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Read about Safe Routes to School and Walk to School Day, Positive Pressure's Prescription Drug Take-Back, YAB's Show Me the Money Scholarship and Financial Aid Workshop, the Walk to End Alzheimer's, and much more!
Read about Safe Routes to School and Walk to School Day, Positive Pressure's Prescription Drug Take-Back, YAB's Show Me the Money Scholarship and Financial Aid Workshop, the Walk to End Alzheimer's, and much more!
Read about Safe Routes to School and Walk to School Day, Positive Pressure's Prescription Drug Take-Back, YAB's Show Me the Money Scholarship and Financial Aid Workshop, the Walk to End Alzheimer's, and much more!
Lace the kids shoes and grease the chains on their bikes
because International Walk (and Bike) to School Day
is Wednesday, October 8! Activate Bufalo County will be promoting the day and hopes to see a larger turnout than they did in May, where 80% of students at participating schools walked or biked to school. Events like these are great at building awareness, said Safe Routes to School Coordinator Kate Hannon. We want to create something thats more than just a day, though. Tese kids enjoy walking to school, and through our surveys weve seen that they want to walk to school. Were hoping to use the momentum of this day to help grow our eforts. Activate Bufalo County, through Safe Routes to School, is working to get students walking to school each week. Teyve helped implement the Walking Wednesdays program at Northeast Elementary, as well as a daily walking program at Park Elementary. In a recent parent survey conducted at fve Bufalo County schools, the coalition found that 59% of students lived within half a mile of school, while over 75% of students were driven to school each day. In addition, nearly 85% of students who lived within that half mile had asked their parents about walking or biking to school. Parents listed traf c, safety, and weather as the major barriers preventing them from allowing their child to walk or bike to school. Safe Routes to School is working with parents, principals, school staf, law enforcement, and city of cials to work towards creative solutions to improve safety and increase the number of students who walk and bike to school. Trough enforcement, education, and participation, we are working towards a safer community, Hannon said. Te City of Kearney has been a great partner and encourages parents, teachers, and community members to utilize Access Kearney to share city improvements and other comments. For more information on the Safe Routes to School program, visit ActivateBufaloCounty.com/srts or contact Safe Routes to School Coordinator Kate Hannon at 308-865-2288 or srts@bcchp.org. September 2014 RX Take-Back Walk to School Day Show Me the Money Hundreds of students and their parents joined Activate Bufalo County in walking or biking to school in May, and were hoping to see even bigger crowds next month! Bufalo County Community Partners Contact Information
Visit bcchp.org/board for complete board member listing or bcchp.org/contact for complete staf listing and contact form. General Information 308-865-2284 info@bcchp.org Denise Zwiener, Executive Director 308-865-2280 dzwiener@bcchp.org Lisa Reese Parish, Board Chair 308-237-6840 lparish@uwka.org Lace Your Shoes for International Walk to School Day October 8 Te Bufalo County Youth Advisory Board is teaming up with the University of Nebraska at Kearneys College of Education to present its annual Show Me the Money: Scholarship and Financial Aid Workshop. Te workshop will be held at the University of Nebraska at Kearneys College of Education building on Sunday, September 28, from 25 p.m. All college- bound students and their parents are welcome. Participants will learn: How parents and students can work together to develop a scholarship/fnancial aid game plan. Tips for laying the groundwork before senior year. Advice on how to build a college resume. Instruction on flling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. College admissions procedures. Te computer labs will also be open and advisors will be standing by to help students and parents develop scholarship search profles and begin their scholarship search on the spot. Show Me the Money is sponsored by the Bufalo County Youth Advisory Board with the support of the UNK College of Education and Bufalo County Community Partners. Admission is free, though donations to support the event and the Youth Advisory Board are welcome. To get the full listing of the afternoons workshops and register for the event, visit bcyab.org/showmethemoney. For other questions or to get more information, contact Youth Coordinator Mark Foradori at 308-865-2290 or bcyab@bcchp.org. Show Me the Money: Scholarship & Financial Aid Event Sept. 28 At the August Youth Advisory Board meeting, YAB members split into groups and discussed community service projects to do during Walk in the Copes Shoes. Te community-wide volunteerism event will be held September 12 and 13, and the YABBERs have quite a list of projects they plan to work on. Teir projects are: Visiting with the elderly and assisting however they can. Community beautifcation, including planting fowers and cleaning up trash near new construction areas. Collecting funds and items to donate to the S.A.F.E. Center. Group reading to children. Te YABBERs will be documenting their eforts and sharing them online. Check out YAB on the internet at bcyab.org, facebook.com/bcyab, and twitter.com/bc_yab to stay up to date on all the exciting things the board is doing this year. YAB Walking in Copes Shoes Dr. Matt Mims presents How to Be a Senior (For Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and their Parents) at the 2013 Show Me the Money event. One of the breakout groups at the YAB meeting discusses potential community service projects. Walk to End Alzheimers Sept 18 Te Walk to End Alzheimers is the worlds largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimers care, support and research. Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, this inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions. Te Kearney Walk to End Alzheimers will take place September 18 at the Peterson Senior Activity Center in Yanney Park. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., with the walk starting at 6 p.m. If youre interested in walking, visit bit.ly/alzwalkkearney to register or start a team. To learn more about the Community Coalition to Improve Alzheimers/Dementia Health, contact Terry Dunlop at tldunlop@yahoo.com. Te coalition meets the fourth Tursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at Community Partners of ce. Anyone interested in learning about the coalition or getting involved is welcome to attend. Tanks to our donors, weve raised over $78,000 of our $125,000 goal this year! Tank you to everyone who has partnered with us through a donation, volunteer eforts, or in any other way. Your contribution goes so far in helping us build a healthier Bufalo County! Jon & Leslie Abegglen Ag Dryer Sevices Inc. Jeremy & Angela Armagost Baer Foundation Dave & Angie Chally Dale & Elnida Chandler Jerry & Nancy Dulitz First National Bank Five Points Bank Good Samaritan Hospital Gene & Kathy Gosch Kearney Area Community Foundation Kearney Hub Event Center Operations, LLC Lesley LaFile Andrea Lowe McDermott & Miller CPAs Radu & Alexandra Neamu Dennis & Linda Neemeyer Tana Nelsen Con & Heidi Neverve New West Orthopaedic & Sports Rehab New West Sports Medicine & Ortho Surgery Donald Parish & Lisa Reese Parish Michael & Carol Renner Roger & April Roggasch Terry & Judi Sickler University of Nebraska at Kearney Dr. Jan Weber & Steve Buttress Wells Fargo Byron & Elaine Wiseman Tank You to Our August Donors: If you would like to partner with us through a fnancial donation, you may: Contact Denise Zwiener at 308-865-2280 or dzwiener@bcchp.org Donate on our website, bcchp.org, by clicking the blue Donate button. After collecting a whopping 400 lbs of unwanted, unused, and expired medications at the April Prescription Take-Back, the Bufalo County Sherrifs Of ce is set to have a record-breaking year of prescription collections. Te next Take-Back event is scheduled for Saturday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in the north parking lot. Volunteers from Positive Pressure, Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney/Holdredge Elks Lodge #984, and Two Rivers Public Health Department will be assisting the Sherrifs Of ce in collecting medications dropped of by community members. Drop-ofs are free and anonymous, and a great way to safely rid your medicine cabinets of old and unwanted medication. According to a study from Monitoring the Future, prescription medications are the second-most abused drug in America. In addition, 70% of prescription abusers got them from a friend or relative, while only 5% got them from a drug dealer or over the internet. Tese numbers show why it is so important to rid your medicine cabinets of expired or unwanted prescriptions. Join us September 27 and safely dispose of your old medicine. For more information, including a map and directions to the event, visit positivepressure.org/rxtakeback. Prescription Drug Take-Back Scheduled for September 27 Te Bufalo County Sherrif s Of ce organizes and leads the local Prescription Drug Take-Back. Over 400 lbs of unwanted and expired medications were collected in April. PO Box 1466 Kearney, NE 68848 We would like to thank Good Samaritan Hospital for providing printing and mailing services for our newsletter. Training in Intervention ProcedureS is a responsible beverage server training approved by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. Contact positivepressure@bcchp.org to register. Check bcchp.org/tips for future classes. If youre interested in volunteering with the HelpCare Clinic, contact kathygosch@ catholichealth.net. Coalition Connection Is your business interested in being involved in a worksite wellness program? Activate Bufalo County has joined forces with Wellness Works. Te Walk to End Alzheimers is September 18 at 6 p.m. at the Peterson Senior Activity Center. Visit bit.ly/alzwalkkearney to register and help give to Alzheimers research. YAB has some great events coming up, including the Show Me the Money: Financial Aid and Scholarship Workshop, and the Nebraska Youth Academy for Democracy. Visit bcyab.org to learn more. Dont miss the Prescription Drug Take-Back September 27. Safely dispose of your unwanted, unused, and expired medication to ensure your medicine cabinet is clean! Interested in learning more about Community Connections? Contact Ariane Aten at admin@bcchp.org or Sara Frias at sfrias@mnca.net. Join United Against Violence in working to help keep our children safe in our schools and our community. Call Youth Coordinator Mark Foradori at 308-865-2290 for more information. Were reviewing data collected during our three-year diabetes pilot program, Health HUB, in order to report healthcare saving to the community. Upcoming Classes: 9/14, 2-6 p.m. - On-Premise Sales