On the heels of a successful health fair targeting members of the Church Street South residential community, students from the Yale Health Initiation Taskforce (YHIT) will team up with the Hill Health Center to organize a health fair for local schoolchildren.
This is the second in a series of health fairs and community outreach efforts organized and run by Yale University student volunteers through the taskforce. The goal is to foster working relationships between Yale students and New Haven neighborhoods, whose access to medical screening, health education and social services is often limited. To do this, YHIT aims to bring vital health services to the communities that most need them.
Building upon this theme, YHIT and the Hill Health Center (HHC) will co–host their first collaborative health fair on Wednesday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Augusta Lewis Troup School. The school is located at 259 Edgewood Ave.
In addition to the 500 students that YHIT and HHC will be serving at the school, members of the local Parents Teachers Association and nearby churches have been invited. While these groups are the focus of the event, all services provided by the fair are free and open to the public and no appointments are necessary.