Community Health Fair

the 100 Black Men of Greater

Charlotte (100blackmenclt) invite the greater Charlotte community to the 2022

Community Health Fair on Saturday, January 8th, 10am - 4pm. The free event will

be held at the Police Athletic League Youth Center (PAL) and offer the

community (1) blood donations, vaccinations, tests, screenings and (2)

educational resources.

1) COVID vaccinations and tests, blood donation, blood pressure, FLU

vaccinations, and HIV/PSA/STI tests

2) Sickle Cell education, substance abuse education, substance/tobacco

prevention and control education, under and uninsured healthcare options

education, and behavioral health education

Attendees can also participate in several free raffles for free gifts, speak with

specialized health experts, schedule follow-up appointments, and fill swag bags

with educational literature and complimentary gifts to share in their community.

Health & Wellness is one of the four pillars (in addition to mentoring, economic

empowerment & education) on which the foundation of the 100blackmenclt

organization stands. Organizing local health agencies, who provide free services

to the Charlotte community at large, is critical to combat the current surge in

COVID-19 variant cases as well as the long-term negative medial factors

commonly observed in the Black / African American community.

Often it is the youth who are not only negatively impacted by these preventable

health factors, but they are also disproportionately impacted by an additional

pandemic – Violence.

The Community Health Fair is executed in parallel to initiatives focused on

combatting both epidemics:

• the 100 Black Men of America’s participation in the national Sleeves Up

Violence Out campaign, an effort to increase youth vaccinations, blood

donation, and preventing violence to save lives

• the 100blackmenclt Stop The Violence campaign, aimed at reducing the rate

of violent crimes in Charlotte – where Black youth find themselves as victim,

suspect, and innocent bystander at an exponentially greater number than

non-Black youth

The 2022 Charlotte Community Health Fair is possible due to partnerships with

the following local community agencies providing free services:

• American Red Cross (https://www.redcross.org/local/north-carolina/greatercarolinas.

html)

• Anuvia Recovery & Prevention Center (https://www.anuvia.org)

• Atrium Health (https://atriumhealth.org)

• Black Nurses Rock Greater Charlotte (https://blacknursesrock.net)

• Care Ring (https://www.careringnc.org/community-based-care/)

• Genesis Project 1 (https://genesisproject1.com)

• Mecklenburg County Public Health (TobaccoFree.MeckNC.gov)

• Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency

(https://www.piedmonthealthservices.org)

• Police Activities League (https://www.palcharlotte.org)

• RAO Community Health (https://raoassist.org)

For additional information, visit the page on the 100 Black Men of Greater

Charlotte’s website or contact Johnathan Hill [[email protected]].

About 100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte, Inc.

December 27, 2021

Johnathan Hill

100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte

(704) 375-7300

[email protected]

The 100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte improves the quality of life for the

communities we serve. Mentoring is the core service delivery of The 100, the largest

network of African American male mentors in the nation. We influence and transform

the lives of underrepresented and disenfranchised youth, with a focus on African

American youth. Through our platform of Mentoring The100 Way® Across A Lifetime,

we provide programmatic services in education, health and wellness, economic

empowerment and leadership development, which makes a fundamental difference in

the lives of the youth we impact and the communities we serve.

About 100 Black Men of America, Inc.

100 Black Men was founded as an organization in New York City in 1963. The national

organization, 100 Black Men of America, Inc. began with nine chapters in 1986 as a

national alliance of leading African American men of business, public affairs and

government with a mission to improve the quality of life for African Americans,

particularly African American youth. These visionaries included businessmen and

industry leaders such as David Dinkins, Robert Mangum, Dr. William Hayling, Nathaniel

Goldston III, Livingston Wingate Andrew Hatcher, and Jackie Robinson. Since

inception, the vision emerged and grew to over 10,000 members impacting over

125,000 underserved, underrepresented minority youth annually. Visit

www.100blackmen.org for more information on the programs and initiatives of 100

Black Men of America, Inc. and their global network of chapters.

Host or Publisher 100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte