Ingham County Health Department AmeriCorps Programs

It’s National Public Health Week!

Health Starts Here: Optimizing Health for All

Everyone should have access to the resources and opportunities needed to achieve their full health potential. Our PHA Members build capacity for the health department and organizations to improve access to care and health outcomes within Ingham County. Pictured are team members who contributed to ICHD's Housing Resource Guide. Left to right: Kara, Sarah, Angela, Andrez and Clinton.

(Download here https://docs.ingham.org/Housing%20Resource%20Guide.pdf)

Alt text: Pictured are five people, standing together smiling into the camera.

We were so honored to host a “Leaders in Public Health and beyond” networking event for our AmeriCorps members. Special thanks to all the experts that made this event possible by showing up, sharing knowledge and connecting deeply including:

Joe Enerson, Allen Neighborhood Center
Luca Hicks, Barry-Eaton District Health Department
Michele Strasz, Capital Area College Access Network
Joel Hoepfner, Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham Counties
Molly Polverento, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
Anna Cool, Gov. Whitmer's Office
Marcus Cheatham , Ingham County Board of Health
Barbara Worgess, Ingham County Board of Health
Dr. Nike Shoyinka, MD, MPH, Ingham County Health Department
Kara Trimbach, Ingham County Health Department
Sarah Kenney MSW, CPS, Ingham County Health Department
Anne Barna, Ingham County Health Department
Amanda Darche, Ingham County Health Department
Linda Delgado Kipp, Lansing Latino Health Alliance
Alison Johnson, MDHHS
Gwen Tithof, MPH, Michigan Association for Local Public Health
Paige Swem, Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC)
Erica Phillipich, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Allen Neighborhood Center Capital Area College Access Network Michigan Community Service Commission Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties Lansing Latino Health Alliance

MSU Department of Family Medicine
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Barry - Eaton District Health Dapartment

Thank you to everyone who made our 9/11 Day of Service a success!

Last Wednesday, the ICHD AmeriCorps programs partnered with Edgewood Village, the Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development - MDARD to host a special day of service in honor of the victims of 9/11.

ICHD AmeriCorps members and MDARD staff worked together to repaint a beloved picnic table, build and prep new planter boxes for the community garden, and put together personalized welcome packets for students in the after-school programs at Edgewood Village!

WILX Channel 10 captured some great footage of volunteers, as well as an interview with our very own ICHD AmeriCorps State Program Coordinator, Jalen Bell! Check it out here: https://www.wilx.com/2024/09/11/lansing-area-volunteers-give-back-while-honoring-911-victims/

Thank you for hosting us for our amazing 9/11 Day of Service Edgewood Village!