Community Back to School Event

Coalition for the
Reduction/Elimination of Ethnic
Disparities in Health
Press Release
Submitted by Jeanette Wilson Baker
June 18, 2018 4:00 p.m.

It is that time again and WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!

The Coalition for the Reduction/Elimination of Ethnic Disparities in Health (CREED) is asking the community, again, to assist in helping to provide school supplies for this year’s back to school event. This event will be held at the Peck Center 516 S. 10st street on August 4, 2018.

During this event St. Vincent’s Medical Center will provide free school physicals, from 9:00am-2:00pm to students in grades kindergarten through 12th who are making their initial entry into a Florida school. For students transferring to a Florida school from another state, a physical completed within 1 year is acceptable if completed on a form comparable to Florida’s standardized School Exam form (DH3040). They will also provide sport physicals, and eye exams will be provided by Walmart Vision Center.

School supplies will be distributed, in the Peck Gymnasium from 10:00am-2:00pm

What we need from the community:
• Wide rule and college rule note book paper.
• Pens; red, black and pencils; #2 and colored pencils
We are also asking for books:
1. The Skin You Live In; by Michael Tyler
2. Mix Blessing; by Marsha Cosman
3. I Am Like You, You’re Like Me; by Cindy Gainer
4. Mix Me; by Tiffany Catledge
5. We are different, we are the same; by Bobbi Kates
6. Rainbow of Friends; by P.K. Hallinan
7. The Colors of Us; by Karen Kate
8. One Little Dragon; by Michael Yu
9. Shades of People; by Shelia M. Kelly
10. Whoever you are; by Mem Fox
Books can be purchased at local book stores

We need volunteers to assist in the medical section and to help distribute the school supplies.
For additional information contact: Ms. Jennett W. Baker (904) 556-3363

Your support, along with other community partners’, helped to ensure a successful 2017 event.

Please contact Jennett W. Baker 904-556 3363 for supply pick-up.

Monetary donations are to be made out to CREED and mailed to:
CREED
464126 SR 200
Yulee, FL 32097

Thank you in for your willingness to support this event.
Ms. Jennett Wilson Baker, RN, BSN, Executive Director