Photos: Children’s hosts rally to get kids ready for school
Published on Monday, June 17, 2024
Photos By: Lindsay McMurtray/ UMMC Communications
Visitors to the Mississippi Children’s Museum Saturday got health screenings to make sure they’ll be ready for classes in August. The Back-to-School Health Rally, funded by the Child Health Development Project and organized by the Children’s of Mississippi Center for Children with Medical Complexity, included fire and safety education, ideas for healthy eating and activities, physical assessments and dental, developmental, vision and hearing screenings. The first 300 participants also received backpacks.
Dr. Teresa Perkins, professor of pediatric dentistry, checks Dalton Karnitz's teeth during a dental screening at Children's of Mississippi's Back-to-School Health Rally.
Dr. Lisa Haynie, professor of nursing, points to letters on a chart during a vision screening at the Mississippi Children's Museum.
Fourth-year medical student Spencer Hagwood interacts with Back-to-School Health Rally attendee Elijah Carter.
Volunteer Karsyn Hampton gives Amariannah Cheve a hearing test in the School of Nursing's mobile clinic.
Dalton wears headphones for a hearing test.
Second-year medical student Parker Jones checks Kyleigh Johnson's blood pressure as part of a Back-to-School Health Rally.
Marley Dozier smiles at the registration table.
Registered nurse Kelly Burns gives Aria Wellborn a vision screening.
Sage Coomes tries on a pair of Children's of Mississippi sunglasses, one of the treats for Back-to-School Health Rally attendees.
Among Children's of Mississippi Back-to-School Health Ralley volunteers are, seated, physical therapists Erin Hederman and Rebbeca Zorn, project manager Liz Foster, physical therapist Kathrine Coward, and standing, general safety specialist James McLendon, supervisor and safety officer Chris Fortenberry and physical therapy students Brendan Burgess and Caroline Perry.
Ketia Grace Henderson smiles during her blood pressure check.
Fourth-year dental student Mary Beth Gillespie punches a child's card during health screenings.
Jones provides a blood glucose screening to Landon Steel.
Call and Castor Cowart wear their Children's of Mississippi sunglasses on a sunny Saturday.