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MN HOSA is the FIRST State Medical Reserve Corps Unit
Jan 27th
After going through the timely process to make it official, MN HOSA was accepted as a Medical Reserve Corps Unit in December. It is to be considered the first “State” Unit. We will be working with the Department of Health- Emergency Preparedness and other MRC units throughout the state to train and teach others to become prepared for devastating as well as everyday emergencies that can happen to anyone. We have already identified a student /advisor committee but are willing to add HOSA chapters as they become ready. This is a get accomplishment for MN HOSA and we are very proud of it.
Congratulations MN HOSA Medical Reserve Corps!!
Contact Candy for more information- cmleopold@minnesotahosa.org
JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes : Feb 25, 2012
Jan 27th
REGISTER Now for the 2012 Walk to Cure Diabetes and “Make Every Step Count”! Last year we raised an amazing $1,965,000 http://www2.jdrf.org/site
HELP find better treatments and a cure for type 1 diabetes. This year our goal is to raise $2.2 million and with your support, we know we will reach this! So, please join us again for a day of entertainment, activities, food, special attractions, and plenty of fun!
WALK Day Details:
Date: February 25, 2012
Location: Mall of America
Time: 8:00 AM
There are many ways you can participate:
- Join a team. If your team captain has set up your team, you can search for your team and join in the fun.
- Start last year’s team. You can now recreate last year’s team.
- Start your own team. You’ll automatically be assigned as the Team Captain.
- No team? No problem! Register to walk as an individual.
- Can’t make it to the walk this year? Register as a virtual walker!
So, don’t delay a minute longer – register now. We look forward to seeing you on Walk day.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at (952) 851-0770 or kfischer@jdrf.org .
Check out all information on www.hosa.org website.
More JDRF Information (PDF)
See you there!!
Pizza Fundraiser
Jan 5th
Minnesota HOSA is teaming up with Shelton Pizza to bring great tasting pizza to your door, for a great cause. To support Minnesota HOSA. Shelton Family Pizzas are handmade right in the Northland using the finest ingredients, including specially blended 100% real cheese. Just click the PayPal button and select your favorites to order, and it’s as simple as that.
Thanks for supporting Minnesota HOSA, and using Shelton Family Pizza too!
Cost for fundraiser pizzas :
Individual Pizzas: $9 ea.
Value packs: $25
- Variety Value Pack- 1 Garlic Cheesy Bread, 1 Pepp & Ital Sausage Pizza, and 1 Pizza Fries
- Family Value Pack- 1 Pepperoni, 1 Italian Sausage and 1 Supreme
All Flavors:
-Pepperoni
-Italian Sausage
-Supreme
-Garlic Chicken Alfredo
-Pepperoni & Italian Sausage
-Four Meat
-Bacon Cheeseburger
-Hawaiian Hurricane
-Cheese
-Breakfast
-Cheesy Garlic Bread
-Pizza Fries with Pizza dipping sauce
HOSA State President Attends Washington DC Leadership Academy
Oct 5th
Mariah Jo Wanless, junior at Blaine High School and President of Minnesota Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) attended Leadership Academy September 17-20, 2011 in Washington D.C.
While at the Leadership Academy, Mariah Jo received leadership training to prepare her for the duties of State President this year. She was able to meet with representatives from Senators Klobuchar and Franken’s offices. She also met with representatives from the offices of Congressmen Cravaack and Kline.
Mariah Jo participated in the National HOSA conference last June in Anaheim, California, where she attended numerous training and medically related education sessions. She intends to pursue a career as a medical doctor, possibly specializing in pediatrics.
HOSA is a career and technical student organization dedicated to the personal, academic and professional development of students interested in health science professions. Minnesota HOSA has over 700 student members who are eligible to participate in 58 academic and profession-based competitive events at the state and national level. These events include Medical Spelling and Math, Job Seeking Skills, Medical Terminology, Nursing Assistant, Career Health Display, and CPR. Blaine High School is working with the Anoka County Medical Reserve Corps in a partnership to increase community health practices and emergency preparedness.
2011 National HOSA Leadership Conference Photos & Winners Listing
Aug 3rd
| EVENT | PLACE | WINNER | TEAM MEMBERS |
| Creative Problem Solving | 4 | Coon Rapids High School | Marissa Wraalstad, Alannah Evelius, Angela Burt |
| Dental Terminology | 5 | Northeast Metro 916
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Ann Marie Johnson |
| Forensic Medicine | 4 | STEP | Gavindra Persaud, Ashley McIntyre |
| Health Education | 2 | St. Cloud Tech High School | Sarah Blonigen; Mickey Moran; Pragathi Paari |
| Health Education | 4 | Northeast Metro Career & Technology Center | Laura Sundmark; Aaron Despen |
| Job Seeking Skills | 5 | St. Cloud Tech High School | Melissa Jensen
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| Nursing Assisting | 3 | Duluth Secondary Technical Center | Lindsey Olson |
| Extemporaneous Health Poster | 6 | STEP | Erica Donley |
Recognition Awards
| Recognition | Recipient | School |
| Outstanding HOSA Leader | Kim Mueller
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Mankato High School |
| 2011 National Service Project – JDRF | Duluth Secondary Tech
Mankato High Schools MN HOSA Board Northeast Metro 916 Northeast Metro 916 Northeast Metro 916 St. Cloud Tech High School |
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| Barbara James Service Award
*100-174 hours, Bronze Level **175-249 hours, Silver Level ***250 or more hours, Gold Level |
Melissa Jensen***
Pragathi Paari* Jasmine Schumaker* |
St. Cloud Tech High School |
| 2011 Outstanding State Leader | Lindsey Kleinow
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Mankato High School |
| 2011 National Recognition Program | Lindsey Kleinow
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Mankato High School |
| 2011 HOSA Week Participants | Michelle Muehlberger | Duluth Tech Center |
| 2011 National Officer Candidate | Zachary Eich | St. Francis High School |
2011-2012 theme is “HOSA: It’s In Our Hearts to Keep yours Beating” submitted by Ohio HOSA
MRC and MN HOSA Partner for – “A fun day with local kids”
Aug 3rd
Chaska Safety Camp on July 21, 2011 provided twelve different topics on safety and preparedness to 113 local 3rd & 4th grade children. Campers six teams and moved around the park with their counselors to each presentation. Our presentation “Local Emergencies and Making a Family Emergency Go-Kit” was staffed by three volunteers from MRC of Carver County and volunteers Zach, Mariah and Lindsey from Minnesota HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). Teams taught young campers about local emergencies caused by Mother Nature and by people. As our photos show, we used Maryland Advance Practice Center’s “PLAN9″ go-kit model as our guide to choose the most essential supplies to help sustain a family in an emergency situation. The campers chose supplies that were numbered to correspond with numbered items on the PLAN9 poster. Three small groups, with two volunteer leaders each, gathered around the picnic tables. When the kids departed our session, each was given a mini-PLAN9 poster with an expanded essential supplies list on the back to share with their parents. It was a very worthwhile event! The HOSA connection is the first by an MRC unit in Minnesota.
2011 North Region Mid Winter Competition Photos & Winners
Mar 15th
| Event | Place | Student/School |
| Medical Terminology | First Place | Hailey Wilson/STC |
| Second Place | Sonja Barr/ STC | |
| Third Place | Nicole Larson/ Alex Crider/ STC | |
| Fourth Place | Elsie Rovise/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Kristina Medved/ STC | |
| Concepts of Health care | First Place | Alexa Athey/STC |
| Second Place | Alaina Marshall/STC | |
| Dental Terminology | First Place | Courtney Crick/STC |
| Medical Spelling | First Place | Hailey Wilson/ STC |
| Second Place | Nicole Larson/STC | |
| Third Place | Alexa Athey/STC | |
| Fourth Place | Aurora Maki/STC | |
| Rescue Breathing | First Place | Stevie Zigich/STC |
| CPR & First Aid | First Place | Clarissa Leino/STC
Lindsey Olson /STC |
| Second Place | Bree Pederson/STC | |
| Home Health Aide | First Place | Lindsey Olson/STC |
| Second Place | Olivia Olson/ Olson | |
| Third Place | Clarissa Leino/ STC | |
| Fourth Place | Rachel Pritchard/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Corrinda Parendo/STC | |
| Nursing Assistant | First Place | Olivia Olson/ STC |
| Second Place | Lindsey Olson/STC | |
| Third Place | Cassie E. Nelson/STC | |
| Fourth Place | Alaina Marshall/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Mary Hannula/STC | |
| Extemporaneous Speaking | First Place | Alexa Athey/STC |
| Prepared Speaking | First Place | Elizabeth Glowacki/STC
Alexa Athey/STC |
| Medical Photography | First Place | Taylor Thiry/STC |
| Extemporaneous Health Poster | First Place | Taylor Thiry/STC |
| Second Place | Cassie Nelson/STC | |
| Third Place | Rikkie Meyers/Esko | |
| Fourth Place | Sam Berg/Esko | |
| Fifth Place | Jessie Olson/STC | |
| Job Seeking Skills | First Place | Alyssa Gallian/STC |
| Second Place | Olivia Olson/STC | |
| Third Place | Mary Hannula/STC | |
| Career Health Display | First Place | Sonja/Aili/STC |
| Second Place | Alyssia / Courtney/STC | |
| Third Place | Sam / Matt/Esko | |
| Fourth Place | Cora/Taylor/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Elizabeth/Kristi/STC | |
| Creative Problem Solving | First Place | Sonja/Caileigh/Krista/STC |
| Second Place | Beth/Clarissa/Lindsey/STC | |
| Third Place | Corrinda/Rachel/Dani/STC
Cora/Mary/Krista/STC |
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| Fourth Place | Alex/Michelle.Hailey/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Bree/Nicole/Stevie/STC | |
| HOSA Bowl | First Place | Team Orla/STC |
| Second Place | Team BBE/STC | |
| Third Place | Team RBC’s/Esko | |
| Fourth Place | Team Awesome/STC | |
| Fifth Place | Team PPE/STC |
2011 MN HOSA State Conference
Mar 11th
2011 MN HOSA State Conference Agenda
2011 MN HOSA State Conference Educational Sessions
A little over two months ago we heard about a tragic event in Arizona with the shooting of many people including Congresswoman Giffords. In a newswire soon after the tragedy we read-
HOSA- Future Health Professionals applaud the heroic efforts of former HOSA member Daniel Hernandez during the Tragic shootings in Tucson, AZ. His Quick and selfless actions saved the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and contributed to immediate attention to the victims prior to the arrival of emergency medical services.
Do you know that you have young people just like Daniel in Minnesota- attending high school and taking programs that lead to a future in healthcare professions? Did you know that you are living in the same state as some top National high school finalists in Emergency Preparedness as the best EMT teams throughout the nation? And they are still in high school?
MN HOSA has been making a name for themselves at the National Leadership HOSA conferences as an increasingly top state in high standard health science students in many areas as future healthcare professionals.
MN HOSA is one of the 47 states that are affiliated with the national career and technical organization that is helping students build on their career goals in healthcare. The mission is to promote career opportunities in healthcare and to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare to all people. AND it is 100% Healthcare in all of its functions and activities.
March 22nd – 24th MN HOSA is holding its State Leadership Conference at the Best Western Kelly Inn and St. Cloud Civic Center with over 275 students competing in over 40 healthcare events that will challenge them in areas that build on their classroom knowledge and skills and recognize their service in community service projects and leadership activities that will make them the highly qualified healthcare professionals that we need in Minnesota.
We would be honored to have you come and watch your future healthcare workforce that has already begun in the high school classroom and that will make them eligible to take their accomplishments once again to the National HOSA Leadership Conference in June and once again make us proud to be in Minnesota as well as confident in high leveled health care in our healthcare facilities and our state’s Emergency Preparedness. Although we would NEVER want to have happen what happened in Arizona, I know that this group of students is prepared to do just that.
The date again is Tuesday, March 22nd in the afternoon, All day on Wednesday, March 23rd and the Awards Session and Closing is Thursday morning, March 24th. We will be at the Best Western Kelly Inn, 100 4th AV S, St. Cloud, MN.
I know that it is a very busy time for you, but it would mean so much to us to know that you are aware of their hard work in the future of healthcare. It is one of those- “You have to see it to believe it”.
Please RSVP to Candy at cmleopold@minnesotahosa.org or 612-590-4808
Sincerely,
Candy Leopold, MN HOSA State Advisor
National Guard Leadership Camp
Mar 2nd
ALL HOSA MEMBERS
SAVE THIS DATE!!!
May 2 & 3 , 2011
We are looking for the BESTof the BEST
MN HOSA Partnership and the MN National Guard for the First HOSA Leadership Camp in Little Falls,MN at Camp Ripley
Live the life of a Miltary Person
Experience training sessions to build endurance both Physically and Mentally
Learn to be a Leader in Healthcare and in life.
Build your HOSA Confidence!
Have Fun!!
Details in March.
