April 25 and 27, Wednesday and Friday -- Two fundraising events are scheduled, during which the public can make donations to purchase bed nets to help protect against mosquitoes and prevent the spread of malaria. Each $10 donation will purchase a bed net for one African family. UC Davis' Center for Vectorborne Diseases will host a malaria information booth, displaying posters and a bed net Wednesday, April 25, from 4:30-8:30 p.m., at the Davis Farmers Market in Central Park, located at the corner of 3rd and C streets in Davis. And, on Friday, April 27, from 5-6 p.m., the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association will host a fundraiser featuring Faso Baara, a Davis-based African drumming group that will perform traditional drumming. Posters and a bed net also will be displayed. This event will be held on UC Davis' West Quad area just south of the Memorial Union.
Media Resources
Pat Bailey, Research news (emphasis: agricultural and nutritional sciences, and veterinary medicine), 530-219-9640, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu
Kathy Keatley Garvey, Entomology, 530-754-6894, kegarvey@ucdavis.edu