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The initiative, titled "Love Wins + Health," builds upon the Rochester Branch of the NAACPโ€™s โ€œNot in Our Townโ€ and Love Wins campaign. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
When May 24, 2025
from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Where Rochester Area Foundation
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๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต

The ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต initiative is a collaboration betweenย Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP), Mayo Clinic Community Internal Medicine, and theย NAACP Rochester Branch MNย . ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

The initiative, titled "Love Wins + Health," builds upon the Rochester Branch of the NAACPโ€™s โ€œNot in Our Townโ€ and Love Wins campaign. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, while social-determinants- of- health, continue to cause disparities in health outcomes despite medical improvements and general health care awareness. As our population grows and ages, it becomes increasingly important to improve awareness and access to preventive care in our local community.

๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: May 24th
๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: 10 am to 1 pm
๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Rochester Area Foundation
12 Elton Hills Dr NW, Rochester, MN 55901

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