To continue to raise awareness during National Infant Mortality Prevention Month, the Magnolia Project Outreach Team conducted an annual Chat and Chew in the community. The outreach team visited several housing complexes and the Azalea Project, engaging 22 participants by reviewing the Infant Mortality Fact Sheet and playing the Rock a Bye Babies Game. The object of the game… Read More
An innovative video created by the Magnolia Project to help familiarize participants with Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) methods has been recognized as a creative adaptation of material to best meet the needs of participants. The Contraceptive CHOICE Project out of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis used the Magnolia video as an example… Read More
Twenty-one members of the North Florida Health Corps AmeriCorps — now officially a Healthy Start Coalition program — began their service terms on September 3rd. The new members are excited to get started with their service after completing three weeks of pre-service orientation. NFHC members serve for 46 week in the North Florida community addressing… Read More
Johnnie Dwayne (J.D.) Upson, has been a barber in his native Jacksonville for more than 14 years at The Cut Above Barber Shop in Arlington, where he has overheard and served as witness to social issues in his community. So he didn’t hesitate when one of his clients, Jack Johnson, the Responsible Fatherhood Director at… Read More
In honor of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, the 4th annual “Barbers for Babies: Infant Mortality Prevention & Awareness Event” was held September 22, 2013 at the Jacksonville Women’s Lion Club — Lions Football Field in Arlington. Under rain-threatening skies, over 175 men, fathers, father figures, women and children attended the event. Participants received educational… Read More