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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.

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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.

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