Public Health Students Utilize Their Leadership and Organizing Skills to Help Families in Eastern Kentucky + More
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Kentucky donated used coats, shoes, and other items in a campus-wide collection drive organized and sponsored by students in the College of Public Health to benefit families in Kentucky’s Appalachian region. Organizers said the goal was to help raise awareness of the economic and health disparity in the Appalachian region, where 28 percent of the residents live below the poverty level. The collection drive received support from the UK Athletics Department, several student organizations and other colleges. Donations also came from Asbury Seminary and from as far away as Baton Rouge, LA, where a sister of a graduate student in the public health program drove to Lexington on Thanksgiving Day with more than 20 bags of clothing. More than 150 coats, 100 pairs of shoes, and hundreds of bags containing blankets and clothing were collected and delivered by Dr. Richard Crosby, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Behavior in the College of Public Health. News |
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