February is recognized as American Heart Month and is an opportunity to spread awareness regarding heart disease prevention. The United States commemorates the 61st annual American Heart Month in February. President Lyndon B. Johnson, a heart attack survivor, originally declared this in 1964. The American Heart Association's Go Red for Women initiative will celebrate its eleventh anniversary on National Wear Red Day in 2025. Wearing red on this day helps spread the word about heart disease and motivates people to lead healthy lives.

Jenifer started at AMM when she was a graduate student at North Carolina State University studying Physiology. After a quick Google search for “medical volunteer clinics”, AMM was the first result, and the rest is history.

AMM’s garden is maintained through an agroecological approach: that is, we aim to grow food in an environment that supports and is inspired by the earth’s natural processes.

At AMM, volunteers range from college students who are hoping to get into the medical field, community members looking to make a difference, congregations who build hygiene kits and provide groups for our Garden Workdays, the list goes on. Some volunteers, however, have unique ways of getting involved, and former volunteer and medical assistant Olivia Joyner is the perfect example.