Northern Lower Regional Center Hosts First Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

The Northern Lower AHEC staff partnered with MidMichigan Community Health Services to bring the first ever Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to MidMichigan Health Park-Houghton Lake. The event was held on April 26, which is the national recognition day. Thirteen kids in grades 3 through 12 attended the event.  Attendees toured the facility and were able to see the laboratory, ultrasound, x-ray, mail room, medical records and the billing department.  They also learned about healthy foods from a health educator from the local school based health clinic, participated in a hand washing demonstration and received a presentation from Physician Assistant, Jamie Taylor of MidMichigan Medical Offices-Roscommon. In addition to the on-site activities the children were able to eat breakfast and lunch with their parent and/or sponsor. This was the first time experiencing a visit to a community health center for more than half of the participants. It is anticipated this will become an annual event.