🌼 EC Reems Community Services – May 2025 Newsletter 🌼
Promoting Health. Empowering Communities. Taking Action.
🚭 Breathe Easy: May is Tobacco-Free Awareness Month!
EC Reems Community Services invites you to a powerful series of events this May focused on education, wellness, and community celebration. Let’s build a healthier, smoke-free future together.
💐 Mother’s Day Smoke-Free Workshop & Celebration
🗓️ Saturday, May 3, 2025
🕐 1:00 PM
📍 Horatio’s Restaurant, San Leandro
Celebrate the mothers and caregivers in our community with a special afternoon of wellness, connection, and purpose. This event features a smoke-free living workshop, resources, and a beautiful meal in honor of our queens. Space is limited—RSVP now!
✝️ No Menthol Sunday
🗓️ Sunday, May 18, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Center of Hope Community Church
Join faith leaders and health advocates in observance of No Menthol Sunday, a national campaign raising awareness of the harmful effects of menthol tobacco—especially in African American communities. Together, we pray, learn, and commit to change.
🏃🏾♂️ Smoke-Free 5K Walk/Run
🗓️ Saturday, May 31, 2025
🕣 8:30 AM Check-in | 9:00 AM Start
📍 MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA
Get your heart pumping and your lungs clear! Join us for a fun and family-friendly 5K promoting tobacco-free living. Open to all ages and fitness levels. Let’s walk, run, and roll toward better health!
🌍 World No Tobacco Day Rally & Community Event
🗓️ Saturday, May 31, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline, Oakland, CA
Stand with us for World No Tobacco Day as we gather to educate, engage, and empower our community. Expect speakers, community resources, youth engagement, and wellness activities for the whole family!
📞 Stay Connected
Want to RSVP, volunteer, or learn more?
📱 (510) 633-5133
📧 masemota@ecreemscommunityservice.org
Follow us on social media: @ECReemsCommunityServices
Maisha House Asemota, MA Economics, MBA Social Responsibility, MS Administrative Justice
Project Director, Live Life Well Project, EC Reems Community Services, www.ecreemscommunityservices.org