Enjoy an afternoon of music, health and community at the All of Us Gospel Sunday, set for 1 to 4 p.m. on Aug. 11 at St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care’s Bucyrus Campus. The free public event will take place on the grounds of the new Indaba Band Shell, 2450 W. North Ave.

This family-friendly gathering includes food, music from area church choirs and fun activities for all ages. Also featured is a visit by the All of Us Journey Bus which is traveling the country to raise awareness about the All of Us research program.

Tours of the All of Us Journey Bus include interactive, informational kiosks and videos that explain the program which aims to gather data from a million people or more. The findings will help develop medicines and treatments tailored to individual patients, known as precision medicine.

Wisconsin joined the national All of Us research program in 2017 and launched in Milwaukee in 2018. Our state is in its second year of this 10-year research program. The aim is to be as inclusive as possible in collecting information—making sure adults from various age groups, races, genetic ancestries, environments and walks of life are represented in the research.

Highlighting the event are performances by the Milwaukee area’s finest church choirs. The entertainment line-up includes the Amazing Grace Chorus, made up of people living with dementia and their caregivers and sponsored by the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute; Parklawn Assembly of God Praise Dancers; Lyons of Judah Ministries; General Baptist State Convention Mass Choir and St. Matthew C.M.E. Church Choir.

Guests are welcome to bring lawn chair and blankets. Seating is limited.

See more about the event at https://bit.ly/2Z5Wsjb. For questions or additional information, contact the UW-SMPH Center for Community Engagement & Health Partnerships, All of Us Milwaukee Office at (414) 219-3810, option #1; or via email at allofusuwmke@hslc.wisc.edu.

African drums will call Milwaukeeans to the city’s north side on Friday, June 7, to join St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care at the Completion Celebration for its Bucyrus Campus at 2450 W. North Ave. The event, set for 1-3 p.m., will give the public a chance to explore several new additions to the center, which provides child and adult day care and health and educational services to the community.

The newly finished spaces include a Dementia Care Wing, Overnight Respite Care Unit, indoor Aquatic Center, Art Studio, Beauty Salon, Band Shell and Childcare Classrooms. The Bucyrus Campus opened in September of 2015 with these spaces left unfinished. A successful capital campaign and a $5 million grant from Wisconsin’s capital budget, received in 2017, allowed the $28 million two-story, 80,000-square-foot facility to be completed this spring.

“These new spaces are part of a renewal I see happening throughout this community,” said Sr. Edna Lonergan, St. Ann Center founder and CEO. “The band shell will draw talented people from the neighborhood who haven’t had an audience before. Our expanded dementia care and overnight respite will allow people to go to work knowing their loved ones are receiving compassionate care. And our warm-water swimming pool will help ensure our children know how to swim.” Nationally, 70% of African-American children, 58% of Hispanic children and 40% of white children have little or no swimming ability.

The celebration will begin at the Indaba (Swahili for “gathering place”) Band Shell at 1 p.m. with the untying of a kente cloth bow. Remarks will be made by U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore; Kaylan Haywood II, representative for Wisconsin’s 16th Assembly District; Russell W. Stamper II, 15^th District Alderman; Supreme Moore Omokunde, 10^th District County Supervisor and Sr. Diana De Bruin, Associate Director of Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi. Bishop James Schuerman of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will assist with the ribbon untying.

Other program highlights include a Native American eagle dance, a multicultural blessing and libation ceremony and a performance by the Parklawn Assembly of God Praise Dancers. Following the program, the public is invited inside for guided tours of the other new spaces, all scheduled to begin operation this year. Refreshments and entertainment by Christopher’s Project will also be featured, and a Trade Fair featuring north side entrepreneurs will be held on the second floor of the building’s beautiful indoor intergenerational park.

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care thanks all the outstanding community-based organizations, businesses and donors who have supported the creation of the Bucyrus Campus—a replication of St. Ann Center’s Stein Campus, located on Milwaukee’s south side for 36 years. Featuring a unique intergenerational model, the center provides community-based health and educational day services to children, frail elders and adults with cognitive and physical disabilities, while providing resources and support to their caregivers. Services open to the community include a medical clinic and a specialized dental clinic which exclusively serves people with physical or cognitive disabilities.

For updated information about the event, visit St. Ann Center on Facebook at facebook.com/stanncenter/events. For more information, contact Casey Rozanski at (414) 977-5062 or Crozanski@stanncenter.org.