2008 Woodie Awards
First Health Fair Has Hearty Turnout
James Kuehn
Issue date: 11/17/04 Section: Features
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Manhattan College's chapter of the American Chemical Society recently celebrated this year's theme for National Chemistry Week, Health and Wellness. The club presented a Health Fair to educate the college community on dangers to their well being. The club also provided ways to improve fitness. Turnout was high, and everyone had an educational and enjoyable experience.
The organization started planning the event in September, in response to the theme that the members decided upon. Many ideas were brainstormed, and among all, a health fair was decided as the best way to spread the message of healthy living. Bad weather postponed the event from taking place during National Chemistry Week. The club's other event that took place that week, the 5K Walk/Run in Van Cortland Park, was extremely successful. Thirty-two people participated and raised over five hundred dollars for the American Cancer Society.
Beginning at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 10th, members of the ACS began presenting on the third floor of Thomas Hall. Posters on display included topics ranging from exercise and body mass index to sexually transmitted diseases and heart disease. As it was the chemistry club sponsoring the event, chemical formulas and structures of malevolent molecules were included in the staging of the event so as to inform people about the application and usefulness of chemistry in relation to healthcare. Pamphlets were given out describing different food combinations allowed under the Atkins Diet as well as the American Cancer Society's official breast cancer information packet.
One very unique part of the breast cancer presentation was a model of a breast inflicted with cancer. Borrowed from The College of Mount St. Vincent, the model was used to show how to perform self-examinations to check for lumps. Maria Andal, Co-President of the club, demonstrated by pressing her middle and index fingers together on the breast, and rubbing in a circular motion. After identifying the deliberate lump, Maria explained that the pain felt when feeling a lump during an exam means it is probably just breast tissue, while no pain would indicate a cancerous body.
The organization started planning the event in September, in response to the theme that the members decided upon. Many ideas were brainstormed, and among all, a health fair was decided as the best way to spread the message of healthy living. Bad weather postponed the event from taking place during National Chemistry Week. The club's other event that took place that week, the 5K Walk/Run in Van Cortland Park, was extremely successful. Thirty-two people participated and raised over five hundred dollars for the American Cancer Society.
Beginning at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 10th, members of the ACS began presenting on the third floor of Thomas Hall. Posters on display included topics ranging from exercise and body mass index to sexually transmitted diseases and heart disease. As it was the chemistry club sponsoring the event, chemical formulas and structures of malevolent molecules were included in the staging of the event so as to inform people about the application and usefulness of chemistry in relation to healthcare. Pamphlets were given out describing different food combinations allowed under the Atkins Diet as well as the American Cancer Society's official breast cancer information packet.
One very unique part of the breast cancer presentation was a model of a breast inflicted with cancer. Borrowed from The College of Mount St. Vincent, the model was used to show how to perform self-examinations to check for lumps. Maria Andal, Co-President of the club, demonstrated by pressing her middle and index fingers together on the breast, and rubbing in a circular motion. After identifying the deliberate lump, Maria explained that the pain felt when feeling a lump during an exam means it is probably just breast tissue, while no pain would indicate a cancerous body.