1 / 15

Saginaw High School Health Occupational Students of America

Saginaw High School Health Occupational Students of America. Saginaw High School HOSA. HOSA Mission Statement.

skule
Download Presentation

Saginaw High School Health Occupational Students of America

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Saginaw High SchoolHealth Occupational Students of America Saginaw High School HOSA

  2. HOSA Mission Statement • The mission of HOSA is to enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care by providing opportunities for knowledge, skill and leadership development of all health science technology education students, therefore, helping students to meet the needs of the health care community.

  3. Membership Applications • Please get a membership application form and return to sponsor ASAP. Forms will be located on the SHS HOSA website.

  4. Elections • President: KatherynLehri Dakota Van Voast • Vice President – Taylor Franklin Justin Joyce Essence Terry • Secretary – • Media Relations -

  5. Dues • $20 by Thurs Oct 4, 2012 • Dues include the HOSA t-shirt

  6. Community Service • You will be expected to attend the following events: • SHS Fall Carnival on Wed Oct 24th. • EMS-ISD Jingle Bell Jog (assisting with putting on the event…not jogging!) Sat Dec 8th. • One spring event to be determined • All seniors wishing to wear the HOSA chord at graduation will have to complete community service events to ordering a chord • If you are unable to attend an event, you will need to notify sponsors in advance. You will be expected to make up community service hours and will need verification by a sponsor.

  7. Fall Carnival - WED Oct 24th • Please sign up for a shift during the fall carnival to work our HOSA tables • -one table will be having games for kids to participate in for Halloween • -one table will be selling pink breast cancer awareness items

  8. Think Pink • We need volunteers to sell items for October breast cancer awareness month. A portion of proceeds will be given to breast cancer research. • Please only sign up for the lunch period that you can attend. • Mrs. Traylor and Mrs. McGuire will bring the items to lunch room. You will be responsible for selling items at a table. You can eat while you sell the items. The “C” lunch person will need to return items to Mrs. Traylor’s room.

  9. Breast Cancer Awareness Items Sold by HOSA- Oct 9-31st during lunch Pink Camo Bag $5.00 Awareness Measuring Spoons $3.00 “Hope”- Jewelry style lapel pin $3.00 Inspirational Tattoos $0.25 Glitter Sticker Tattoos $0.50 Pink Ribbon Pens $0.50 Animal Print Lanyards $2.00 Pink Inspirational Bracelets $1.00 Pink Bandanas $3.00 *Items may be purchased at lunch

  10. What’s the deal with Zombies? • There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you joined us, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.

  11. A recent national poll by Adelphi University Center for Health Innovation  surveyed 1,000 Americans about their personal preparedness behaviors and the results show that we’re not ready: • More than half of Americans have not prepared copies of crucial documents • 48% of Americans lack emergency supplies for use in the event of a disaster

  12. 42% of cell phone owners do not know all their immediate family members phone numbers • More than half of parents do not have a designated meeting place in case of a disaster

  13. Center for Disease Control: • "If you are equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack.“ • So, we are going to • make a kit • make a plan • and be prepared!

  14. Starting in November, we spend some time during each meeting discussing what is needed in our “disaster kit” • HOSA members can build kit at home and submit them for competition (Feb 2013)– winner will receive cash prize

  15. Want to win $25? • Poster contest - Design and create a poster illustrating ways to be prepared for emergencies. Examples of preparedness tips include: assembling a kit, creating a family plan, knowing evacuation routes, and knowing where to get information. Winners can be based on originality, amount of information, and impact. • Posters must be presented at meeting in November • Winner will be selected by panel of teachers

More Related