Community Involvement at Research Medical Center Participation in/Sponsorship of Community Events • Walk MS KC (National MS Society) • Walk for Wishes (Make A Wish Foundation) • March for Babies (March of Dimes) • Purple Stride (Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) • Amy Thompson Run for Brain Injury (BIAKS) • Heart & Stroke Walk (American Heart Assoc.) • Light the Night (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) • Making Strides (American Cancer Society) • Relay for Life (American Cancer Society) Special Community Partnerships/Events •R MC’s Annual Community Leaders Dinner. Typically the dinner involves more than 100 key leaders in the Kansas City area. •R MC’s Community Advisory Board. A voluntary forum for leaders from around the community and members of RMC to share information and feedback as RMC furthers its support of the communities we serve. • The Annual Research Foundation Community Block Party & Health Fair held in September motivates and encourages a healthy lifestyle for residents in the Kansas City community. Local organizations provide a wealth of health information and free screenings. There is an Eat Healthy, Get Fit, Be Happy area, Injury Prevention area, Children’s Activity area and additional activities. Organizations Here is a partial list of the many organizations who benefit from Research Medical Center’s involvement: • American Cancer Society • American Heart Association • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • American Liver Foundation Baptist Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation Black Healthcare Coalition Blue Hills Neighborhood Services Children’s Health & Welfare Foundation Enshriners of Kansas City Front Porch Alliance Full Employment Council Gift of Life Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce INMED Medical Missions Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Maternal Child Health Coalition Metropolitan Medical Society Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Missouri Physicians Association MS Society Peachtree Rockhurst High School Rockhurst University Rose Brooks Center Sam Rogers Health Clinic Southtown Council Swope Health Foundation Swope Park Health Services The Research Foundation Tri-Blenheim Neighborhood Association YMCA of Greater Kansas City 2316 East Meyer Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64132 (816) 276-4000 ResearchMedicalCenter.com