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"My husband and I attended the 9Health Fair in April of 2004 at the Susan M Duncan YMCA in Arvada. We had gone through most of the stations and were on our way out when we saw the line for skin screenings. It was shorter than usual so we decided to stop and get checked. Thank GOD we did. I was checked by the doctor who noticed a dark freckle on my left arm and a spot on my face; she recommended that both areas be checked by my doctor. I had the freckle on my arm removed and sent off to the lab. It was melanoma! It was .3mm deep so it was caught early. I will have to manage this for the rest of my life but now that I am educated, it will help me through any future incidents. While my doctor had a watch on this freckle, it was the 9Healthfair that recommended further inspection and treatment and may have saved my life. I will always be thankful to the 9Health Fair.”
Cindy G.
9Health Fair participant since 2004
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Seven months after her father passed away from a heart attack, Mickie went to a 9Health Fair. Her blood screening results indicated that her cholesterol levels were high. She went to her doctor who referred her to a cardiologist. An angiogram showed a partial blockage in her artery. Since then, she has made important changes in her life – she is on medication, receives regular checkups and goes to 9Health Fair every year - except last year to attend her son’s wedding! She believes 9Health Fair helped save her life and prevented her from suffering a heart attack like her father.
Mickie O.
9Health Fair participant
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Volunteer Opportunities
Health + Community + Education + Helping Others = 9Health Fair
- Do you want to make a difference in the health of your community?
- Do you want to help your family, friends and neighbors access free and low cost health screenings and education?
- Do you want to help students at your school learn the latest information?
- Do you have skills and time that you want to share to help your community?
If you answered yes to any of the above, then 9Health Fair is the place for you! There are countless ways that people can help 9Health Fair continue to reach to new communities and help us ensure that our operations run smoothly all year round. Here are just some of our regular volunteer opportunities:
- Site Coordinators/Team leaders for Community Fairs: These individuals coordinate 9Health Fairs in their communities.
- Volunteer Recruiters/Talent Scouts: If you love working with volunteers and have experience with volunteer recruitment and/or management, we have many openings for you to help out. This is a major volunteer need with every fair, as well as for year round volunteer opportunities. You can help out in your community, at the office, from the comfort of your home.
- Bilingual Coordinators: We have increasing need for people who are fluent in more than one language. Helping out on the Hotlines, filling volunteer roles throughout the day of the Fair, doing outreach in diverse communities. If you are bilingual and would enjoy helping us to coordinate other bilingual volunteers, we’d love your help here.
- Project Management: There are many opportunities for people to oversee a special area of work at a fair, in the classroom, year round. Areas include people with skills in logistics, customer service, crowd control, web design, manage our Hotlines, outreach to diverse communities.
- Training Specialist: Help to design and implement on-line trainings; leadership trainings.
- Distribution Coordinator: Packing and organizing medical supplies for fairs.
- Office: Receptionist support, calls, assisting with miscellaneous office needs
9Health Fair needs volunteers all year round and are happy to schedule real or “virtual” times that work for you. We also want you to know about some regular volunteer opportunity times:
- Monday to Friday, 8AM-5PM: Receptionist support
- Wednesday, 9AM-12 Noon: Overall administrative project support
- Thursday, 12 Noon-5PM: Packing Supplies for Fairs
- April 4th to April 24th, 6AM to 6PM: Hotlines / Call Center - Take calls from participants and volunteers
These opportunities are at the 9Health Fair Office, 1139 Delaware, Denver, CO 80204. Parking is available in our lot and we are very close to several bus routes.
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