The Consumer Health Coalition will provide an overview of public health options and navigating the public health systems including medical assistance, CHIP and other free and low cost services. Leslie Bachurski, CHC’s Director of Consumer Navigation & Organizational Development, helps individuals and families navigate our complex health and human services system. If you know someone who is uninsured and needs assistance in applying for public health programs (such as Medical Assistance or the Children’s Health Insurance Program – CHIP), please have them call the CHC Helpline. The phone number is 412-456-1877 and our services are free.
Contact: Leslie Bachurski at the Consumer Health Coalition to schedule this program.
lbachurski[at]consumerhealthcoalition.org, (412) 456-1877
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Closure Speakers' Bureau
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation has been focused on raising awareness about end-of-life issues for several years. We have learned many valuable lessons from healthcare professionals and consumers alike and we are prepared to share them with your library patrons at no cost through our Speakers’ Bureau…in November or any time of the year.
Please open the attachment for a brief overview of this initiative. Then go to www.closure.org to learn more about the twelve modules on end-of-life issues called Closure 101. These are the topics that our speakers are prepared to share with the public. You may choose a single overview module for a one-time presentation or schedule a series that includes the lessons that you select. Our speakers are available for day or evening engagements. [Download the flyer]
The Bureau speakers are seasoned professionals with a passion for this work: physicians, social workers, attorneys, nurses, community outreach specialists and experienced consumers with hundreds of hours of experience among them. They have all been trained to present the interactive lessons to adults through lectures or PowerPoint presentations with accompanying handouts, like advance planning documents.
You may plan and schedule an engagement through an online request at www.closure.org or by calling Pam Vingle at 412-594-2583. We suggest a 6-8 week advance notice in order to schedule the right speaker for your audience.
November is the month for an important national observance. It’s
National Hospice/Palliative Care Month –the perfect time to raise
awareness among your patrons about end-of-life issues and advance
planning. Thank you for all of the good work that you do in your communities. We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact: Pam Vingle, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Centre City Tower 650 Smithfield Street, Suite 2400 Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-594-2583, vingle [at] jhf.org
Centre City Tower 650 Smithfield Street, Suite 2400 Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-594-2583, vingle [at] jhf.org
More about Closure:
Closure is an education, planning and outreach initiative, developed by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, focused improving the end-of-life experience. Its goal is to redefine quality care for people with serious illness by raising expectations and empowering them to seek a different healthcare experience at end of life— one that aligns with their values, beliefs and wishes, as well as their health status. Closure has two key components: Closure Community Conversations, which are designed to launch community dialogues about end-of-life issues and Closure 101, a curriculum of lessons developed to educate consumers and healthcare professionals about end-of-life issues and options.
The facilitated conversations include an initial overview of issues at the end of life, a clergy-led discussion of the influence of religion on end-of-life decisions, a two-part exploration of local tools and resources for advance planning, a candid conversation about individuals’ good and bad experiences at end- of- life, and a final session wherein participants develop a strategy/action plan for their community.
The Closure 101 modules cover twelve topics about serious illness and advance planning from the moment of diagnosis to grief and bereavement. The lessons were written by experts in easy to understand language for consumers. The lessons are available on www.closure.org in audio or readable formats. Site visitors complete an online assessment that directs them to the modules that will be most helpful to them. Organizations may schedule a lesson or a series of lessons through the Closure Speakers’ Bureau. How-To Guides will soon be available to implement Closure Community Conversations or Closure 101 in communities across the country.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Poetry Together: An Intergenerational Writing Experience
As part of the ACLA Intergenerational Academy we are pleased to announce the following opportunity:
Poetry Together: An Intergenerational Writing Experience
The four week program series will be held on Saturdays September 10, 17, 24 and October 1. Workshops will be 90 minutes including writing time. The fifth week will feature a community poetry reading from participants and teaching poets on Sunday, October 9 or Thursday evening, October 6.
Workshop size can range from 8 to 12 people with a 5-6 children and 5-6 adults. Participants will be asked to commit to all weeks of the series.
Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage program participants as well as new participants.
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Judith Robinson and Jay Carson
(Fall; Weekly; Approximately $50 for supplies)
Nomination Questions
To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.
Poetry Together: An Intergenerational Writing Experience
Poetry Together is a four week writing series for students in grades 3 through 6 and older adults to collaborate through the creative process led by poets Judith Robinson and Jay Carson. Poetry is, first of all, fun. It's fun to hear, and just as much fun to create. To create a poem takes imagination. Experience in the world also adds much to good poetry. This combination parallels what can happen when children and older adults work on poems together---a connection that can open doors of infinite poetic possibilities. What a great idea!
The four week program series will be held on Saturdays September 10, 17, 24 and October 1. Workshops will be 90 minutes including writing time. The fifth week will feature a community poetry reading from participants and teaching poets on Sunday, October 9 or Thursday evening, October 6.
Workshop size can range from 8 to 12 people with a 5-6 children and 5-6 adults. Participants will be asked to commit to all weeks of the series.
Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage program participants as well as new participants.
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Judith Robinson and Jay Carson
(Fall; Weekly; Approximately $50 for supplies)
Nomination Questions
To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.
- Library & requesting staff member names
- What audiences, organizations or individuals are you currently working with who could participate in or support an intergenerational program? (for example a teen advisory board, school, senior center, assisted living facility, other library staff members)
- Where to you see programs and services to youth and older adults in the next 5-10 years?
- What vision do you have for intergenerational programming at your library? (includes intentional and purposeful collaborations between children or teens and older adults on series or ongoing basis)
- If you could create any intergenerational program or services (with no staffing or budgetary restrictions), what would it be?
Voices Together: An Intergenerational Singing Experience
As part of theACLA Intergenerational Academy, we are pleased to announce the following opportunity:
Voices Together: An Intergenerational Singing Experience
Voices Together is a four week musical series for students in grades 5 through 8 and older adults to collaborate through the musical process. Ellen Gozion, local old songs and ballad singer, will demonstrate and lead traditional American folks songs, including story songs, love songs and party songs.
These will be fun singing circles, not voice lessons. Participants should enjoy singing, even if bashful about it. Being able to carry a tune is useful, and really nice voices are always enjoyed, but anyone with an interest in exploring singing traditional folk songs is welcome. We will begin singing as a group, and will break into very small groups each week to learn songs. Words to songs will be provided, but since we will practice learning songs from each other by ear, knowing how to read music will not be necessary.
The four week program series can begin on any Thursday between September 15 and October 6, ending date being between October 6 and 27 at an after school time. Workshops will be 90 minutes ending with an informal performance or "singing" for families/friends of the participants during the last portion of week four.
Workshop size can range from 8 to 12 people with a 5-6 children and 5-6 adults. Participants will be asked to commit to all weeks of the series.
Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage music program participants as well as new participants.
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Ellen Gozion
(Fall; Weekly; Approximately $50 for supplies )
Nomination Questions
To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.
Voices Together: An Intergenerational Singing Experience
Voices Together is a four week musical series for students in grades 5 through 8 and older adults to collaborate through the musical process. Ellen Gozion, local old songs and ballad singer, will demonstrate and lead traditional American folks songs, including story songs, love songs and party songs.
These will be fun singing circles, not voice lessons. Participants should enjoy singing, even if bashful about it. Being able to carry a tune is useful, and really nice voices are always enjoyed, but anyone with an interest in exploring singing traditional folk songs is welcome. We will begin singing as a group, and will break into very small groups each week to learn songs. Words to songs will be provided, but since we will practice learning songs from each other by ear, knowing how to read music will not be necessary.
The four week program series can begin on any Thursday between September 15 and October 6, ending date being between October 6 and 27 at an after school time. Workshops will be 90 minutes ending with an informal performance or "singing" for families/friends of the participants during the last portion of week four.
Workshop size can range from 8 to 12 people with a 5-6 children and 5-6 adults. Participants will be asked to commit to all weeks of the series.
Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage music program participants as well as new participants.
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Ellen Gozion
(Fall; Weekly; Approximately $50 for supplies )
Nomination Questions
To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.
- Library & requesting staff member names
- Preferred start date and time
- What audiences, organizations or individuals are you currently working with who could participate in or support an intergenerational program? (for example a teen advisory board, school, senior center, assisted living facility, other library staff members)
- Where to you see programs and services to youth and older adults in the next 5-10 years?
- What vision do you have for intergenerational programming at your library? (includes intentional and purposeful collaborations between children or teens and older adults on series or ongoing basis)
- If you could create any intergenerational program or services (with no staffing or budgetary restrictions), what would it be?
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Yoga Together: An Intergenerational Wellness Experience
As part of the ACLA Intergenerational Academy, we are pleased to announce the following opportunity:
Yoga Together: An Intergenerational Wellness Experience
Yoga Together is a six week wellness series for students in grades 3 through 6 and older adults to explore yoga with certified yoga instructor from Yoga in the Schools and Yoga on the Square. Yoga in Schools' vision is to make yoga available in all schools so that students and teachers develop mind-body awareness and the ability to nurture their own well-being. This series will feature yoga-inspired exercises to promote wellness for both younger and older participants.
Yoga Together: An Intergenerational Wellness Experience
Yoga Together is a six week wellness series for students in grades 3 through 6 and older adults to explore yoga with certified yoga instructor from Yoga in the Schools and Yoga on the Square. Yoga in Schools' vision is to make yoga available in all schools so that students and teachers develop mind-body awareness and the ability to nurture their own well-being. This series will feature yoga-inspired exercises to promote wellness for both younger and older participants.
- Breathing Exercises—to calm or to energize, to nourish and integrate the central nervous system
- Games/Activities—creative, systems-thinking based play to activate brain cells, improve mood and support non-competitive action
- Yoga Poses/Movements—grounding and invigorating the body and mind to dissipate tension, reduce stress and rebalance all systems of the body
- Time-in & Affirmations—time for self-reflection and whole brain processing to restore, recharge, and enhance learning more responsible ways of empowering the mind and body
The six week program series can begin in mid- to late-September at an after school time or on a weekend. Workshops will be 60 minutes with 45 - 50 minutes of instruction followed by journaling time. The last workshop will be extended for a show and tell for students to share with family and friends what they have learned.
Workshop size can range from 8 to 15 people with a combination of children and adults. Participants will be asked to commit to 5 of the 6 weeks.
Each hosting library will be responsible for sharing and collecting brief pre- and post-surveys and photo release forms to participants; providing total attendance; and completing a concluding library survey. Hosting libraries will also be responsible for creating a local follow up intergenerational program that will engage program participants as well as new participants.
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Yoga in Schools and Yoga on the Square
(Fall; Weekly; Up to $50 of supplies costs)
Library nominations will be accepted through Tuesday, August 16. Selected libraries will be notified before August 19. To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the questions below.
In partnership with Yoga in Schools and Yoga on the Square
(Fall; Weekly; Up to $50 of supplies costs)
Nomination Questions
To nominate your library email leonettec [at] einetwork.net with answers to the following questions. For more information call Charity Leonette.
- Library & requesting staff member names
- Preferred start date and time
- What audiences, organizations or individuals are you currently working with who could participate in or support an intergenerational program? (for example a teen advisory board, school, senior center, assisted living facility, other library staff members)
- Where to you see programs and services to youth and older adults in the next 5-10 years?
- What vision do you have for intergenerational programming at your library? (includes intentional and purposeful collaborations between children or teens and older adults on series or ongoing basis)
- If you could create any intergenerational program or services (with no staffing or budgetary restrictions), what would it be?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Pittsburgh Six
Time: 1.5 to 2 hours
Fee: $200, or sell books on your site and promise an audience of at least 25 patrons and we'll come for free
Contact:
Kathyn Miller Haines, kathrynmillerhaines [at] mac.com
Kathyn Miller Haines, kathrynmillerhaines [at] mac.com
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