The Washington Park Clinic is a free health clinic organized by Pritzker medical students. This clinic focuses on the pediatric population of Washington Park and has been set up in a local church. There is no in-residence population to serve at the Washington Park Clinic, so community outreach is very important in getting the word out about the services that are available there. The CSD project will focus on Community outreach, and students will help to publicize the clinic in the community. Students will also be given an orientation to the clinic so that they are familiar with the roles of medical student volunteers.

For the CSD, incoming medical students will participate in each of the three sessions described above for a classroom at a Chicago area middle school. Each classroom will have 3-4 incoming first year students and 1-2 upperclassmen (one of whom will be the classroom leader). Ample training will be provided ahead of time, so don’t worry that you might not know what to do!

Asian Human Services (AHS) was established in 1978 by leaders from Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese communities to meet the critical health care and human services needs of the growing ethnic Asian immigrant and refugee population in the Chicago metropolitan area. Today, AHS serves the pan-Asian immigrant and refugee community of Chicago with programming directed at every age group from youth to seniors. Medical students will gather at Passages Charter School and talk to the children about nutrition and safety issues, such as wearing helmets whle on bikes or scooters. They will also conduct height and weight assessments. Depending on the day’s schedule, parents might be able to attend short workshops on childhood nutrition, childhood illnesses, child development, etc. Passages Charter School is Chicago’s only school whose mission is to provide educational services to primarily immigrant and refugee children. Age range of students is 4-8 years old.

The Montgomery Place Nursing Home is located in Hyde Park and provides care to residents who require a wide range of assistance and services. Although this nursing home is not affiliated with Pritzker, the medical director is a University of Chicago physician. The CSD project will involve reading short stories to the residents, or accompanying a resident on a walk in the neighborhood. This will be followed by a clinically-focused tour provided by the medical director, a geriatrician and specialist in patients with dementia.

AIDS Care is a unique residential community designed to meet the complex physical and psychosocial needs of homeless people with advanced HIV and AIDS. This residence provides housing, meals, case management and complementary therapies to men and women living with AIDS. In addition, the center offers a Community Wellness Center that is open to all individuals in the Chicago area who live with HIV or AIDS and provides services such as acupuncture, nutritional counseling, physical therapy, medication education, and massage therapy on a sliding-scale based on income level. This CSD project will involve an initial overview of the organization and a tour. In the past, students have also assisted in flyer distribution campaigns in the local community, helped with landscaping at the facility, and had lunch with the clients.

Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly (HOME) preserves the

independence and dignity of low-income elderly in Chicago through direct housing assistance programs. Since its beginning in 1982, HOME has focused on providing safe, affordable and quality living situations to the city's low-income elderly. This CSD project would involve helping in the garden and doing small chores in the residents' apartments at one of the buildings run

by this agency. Students will also have a chance to interact with the senior residents over lunch.

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization that aims to build simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter. Habitat houses are sold at no profit and are built by homeowners and volunteers under trained supervision. This CSD project would involve a group effort to participate in the construction of one of Chicago's ongoing Habitat homes located on the south side of Chicago.

The Ronald McDonald House, celebrating its 15th anniversary in Hyde Park this year, welcomes families that need a great place to stay while visiting their sick child in the hospital. Families have come from all over the world--24 states and 8 different countries to be exact. The RM House creates a supportive dynamic between its residents at any given point and time and offers services to family members to make it feel more like home than a hospital or a hotel. We invite you to volunteer to come bake at the RM House, meet the families, and play with the children that are visiting.

Howard Brown Health Center is the Midwest's largest lesbian, gay, and bisexual health organization. In addition to providing medical care, Howard Brown is recognized internationally for its role in important research initiatives focusing on gay men's health issues and the center

is currently involved in three notable HIV/AIDS research projects. Students participating in this project will be provided with an overview of the center and will spend the afternoon shadowing the two lead clinicians in the Howard Brown Clinic. (Note! This project begins at 12:15

and finishes at 3:00.)

SWWT is a non-profit community based women's organization that services women and children who live primarily on the Southside of Chicago. They not only provide shelter for women and children needing their services, but they also provide children with educational experiences and women with job training opportunities, domestic violence support, and opportunities for community empowerment. Students will spend the first part of the visit learning about domestic violence from three members of SWWT's team: a counselor, a member of the Domestic Violence Emergency Response Network (DVERN), and a community organizer. A panel discussion about domestic violence and advocacy for women in Chicago will follow their opening remarks. Students will spend the afternoon at Amani House (SWWT's shelter) and its adjacent building to clear the way for the move of SWWT offices into several old classrooms (cleanup, possibly painting.)

The Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens (CARC) responds to the special needs of individuals and their families and is currently Illinois’ largest human service agency serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. This agency operates three early intervention centers, four special education schools, and five vocational training centers. In addition, the CARC offers a wide array of community residential options and a full spectrum of individual and family support programs. For this CSD project, medical students will spend the day visiting a CARC special needs school program classroom and students will be given an introduction to the CARC by the school director.