Thank you for a Great Healthy Nurse Scholarship 5K

The New Hampshire Nurses Association just completed its second annual Healthy Nurse Scholarship 5K & Health Fair.  The day was cool and blustery, a perfect fall day.  Sixty-five registered runners/walkers participated in this event.

I would like to issue a special thank you to our event sponsors: Elliot Health Systems, Northeast Delta Dental, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Exeter Hospital, Splash Financial and Southern New Hampshire Health.  Without the support of these organizations this event would not be possible.  Check out the Virtual Exhibit Hall to learn more about these organizations.  Click Here

I would also l like to thank all of our Health Fair Exhibitors for sharing wellness information and performing health screenings with the event participants.  Thanks to:

• Adam Rembisz (Elliot Health System’s Trauma Program)
• American Medical Response (AMR) Ambulance Service
• Carol McIntyre (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses)
• Sue Camirand and Mariah Ferguson (Banyan Tree Yoga)
• Sue Nordemo (Monarch Health Coaching)
• Melinda Luther and Liza Allen (STTI-Epsilon Chapter)
• Gail Brown (NH Oral Health Coalition)
• Flavia Martin (Nashua Department of Public Health)
• Melissa Nichol and Amanda Cloutier (Amherst Family Chiropractic)
• Cate Lehan & Dr. Greg Rosic (Southern NH Internal Medicine Assoc.)
• Karen Kallie RN, MACP  Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
• Mark Wilson (Splash Financial)
• Terry Malek (Dartmouth-Hitchcock)
• Lindsey Dupuis (Southern New Hampshire Medical Center)

I want to thank members of the NHNA Board of Directors and the Commission on Nursing Practice for helping with set up and clean up and general help throughout the event, some of whom also participated in the 5K.  Thanks to Carlene Ferrier, Barbarajo Bockenhauer, Samantha Warren, Jennifer Johnson, Lyndsay Goss, Darby Thomas, Mary Ellen King, Carol Allen and Kathie Poplar.

Finally, but not least, I want to thank the members of the Rivier University Student Nurses Association, our co-hosts.  These student nurses helped with set up and clean up and directing runners along the race route.  Special thanks to their academic advisor, Jan Reale, for her help in coordinating the student team.