ADC an active member of the greater Austin community
When we’re not seeing patients, we’re out in the community, helping to spread the word about good health.
Our efforts include walks and runs, community education events, and event sponsorships.
Events
FAAN Walk
As many as 15 million people have food allergies, including 6 million children, and food allergies appear to be on the rise. With the growing concern about food allergies, ADC’s Allergy department participated in the 2011 FAAN Walk.
This nationwide walking event raised $2.4 million in 2010 for awareness, advocacy and research.
School Festivals
We believe it’s important to teach kids healthy habits.
Each year our staff and doctors visit Central Texas elementary school festivals to talk to children and their parents about making healthy lifestyle choices.
Community Education
5-2-1-0 Kids Get Healthy!
Our pediatricians are fighting childhood obesity with the 5-2-1-0 Kids Get Healthy! program. It asks kids and parents to:
- Eat 5 fruits or vegetables per day,
- Limit screen time (TVs, computers) to 2 hours or less per day,
- Get 1 hour or more of physical activity per day, and
- Drink 0 sugar-sweetened beverages per day.
Health Matters Seminars
Our Health Matters Seminars are a great opportunity for you to interact with our doctors and learn about health topics that affect you.
Every other month, our providers speak and answer questions about health topics sucah as diabetes, celiac disease and foot care.
Seminars are free and open to the public.
Speakers Bureau
Our health providers are available to speak at your organization’s next event. Contact us to arrange a speaker to present on a health topic of interest to your group.
Twitter Chats
We want to make our educational opportunities as accessible as possible. That’s why we’ve embraced social media as yet another way to provide you with the information you’re looking for.
Join us for free chats on Twitter about timely health topics. Follow us @ADCHealth and use #askADC during our chats to ask a question. Check our events listings to find out about upcoming Twitter chats.
Awareness & Support
Austin Woman Magazine
We’re proud to support Austin Woman Magazine’s efforts to support women-owned businesses in Central Texas. We’ve supported this organization since 2007 and we sponsor several Austin Woman events throughout the year.