Community Service Update
2010 Community Health Theme
This year the National Student Nurses Association’s theme for Community Health is Get Fit, Stay Fit: Wellness, Fitness and Prevention. The wonderful thing about this theme is how wide-reaching it is; it will allow you to explore almost any project you can dream up! In addition, I would encourage you all to think about how you can make your Community Health project “green”. As nursing students we learn how to care for patients and their families and we can (and should) extend this conscientous attitude to the environment we all live in!
Please feel free to contact Mary Steimer, GANS Community Health Director, at gans.community@gmail.com for any questions or support.
Look for more details to come on community health project ideas and award applications!
NSNA Community Health Theme: Get Fit, Stay Fit: Wellness, Fitness, and Prevention
2009-2010 Goals
- Emphasize and encourage illness prevention and health maintenance
- Extend the Shaping-Up competition in order to promote individual health
- Emphasize a “go green” approach
How to get started: Project Directive
- Use this template to help you plan out your community service project
Calendar of National Health Observances
Update:
Holiday Party at Inner Harbour
On December 13, 2009 the GANS annual Holiday Party was held at Inner Harbour, a childhood behavioral health residential treatment program in Douglasville, GA. GANS board members and the children at Inner Harbour shared laughs while decorating gingerbread men and painting/constructing wooden toys. The children also received healthy snacks and small holiday treat bags prepared by Board members.
What’s new in Community Health?
We’ve finalized our community theme for this year and will be focusing on health promotion and senior citizens. Social isolation is a major mental health concern for seniors. The aim is to have a social event for senior citizens in the Atlanta metropolitan area to attend. Details to follow…
Spotlight on….
Operation Haiti Hope
GANS members will be collecting clothes, toiletries, medical supplies, nonperishable foods, baby items, and other general supplies to send to the earthquake victims in Haiti. Please consider starting a collection box at your school. For details contact Kathleen Kebe at gans1stvp@gmail.com.
Contact Information
If you would like help facilitating a service project at your school or have any questions, please contact Mary Steimer the 2009-2010 Community Service Director.
E-mail: gans.community@gmail.com