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Community Outreach

  • Improve Your Community’s Health, With TMA’s Help

    TMA is committed to improving the health of all Texans – and is equally committed to helping you improve the health of your communities with easy-to-implement outreach programs.

    TMA offers a menu of programs at little or no cost, brought to you with support from the TMA Foundation. Learn more about each program and consider hosting one to connect with your patients and community.

  • Community Outreach Programs

  • Hard Hats for Little Heads

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    The Hard Hats for Little Heads bicycle helmet giveaway program helps kids stay active and safe. TMA provides a generous match when you purchase helmets to properly fit on kids – plus all you need for a winning event. And some physicians can receive 50 helmets at no cost, courtesy of their specialty society and TMA. Since 1994, TMA has given more than 375,000 helmets to Texas children.

    Put Helmets on Kids  

  • Texas BookShare

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    The Texas BookShare program provides books for children and families in underserved areas to promote literacy and provide age-appropriate information about living a healthy lifestyle. Books, in English and Spanish, are available for a variety of age groups. The first time you participate is free, with a matching contribution required in subsequent years. Since 2021, more than 5,000 Texas children have received a book to call their own.

    Start Kids Reading  

  • Walk With a Doc Texas

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    Walk With a Doc Texas is part of a national grassroots movement that encourages physical activity to reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. Physician and medical student walk leaders invite their patients and community to join them to walk to improve their health and well-being. Program start-up is free for TMA members.

    Get Your Community Moving  

  • Vaccines Defend What Matters

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    Vaccines Defend What Matters is TMA’s integrated, multimedia public health education and advocacy effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination rates in Texas. Ready-made printed, video, and social media materials are available to help patients make informed decisions, along with grants to fund vaccination education and outreach events.

    Defend What Matters

    Turn It Off Today


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    Turn It Off Today calls attention to the correlation between excessive screen time and poor emotional and physical well-being. The program provides materials to encourage people – especially children and adolescents – to replace time spent staring at their screens with healthy activities like “green time” outside or face-to-face interaction.

    Encourage Reduced Screen Time

  • How to Get Involved

  • Host an Event

    Are you ready to start improving your community’s health? You can make a difference by hosting a TMA outreach event in your area. To find out more, email Tammy Wishard, TMA’s director of outreach programs, or call her at (512) 370-1470. For Vaccines Defend What Matters, email Meredith Vinez or call her at (512) 370-1412.

    Support Financially

    The TMA Foundation, TMA’s charitable arm, is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to connecting physicians’ charitable concerns with the people of Texas. TMAF-funded initiatives, including the outreach programs, enable the TMA Family to give back and take a visible leadership role in improving the health of all Texans. 

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