Share your story!
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is producing a video campaign as part of our work to advance health equity, and we are looking for Kentuckians willing to tell their stories on camera.
The overall goal of these videos is to challenge these 3 phrases that blame people for their poor health based on their personal, lifestyle choices without acknowledging the things that get in the way of people’s efforts to be healthy:
They just need to eat healthier
They just need to exercise
They should have gone to the doctor earlier
These are examples of the types of stories we are looking for:
Someone who has struggled to feed their family healthy foods because of the high cost of healthy foods and/or the lack of places to purchase these foods in their community.
Someone who has struggled with feeding their family healthy foods because their home doesn’t have a refrigerator, oven, and/or other food preparation tools.
Someone who has struggled to get physical exercise because of unsafe conditions or lack of resources in their neighborhood (not enough sidewalks or bike lines or parks, pollution, gun violence, etc).
Someone who struggles to get exercise or cook healthy foods because they work long hours to pay the bills and there isn’t enough time when their shift ends.
Someone who has had to delay going to the doctor for a health issue they were experiencing because of challenges like: not being able to find transportation, you couldn’t afford to take off work to go, there isn’t a doctor nearby with open appointments, you were worried about language barriers, etc.
We especially want to lift up the voices of under-resourced populations:
People in rural communities
People of color
People who identify as LGBTQ+
People and families with low-income
People with disabilities
People who immigrated from another country
People who are chosen to participate will be paid for their time with a $100 Visa Gift Card. They must be willing to commit 2-3 hours. Where we meet to do shoot the video will be determined based on individual circumstances. We may request to do it at your home, so please be aware of that before filling out this form.
We only have the time and resources to do a small number of video shoots. If you are not chosen, please know your story is still important to us, and we very much appreciate your willingness and courage to tell it.
Have questions? You can email Ally Wells at awells@healthy-ky.org.
Video Volunteer Form
These forms will be kept confidential, no one outside of Foundation staff will see them.