Emory University School of Medicine
"POWERPLAY-Teen Nutritional and Exercise Program"
POWERPLAY (Preventing Obesity through Wellness Education and Recreation: Providing Leisure Alternatives for Youth) encourages minority children and teens to take responsibility for their health. Medical students and other volunteers host weekly sessions at a local medical clinic to teach children about nutrition and healthy eating behaviors, and provide a structured setting for physical activity.

State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
"SUNY Downstate Community Outreach Vaccination Program"
Medical students will establish vaccination sites at local churches and community centers in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, where they will educate residents on the importance of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines and provide the vaccinations free of charge.

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
"Project SEED: Screening, Education, and Empowerment for Diabetes"
Medical students will create a new diabetes screening, education, and monitoring program within an existing student-run free health clinic that primarily serves homeless, undocumented, and uninsured residents of Bell County.

University of Colorado School of Medicine
"Healthy Beginnings Clinic at Warren Village"
Medical students plan to expand the services of the Healthy Beginnings Clinic-a free pediatric clinic for children living in Warren Village, a community of low-income, single parents-by improving existing medical equipment, increasing the stock of supplies and pharmaceuticals, and upgrading electronic records capabilities. The clinic will also provide a "healthcare kit" to each child that includes first-aid supplies and health education advice for parents.

University of Mississippi School of Medicine
"The Jackson Free Clinic"
The Jackson Free Clinic is the only completely free medical clinic in its county. This grant will ensure the continuation of existing services despite unique challenges the clinic has faced over the past year: decreased state funding, significant Medicaid cuts, and a decrease in private donations, as well as an increase in patients who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and a surge in undocumented immigrants.

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"Reaching Out for Health and Wellness on Allied Drive"
Medical students and other volunteers will use door-to-door interviews, neighborhood programs, community dinners, health fairs, and festivals to conduct needs assessments and provide health education to residents in Madison's low-income Allied Drive neighborhood.