Diversity in the Community
The Bright Futures Fair targets children, ages 6 to fifteen and helps them visualize that they too can have bright futures. Professional volunteers guide them through this learning process and help them learn that their Bright Futures start now.
The Office of Diversity and Community Outreach was able to participate this year utilizing an exciting, interactive booth and other activities to emphasize the importance of education, preventive health care, and personal safety.
With a booth on the importance of bicycle safety helmets and the effects of what not wearing a safety helmet could have on the brain, BCM Medical Students; Camille McCormick, Renea Sturm, and Felicia Skelton used an interlocking model of the brain to show youngsters the intricacy of the elements that make up this organ.
Utilizing the Brain Explorations booklets, raffle prizes and handouts, we were excited about participating in this wonderful, unique and creative opportunity to provide the youth of Harris County with the opportunity to learn more about health, safety, and careers with bright futures in a fun-filled atmosphere.
Each year the Bright Futures Fair is held in conjunction with the Harris County Street Olympics Final Event, during the first week of August.