5th Annual Hip-Hop Heart Health Awareness Affair
On Saturday, February 25, 2017, the Sassy Ladies Go Red ▪ The Dr. Evelyn E. Thornton ▪ 5th Annual Hip-Hop Heart Health Awareness Affair was held from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Yellowstone Academy. Dr. Wanda Mott-Russell was the Event Chair and Regina Hall Woolfolk was the Mistress of Ceremony. This is a community service project designed for student members of Sassy Ladies of Lawson Academy, Yellowstone Academy, CORE Academy, and Energized for STEM Academy. The Sassy Ladies are student members of the 2016-2017 “Passport to S.T.E.M.ulating Health Lifestyles” which is a multi-generational program designed for middle school girls to participate with their mothers/guardians and grandmothers. This program is sponsored by the Health & Human Services Facet of the Missouri City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. As one of eight Houston-area chapters, the Missouri City Chapter is an affiliate of The Links, Inc., an international, not-for-profit corporation with over 12,000 professional women of color in 281 chapters located in 41 states.
