MIKE Program

Congratulations for your new look and for Lewis Martin's 2024 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics! You are doing great things!
Our photo features Oregon Dairy Council's Anne Goetze and Lewis Martin, who attended our recent gala, Spring Planting 2024.

It's ! MIKE partners with a group of amazing teachers to provide youth with mentored health education. Thank you!

Thank you for all your support at MIKE's Spring Planting 2024 event. Here are some photos of the evening. See your photo? Email us to get a larger image at [email protected]. And be sure to Like Us!

Spring is just around the corner, and MIKE is starting it off with our annual event! Join us on Thursday, March 14 at the World Forestry Center Miller Hall to support mentored health education for underserved youth. Admission tickets and raffle tickets are now on sale: https://fundraiser.support/MIKESpringPlanting2024

MIKE mentors share more than their growing expertise in healthcare. Some, like Wesley, are also able to share their learning environments with students. Your gift helps medical students host hands-on demonstrations inside their medical labs for students to explore human anatomy and various medical procedures. And when you give $10 or more today for !Guide Big Give Day and you could win a Guatemala Coffee Tour package for two from Nossa Familia Coffee! https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

Coby Ravida, a nursing student (pictured on right) shares that mentoring with MIKE, “exposes me to diverse healthcare challenges and the social determinants of health. And, being exposed to underserved communities can have a profound impact on a future nurse.” Coby chose nursing as a career, relocating from Hawaii to study in Oregon, so he can achieve his dream to back to his community in the future. You can give back to our community today with a gift of $10 or more for !Guide Big Give Day and be eligible to win one of four Cotopaxi’s bestselling Allpa Travel Pack Backpacks stuffed with a hat, hip pack, packing cubes and more! https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

MIKE provides comprehensive health education to teens, guided by near-age mentors. Ann Vo, a nursing student mentors with MIKE to gain experience in working with underserved youth in Portland. Help support her work with MIKE by giving today. Today’s Big Give Day features a delicious opportunity to be entered in a drawing for a Taste of Portland prize. Giving $10 or more in today’s !Guide helps support MIKE and a chance to wine one of four packages that each include: a $125 gift card to Urdaneta, a $50 gift certificate to Akâdi, a $50 gift card to Kachka and a $100 wine package from Dame. Click here to support MIKE in the Give!Guide: https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

It’s amazing to see how technology supports all levels of learning in healthcare, as MIKE students experience during many facets of our programming. Now you can help support our programming with a simple online form. Just 30 seconds of your time can make a huge difference for MIKE! Nominate MIKE Program for 's annual giving campaign. Click on the link to fill out the simple form. Make sure to include "MIKE Program" in box 4 to designate our organization. The top five organizations receiving the most nominations will receive $10,000! Click here to nominate MIKE: https://www2.firsttechfed.com/LP=1554?utm_source=ACQ&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CREL_2451862_2023-Season-of-Giving_Email_2453013&utm_content=button&campaignId=5830

MIKE begins today’s !Guide Big Give Day with mentors Ashley Hawkins and Ramon Cuevas Palma. Both are students . Ashley is studying sports management and Ramon is pursuing a double major in criminal justice and social work. Your support helps MIKE provide amazing mentors like Ashley and Ramon opportunities to guide youth toward healthier behaviors. Give $10 or more today and you could win a 2024 Riese & Muller Nevo4 electric bike from Splendid Cycles!

Congratulations, Madeleine Duncan for your prestigious scholarship award from Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation! Your dedication to medicine, healthcare and our communities in Oregon and Montana inspire the best in all of us. Here's a fun snapshot of Madeleine, now a 4th-year medical student Western University of Health Sciences COMP-NW, presenting her "DNA" strand to students during MIKE's Summer Health Camp in Sweet Home. Madeleine helped organize the three-day camp, taking time off from her busy medical rotations to help foster youth explore health, anatomy and careers in healthcare.

Thanks mentors with Vice-President Di Lacey (second row on left) and Sweet Home High School Science Teacher Michelle Snyder (second row 2nd from right) for hosting MIKE's May Day with students on your campus. Each one of you has truly inspired students to be healthier and reach their goals.

Thank you for making Spring Planting 2023 a success. Here are some great moments from the event. And check out our event page to see our sponsors: https://www.mikeprogram.org/event-2023.

Today is Spring Planting 2023! We hope you can join us in support of healthy youth.

We're thrilled to feature Aaron Eisen for inspiring students about electromyography and muscles. He's a driving force with PSU Neuroscience Club and NW Noggin. Thanks, Aaron!

highlights featuring Western University of Health Sciences mentors guiding students through the steps to make . First and second-year medical students volunteer to mentor Sweet Home A&P students in a range of health topics and activities. They are all inspirational and budding chefs! Pictured on left, Sang Mai, who previously mentored with MIKE at our Portland site, continues his outreach efforts in the Sweet Home-Lebanon area. Other WUHS mentors in the photo include Sadie Cochenour, Alexa Lattman and Julian Manalang, along with some students.

Spring is coming in a few months and what better way to start the season than with MIKE's annual event, Spring Planting 2023! Mark your calendars for this gala event on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Tickets are now available here: https://buy.stripe.com/4gw3cO6hydM02vC4gq

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Start 2023 with a positive approach to . A recent poll Forbes finds that 50% of young adults (ages 18-25) chose improving their mental health over all health issues for 2023. https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/new-years-resolutions-survey/

Want to experience one of Oregon's most iconic venues? Donate $10 or more to MIKE and you'll be entered into a drawing for an amazing prize package featuring on . This package includes a one-night stay at the lodge, with breakfast, a tour, day ski pass for two and much more. But you have to donate today! https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

Start the with some greenery and splashes of color, all courtesy of plants. What makes this start even more special? Donate $10 or more to MIKE and you'll be entered in a drawing for a $200 gift card . And one lucky donor under 36 will win a second card! https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

Looking for that special beer this holiday season? offers a huge assortment. By donating $10 or more to MIKE today, you'll be entered into a drawing for one of five $200 gift cards to John's Marketplace. (You must be 21 or older to win.) https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

Boost your immune system this cold season with that are packed with nutrients. says root vegetables like carrots and turnips provide Vitamins A & C. Mushrooms and eggs provide Vitamin D. Oatmeal provides zinc and fiber. And broccoli and cauliflower offer Vitamins C and K. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/5-foods-for-winter-weather/

Before 2022 flies away, you can help build a nest egg for MIKE. By donating $10 or more today , you'll also be entered into a drawing for a $500 gift card from . https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/mike-program

MIKE is thrilled to have provided to youth during 2022. We can't wait to reach even more youth in 2023, expanding our mission to build a .