School Nurse Leadership Training in National Spotlight
Training Prepares Nurses to Create Change for School Health
Since HSC began providing school nurse leadership training in 2006, 67 nurses representing more than 225 schools have graduated from the intensive three-part training on leadership and school health.
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| Graduates of the school nurse leadership program environmental health training in Springfield, Ill. |
The training is presented as a partnership between HSC, the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Nursing and National Louis University, making it a uniquely effective model that has attracted national attention from nursing and public health leaders interested in providing leadership training to school nurses.
Sessions focus on school wellness or environmental health, with an emphasis on strategies for creating informed, research-based change in schools. Ninety-seven percent of participants report improvement in their leadership skills, and similar numbers of participants report that the training helped them create change in their schools.
Project director Donna Fishman and HSC board member Martha Bergren delivered a presentation about the program to a packed room at the National Association of School Nurses conference in Albuquerque in June, and shared information with hundreds of other nurses at the HSC booth.
Next, HSC is launching a School Nurse Leadership Training program in Oct. 2008 tailored specifically to the needs of certified school nurses in the Chicago Public Schools system. The training kicked off this week with a special session for nursing managers.
Learn more at the school nurse resource center »
HSC Welcomes New Sponsors and Host Committee Members for Cooking up Change
Opportunities Plentiful for Individuals and Organizations to Get Involved
HSC is pleased to announce a growing team of generous sponsors for our annual benefit, Cooking up Change. The benefit, to feature the second annual Healthy Cooking Contest, will take place on Oct. 23 at Salvage One.
Individuals and organizations can get involved as sponsors of the event or the cooking contest, and individuals can also join the event’s host committee.
We’re thrilled to announce that Kelly Dettmann has signed on as chair of the event; Applegate Farms has signed on as the Presenting Sponsor of the Healthy Cooking Contest, T-fal has signed on as the Platinum Sponsor of the contest, and Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality is sponsoring the School Meal category of the contest.
We’re also delighted to welcome Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, School Health Corporation, and Illinois Education Association - IPACE as sponsors at the Champion level; SEIU Local 1 as a sponsor at the Leader level; Alderman Vi Daley, Primera Engineers, Organic Valley Family of Farms, McCain Foods and United Supply Service at the Advocate level; and University Professionals of Illinois and AIA Illinois at the Supporter level.
Sincere thanks go out to the generous and energetic members of our growing host committee, a group central to the success of Cooking up Change.
Learn more or get involved as a sponsor or host committee member »
Meet the HSC Marathon Team
HSC's team running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is taking great steps forward on training and fundraising for this world-class athletic event. You can be part of this remarkable effort by joining or supporting the HSC team!
HSC also has a limited number of bibs available for the ING New York City marathon, with no lottery required! To learn more, contact Allison Krass at 312-560-4994.
In each newsletter, we'll introduce another member of our team:
| "I ran my first Chicago Marathon 20 years ago. 1988 was a milestone year. I got married, and ran my personal best marathon! Of course, I never considered that it would be my fastest marathon for all time. Throughout my twenties and then my thirties, I assumed I could run that 26.2 miles just a little faster. It’s amazing the perspective your forties bring.
Over the years, I traded in all those running hours for volunteer hours and have been active with the boys’ schools over the past few years. I’ve climbed the volunteer ladder, and this year will proudly be co-president of the Kingsley School PTA. While doing research for this event and the upcoming year, a friend forwarded me a link to the Healthy Schools Campaign website. “Clean Environment, Healthy Children, Better Education,” was at the top of the page. Everything we’re striving for! And in the middle of the page, “Run for Healthy Schools…register today.” Before I really knew what I was doing, I had joined the Healthy Schools Campaign Team and registered to run the Chicago marathon. What better way to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my first Chicago marathon than by running one more time to raise money and awareness for Healthy Schools Campaign. So I’m back on the road running those long miles and loving it! I’m not chasing that personal record, not thinking about losing weight -- I am running with the number one motivation of benefiting our children.
Over the past 20 years, it is the best reason I’ve ever had for running a marathon." Anne Honzel, Evanston Ill. Read Anne’s entry on the HSC blog or support her run » |
Thanks to Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s weekly news quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! for serving as our Honorary Team Captain.
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