‘A Day for Children’ Was a Day to Remember on Campus

NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library hosted a wonderfully successful “A Day for Children” event on October 2 at Nova Southeastern University’s Davie campus, offering free and low-cost health and wellness services to children 16 and younger.

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital served as the title sponsor for this year’s annual health literacy event. About 2,000 people participated in A Day for Children, which was emceed by Julie Guy and Tamara G from 101.5 LITE FM. NSU’s Radio X served as the event DJ. Several performers, including KidVision’s Miss Penny and Clifford the Big Red Dog, the South Florida Cloggers, Broward Center Spotlights, the Girl Choir, and This is Improv entertained the audience.

Feeding South Florida distributed food at this year’s event. The organization had about 32 volunteers who worked a total of 96 hours. In total, the organization distributed 10 pallets of produce which is about 7,500 pounds of food. The food items handed were collard greens, tomatoes, apples, zucchini, lettuce, eggplant, sweet potatoes, watermelons, and cucumbers. Free pizza and hot dogs also were served courtesy of Hungry Howies.

For nearly 20 years, more than 100,000 residents have attended the event to receive and learn about basic medical information to help them make informed decisions for their children and families. Health care education and activities for vision, medical, speech, behavior, and dental health as well as physical and occupational therapy was provided through NSU Health Centers. Students and faculty from several of NSU’s colleges and centers held activities for the children attending this event. In addition to NSU Health’s clinical options, there were government agencies such as law enforcement, as well as for-profit and non-profit healthcare options.

Amidst all the activities, dozens of people signed up for library cards and the library gave away about 800 books. Nearly 200 student volunteers assisted during the event, and their efforts were coordinated by NSU faculty member Mark Jaffe.

Posted 10/09/22