Infirmary Foundation Inc

The ernest g. Debakey drug education program is a mobile state-of-the-art education bus and also a website that contains all the videos and educational material that is contained in the bus. The bus travels to public, private and parochial schools throughout seven counties in southwest alabama and florida to provide fifth-grade students with information about the dangers of drug use and abuse. In 427 programs, 5,434 students visited the drug bus. During the summer, on weekends, and evenings, we service younger children, middle school students, teenagers and adults at the following: boys and girls club after school and summer camps, ymca aftercare, summer camps, church health fairs, community events, business health fairs, infirmary events, world of opportunity, and church festivals. The main goal of the website is to make our program available to schools outside of our traveling area. Anyone can access our site. Schools and other organizations are using the site to go over drug education in their classes. The website averages 6,900 hits per month. Www.debakeydrugeducation.com

The foundation supports the community by providing funds to other area health related 501(c)(3) or public organizations. Funding was also provided for 7 recipients of the bramlett healthcare scholarship for dependents of employees seeking an undergraduate degree in a health-related profession and 20 awards of excellence were handed out. The foundation also provided employee assistance to 33 employees.

Infirmary foundation maintains the my bodyworks exhibit at the gulf coast exploreum science center. My bodyworks is one of the most advanced health galleries in the nation and features more than 50 custom designed exhibits and professionally equipped health and biology labs. Each exhibit reveals information about anatomy, nutrition or exercise in a fun and inter-active environment. Children and adults can learn more about living life to its fullest with healthy choices. The exhibit should raise awareness of careers in the healthcare industry.