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School Education Program
Volunteers for Melanoma Awareness are very active in educating
high school students about melanoma. In a powerful presentation, students
hear facts, personal stories and see a slideshow explaining
detection and prevention of this cancer.
At this time, we are contacting the teachers to set up dates and times to visit their classrooms for the 2009-2010 year.
Teacher and students' reactions and comments are telling
us that this is an extremely affective and useful teaching
tool. Some of the teachers' comments have been: "Great
information, good delivery, did a wonderful job of keeping
some difficult classes attention."
And some of the students' comments have been: "Scary",
"Good Information", "Interesting, I didn't
know that", and "Can they come back?"
Participating schools:
Armstrong School
Cloquet High School
Carlton High School
Cooper High School
Edison High School
Elk River High School
Mound Westonka High School
Orono High School
North St. Paul High School
St. Anthony High School
VandenBerge Middle School, Elk River
Wayzata High School
White Bear Lake High School
Zimmerman Middle School
Schools are encouraged to contact us if interested in this
program. Our calendar is below for your convenience to help
you determine what dates will work for your school. This is
a free service for schools, but donations are welcome to keep
this project going.
Community Education Program
MA has also made presentations to the following community
organizations and/or groups:
Elk River Girl Scout Troup
Plymouth Jaycees
Corporate Education Program
MA also offers our melanoma presentation to businesses. A
monetary donation can be given for this service, but is not
required.
Some types of business that might be interested in this program
are:
- Landscapers
- Construction workers
- Road construction crews
- Rotary clubs
- Lyons clubs
- Health care facilities
- VFWs
- Anyone who has employees that work outside, etc.
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