YWCA LBTHealth OutReach a SUCCESS!

Any of you that have been following the GayZette or know me understand that maintaining health and well being is close to my heart and this particular health screening is very dear to me after losing Mudd to metastasized breast cancer earlier this year.  My bra is off to Ingrid who works tirelessly in our community with warmth, understanding and a sexy accent to boot for making it easier for those to maintain basic health services with dignity.  What follows is her recap of the YWCA LBTHealth OutReach on Saturday.  Ms T

Wildrose 12/12/09 OutReach Day

December the 12th turned out to be the Santa Claus pub crawl. It was very funny to watch hundreds of Santa Clauses in all sorts of outfits coming by and having a good time.
The LBT focused Wildrose screening on Saturday the 12th of December, turned out very successful. I want to thank Martha and Shelley from the Wildrose, for their generosity and for opening their doors for us. It was great to work with Beth Kruse again, albeit the only time this year. I want to thank Michelle Atkinson for volunteering to help with the intakes at the last moment.
This mobile event turned out so well I think in part by using the internet, through list serves and yahoo groups to advertise this LBT focused mobile screening event.  I feel this community tends to be more online than some of the others. From last years screening we had only one client return to us.
We served 16 people in total, 14 BCHP and two insurance.
Two clients were referred to Swedish for diagnostic mammograms. 1 client refused the mammogram.  There were 14 LBT with 2 trans individuals.
14 people filled in the after screening survey it was 99% positive. Topics most people were interested in were health insurance, affordable housing, employment programs, educational opportunities, LBT health and nutrition.
At the request from one of our clients I put out a donation jar and to my surprise people made some donations. We will continue to do this and see how it goes.

Thank you all and be well
Ingrid Berkhout