Dermatology in Action

Welcome
Miami Beach Athletic League Executive Director and Officer Arthur Martineau and Darrill Gaschler from HandsOn Broward welcome the Dermatology in Action volunteers.
In the garden
The gardening team worked to beautify the landscape surrounding the Athletic League with plants that attract birds and butterflies.
Bright colors
The painting team worked transform the upstairs media room and hallways to bright orange, blue, and yellow to inspire creativity.
Media room
The painting team prepared the media room for bright blue paint. The media room will allow students to share digital artwork.
Branching out
Outside, the gardening team planted a number of trees native to the area.
New garden
Here are the results of the gardening team's hard work.
New logo
Volunteers painted the Miami Beach Police Athletic League logo in the media room.
Fresh furniture
The gardening team switched gears and assembled IKEA furniture for the media room on the second floor.
Chalk talk
Campbell Stewart, MD, paints a "chalk" table black.
Fresh paint
The painting team presents its finished product.
On the shelf
The media center is complete with shelving.
Colorful logo
Volunteers did great work on the Miami Beach Police Athletic League logo.
Made in the shade
Dermatology in Action volunteers surround a movable shade structure that the Academy donated to the Athletic League.

Dermatology in Action is a hands-on volunteer program inspired by the compassion that exists among our specialty and our desire to reach out and help the communities we serve.

Through HandsOn Broward, volunteers participated in a beautification project to enhance the Miami Beach Police Athletic League (MBPAL) community center during the Academy’s 71st Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Founded in 1958, the MBPAL has an impressive track record as a community crime-prevention program that offers the youth of the community an array of academic, athletic, and artistic activities.

Programs are designed with a twofold purpose: To create better relations between law enforcement officers and youth, and to prevent juvenile delinquency.

“Volunteering to help the vulnerable in our country as an Academy team not only provides aid, but also brings us together in a different and very
positive way.”
— William James, MD, FAAD

In an effort to inspire excitement and creativity among the youth, Dermatology in Action volunteers participated in landscaping and enhancing MBPAL’s entryway, assisted in the Media Center’s makeover by creating murals, and created a “Hall of Color” using colors of the local sports teams to brighten the dull brown walls of MBPAL’s second-floor hallway.

In addition, the Academy donated two temporary/movable shade structures, which will provide sun protection for youth activities. The Academy’s volunteer project truly spurred the organization into action and just a week later the City of Miami began additional renovations.

On March 23, Commissioner Jorge R. Exposito’s Annual Beach Cleanup will bring environmental awareness to spring breakers by using the SPOT Skin Cancer orange shade structures to provide shade for the participants while on the beach.