As the summer begins to wind down, parents and children begin to think about the things that need to be done before school starts. In addition to school supplies, the list likely includes sports physicals, immunizations and how to keep kids active and healthy during the remaining summer days and after school starts.
The Care Mobile will provide basic health care assessments and sports physicals to students throughout
In conjunction with their summer Kids Club events, the Yoke’s Fresh Market, located at E. 210 North Foothills Drive, is sponsoring a Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Day and Penny Carnival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 25.
The Care Mobile will be on site to provide medical services such as treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, check-ups, and vision and hearing screening to children from birth to age 21. Ronald McDonald will pass out goodies and visit with families from 2-4 p.m. and will perform a free magic show at 3 p.m.
The Penny Carnival will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will include games, balloons and cool treat. Kid can purchase five game tokens for one dollar, with all the proceeds going to support the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile.
In addition to the carnival, the North Foothills store has been raising funds and awareness for the Care Mobile services. “We’ve been inserting Care Mobile event fliers into the bags, collecting cash donations in check stand canisters and from tips left at the in-store espresso stand for a few months now,” said Julie Ramsey, event coordinator at the Foothills Yoke’s Fresh Market.
“The Care Mobile services and Ronald McDonald fit perfectly into our Kids Club events and we know that many of the families that shop at our store location will appreciate the no-cost services the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile can offer year-round and especially as the kids prepare to head back to school this fall,” Ramsey said.
The $300,000 state-of-the-art 40-foot mobile pediatric unit is managed and operated by nurse practitioners from the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing. It is equipped with two exam rooms and delivers medical and dental care directly to underserved children in their own neighborhoods, such as schools, high traffic business and not-for-profit locations, community centers and select local McDonald’s Restaurants in connection with special events. Services are provided at no charge. The Care Mobile also welcomes walk-ins, although staff cannot guarantee an immediate opening.
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile is a community health care outreach service of the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing and Inland Northwest Health Services and receives support from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane, Spokane McDonald’s Restaurants and several local funding partners. The Care Mobile staff is funded, in part, through a 2002 Health Resources and Services Administration grant for the Basic Nurse Education and Practice Program (No. 1 D11 HP 00457).
Established in 1968, the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing is fully-accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The college is the nation’s oldest and most comprehensive nursing education consortium and is the largest college of nursing on the Northwest. Celebrating 37 years of world-class nursing education, the college offers baccalaureate, graduate and professional development course work to nursing students enrolled through its four consortium partners: Eastern Washington University,
