnering with the CIL and helping us serve our consumers in need during the pandemic!
This past Friday, in partnership with Florida Health, Marion County, the CIL was able to assist our Deaf community with receiving their first dose of COVID-19 shots! Special thanks to our CIL team of Colleen, Kevin & Ken for working hard and making this happen for our consumers. If you are in the Deaf community and would like to learn more, please call Colleen Metcalf on the VP at 352-414-1833.
“Health equity” will be achieved when every individual has the same opportunity to attain their full health potential because there is equal access to equal health care based upon equal need. Dr. Laura Guyer’s career has been dedicated to the mitigation of health disparities that are associated with social, economic, racial, and educational disparities and elimination of barriers in the health care system. At risk for health disparities are members of socially and economically marginalized populations due to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, age, religion, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic location.
Dr. Guyer established the only undergraduate academic program nationwide dedicated to eliminating health disparities while adding diversity to the health professions workforce. Health Disparities in Society, housed at the University of Florida, works in partnership with thirty local safety net clinics, nonprofit organizations, and state agencies to teach students about social inequities, the social determinants of health, cultural competence, health literacy and the social mission of health professions education.
Before returning to UF to establish the health disparities minor, Dr. Guyer spent twenty-five years immersed in the rural culture of north Florida. As a clinician, wellness nutritionist and community educator, she developed cultural sensitivity and awareness about the health care and educational needs of diverse individuals.
Her deep and long-standing commitment to diversity, inclusion and undergraduate education has been recognized by numerous awards including the UF Presidential Service Award for Leadership and Service Advocate of the Year (2020), Faculty Achievement Award (2019), UF Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the Year Award (2016), UF Faculty Leadership and Service Advocate Impact Award (2016) and Advisor of the Year Award (1993). Her commitment and service to the dietetics profession in Florida was recognized by the 1995 President’s Award. The hallmarks of her career include leadership, innovation, creativity, community engagement and collaboration.
To learn more about Dr. Guyer’s work visit:
SPEAKERS: Laura Guyer, Tony Delisle, Jasmine Tran
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