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Catalpa Health Care Reform

This is a community group formed around the call to action by Barack Obama. We are using this website as a tool to connect our group to do more with the Health Care Reform movement.

Post event information-National Health Care Day of Service III

By Tre' - Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:20 pm EDT

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For some reason I can't post the last part of this blog. So I am linking to an outside website that has the blog in its entirety. There is a lot of useful information for local organizations in that part of the post. I hope you check it out.

http://www.3waters.org/Catalpa/Information.htm

Thanks for stopping and talking with us Saturday!

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Post event information-National Health Care Day of Service II

By Tre' - Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:05 pm EDT

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Nationally: Our President's official position on Health Care Reform can be found here at this website (http://www.healthreform.gov/).

Contact your local or national representative here (http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/). President Obama has lots of tools for you to get your message out.

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Post event information-National Health Care Day of Service I

By Tre' - Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:04 pm EDT

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We have compiled information to make people aware of National Health Care Reform. All the people you met today endorse 3 Main Principles when it comes to Health Care Reform. We need a public Health care option that:

1)Reduces Costs - Cost must be brought under control!

2)Guarantees Choice - Keep whatever doctor and healthcare plan we have or Choose a new doctor or Healthcare Plan.

3)Ensures Affordable Care for all - Everyone must have Access to quality and affordable health care.

(I am posting this in parts because I have been having trouble the past couple days posting the whole thing as one blog. I hope this works!)

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Coloradoan Article about June 27th

By Tre' - Jun 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm EDT

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Here is a reprint of the article found at (http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906220323)

Program highlights health-care reform

Blood, food drives planned for National Day of Service

BY MOLLY ARMBRISTER
MollyArmbrister@coloradoan.com

Four Fort Collins branches of President Barack Obama's Organizing for America movement will participate in a National Day of Service on Friday and Saturday at various locations throughout the city.

The events will be organized and staffed by volunteers with Organizing for America.

Three blood drives are scheduled for June and July to raise awareness for the health reform issue. The blood drives are organized by Vern Richardson, a Fort Collins resident with Organizing for America.

"We're trying to get as many people as possible to donate," Richardson said. Richardson, a supporter of single-payer health care, believes the blood drives will help to raise awareness about the health-care problem because they help to reinforce the idea that health problems can arise at any time without warning.

One of the four Fort Collins branches will hold a food drive as part of the Day of Service. The barrels for food collection are available through Saturday, and food can be left at any one of the six drop-off locations. All donations will be given to the Food Bank for Larimer County. Any kind of nonperishable food is needed, but the food bank is especially in need of canned meals, peanut butter and cereal, said Holly Young, food drive coordinator.

Young, who organized the event with her husband, Mike Salasek, was involved with Obama's election as well as supporting his proposals for health-care reform.

"Anything he asks us to do, we're going to do it," Young said, referring to Obama.

Tables will be set up at different locations to hand out and assist with applications for low-cost health insurance offered through the state for the uninsured, but they are not authorized to accept the applications. Information on where to take completed applications also will be available.

In addition to literature about the programs, parents can bring their children to the tables for what organizer Larry Watson called "developmental health screenings."

The screenings are meant to attempt to catch developmental conditions while they are less severe.

Additional Facts
Event times and locations

Blood drives

> 10 a.m. Friday at Centerra Shopping Center, 5971 Sky Pond Drive, Loveland

> 8 a.m. June 29 at Medical Center of the Rockies, 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Loveland

> 9 a.m. July 18 at McKee Medical Center, 2000 Boise Ave., Loveland

Food drive drop-offs: ongoing through Saturday

> Sunflower Market, 2601 S. Lemay Ave.

> Whole Foods, 2201 S. College Ave.

> Beaver's Market, 1100 W. Mountain Ave.

> Cilantro Grille, 128 W. Laurel St.

> Residence, 2207 Kiowa Court

> Residence at 5835 Mars Drive

Informational tables: 10 a.m. Saturday at Habitat for Human-ity, 4001 Taft Hill Road, and Kmart, 2535 S. College Ave.

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Larimer County honored Public Health 'Hero'

By Tre' - Jun 15th, 2009 at 11:22 am EDT

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I had to repost the story below. In my mind Health Care takes many forms. I don't want us to be machines working towards only Obama's idea of Health Care. When this is all done we (the people) will still need to help each other live healthier and happier. This is one way someone in Larimer county has done that...

The original article posted below can be found at (http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090609/UPDATES01/90609017/Harbison+honored+as+public-health+hero)

The Larimer County Board of Health has named Lupe Harbison, health care program coordinator for the Women's Resource Center in Fort Collins, as the recipient of this year's Joseph Jabaily Public Health Hero Award.

Harbison has worked nine years at the resource center. Her work includes helping low-income resi-dents to receive breast- and reproductive-health services, such as mammograms.

She also provides outreach to the Latino community for various health programs, according to the board of health.

The annual "hero" award is given in memory of Dr. Joseph Jabaily, a Loveland neurologist and public-health advocate who died in a charity bicycle race in 2004.

The award will be presented Thursday at the health board's meeting at 7 pm, at the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, 1525 Blue Spruce Drive, in Fort Collins.

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Description of Catalpa Group activity June 27th

By Tre' - Jun 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pm EDT

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Here’s the scoop on the plan to distribute information about CHP+ and CICP on June 27th…

1. Brochures/with applications for CHP+ for children and pregnant women, posters and even some children’s giveaway items will be arriving sometime in the next week to ten days.

2. We can’t take applications because documents must be provided and verified by certain agencies, but we can help people fill them out if they want us to and we can provide information on what they need and where they can take it to complete the application.

3. We got information on CICP, but, again, we can’t take applications – only help people understand where they can apply and under what circumstances and places it’s effective.

4. We hope to have shirts that will help identify the group.

5. The event has now been created you can sign up at (http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpcgh7)

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PBS broadcast Bill Moyers and Robert Reich

By Tre' - Jun 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm EDT

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Robert Reich, Sec. of Labor in the Clinton admin., will be discussing money in politics and health care reform. Here is the link to the PBS website with the time.

(http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html?program_id=640056&display_format=ep_description&display_feed=927&display_date=2009-06-12&display_time=21:00:00&feeds=&station=KRMA&zipcode=80526&transport=&provider=&channelsuppress=f)

Check it out if you are interested.

Tre'

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