Service-learning and diverse populations.

The AHDP is a 30 year old intergenerational, service-learning health
promotion program. It is an academic course, and partially self
supporting volunteer program that has spread to several other colleges
and universities.

I want to commend Linda Cieslik, director of the AHDP at UW at Milwaukee

for   fine job in recruitng a substantial number of disabled American
veterans to participate in her program.Sshe has worked long and hard at
this project. Congratulations, Linda, your work is appreciated.

Here at the UMaryland, we are holding discussions with the Soldiers and
Airmens Home to have some of their DAVs join our other members including

our "resident" DAVs group from the VA Nursing Home in D. C. this
semester. Also working on recruting more older adults who are
developmentally challenged. Have initiated efforts to recruit more
people with Alzheimer's Disease and their caregivers.

We expect about 60-70 older adults ("members"), a similar number of
students and volunteers with whom they will be matched (called
"staffers"), and about 20 senior staffers who supervise the staffers.

We have also developed a Working Group akin to our former Board of
Advisors. Tasks include fund raising, organizing our 30th anniversary
celebration (to be held in May 2003), marketing and outreach to various
organizations, etc.

Also, this summer, a group of MBA students are developing a business
plan to present to corporations and others possible funders or sponsors.

Their goal is to obtain consistent and sustainable funding. Love them.

Dan

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Dr. Daniel Leviton
Director, The Adult Health & Development Program
Professor, Dept. Public & Community Health
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611
Phone: (301) 405-2528; Fax: (301) 445-1546
www.inform.umd.edu/AHDP