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In addition, the YMCA will offer a
nutrition education seminar each month.
For more information, email the Healthy
Living Director at the Rose Family YMCA in
Cranberry Township at [email protected].
STAGE RIGHT SUMMER
CAMP SHOWS TAKE ON
BULLYING
ROSE YMCA BLOOD
PRESSURE MONITORING
PROGRAM
The Million Hearts campaign was
launched in 2012 by the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services with the
goal of preventing one million heart attacks
and strokes by 2017.
As part of this effort to prevent
cardiovascular disease, the Y-USA designed
a program to reduce participants’ blood
pressure based on the successful “Check
It, Change It,” research study. The YMCA’s
Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring program
supports adults with high blood pressure
in developing the habit of self-monitoring
blood pressure and understanding the role
nutrition plays in pressure management
through personalized support.
The BPSM evidence-based program is
a four-month program designed to help
adults with high blood pressure develop the
habit of routine blood pressure monitoring.
The goals of the program are:
1) Reduce blood pressure
2) Develop new skills for managing
blood pressure
3) Gain the ability to identify and
control triggers that raise blood pressure
4) Increase confidence in adopting
healthier eating habits
Heart Healthy ambassadors from the
YMCA will take participants’ blood
pressure during face-to-face meetings
and will train participants to take their
own blood pressure accurately using
the American Heart Association ABCD
protocol.
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Students in Stage Right’s first camps of the
summer took on the serious issue of bullying,
and promoted the celebration of our differences.
The Greensburg performing arts school ran
two consecutive camps, one for teens, ages 14
through 18 and one for preteens, ages 7 through
13. The teens performed “Heathers The Musical
(High School Edition)” and the preteens
presented “Shrek The Musical Jr.” on June 30 and
July 1.
“This year 83 kids gathered at the studios to
sing dance and have a ball! The theme for the
first camp was ‘Our differences make us special.’
This idea is at the heart of both shows. For the
preteens with Shrek Jr., the story is about people
who feel like misfits, but in the end, they come
to realize that those differences are good and
empowering things. For the teens, this new
version of Heathers has been created to address
the issues with bullies that kids face in high
school. It created this discussion every day with
the kids about what they face and how they deal
with it. It’s been a really moving and cathartic
experience for everyone,” says Artistic Director
Tony Marino.
Stage Right was only the fifth theater
company in the world to perform “Heathers
The Musical (High School Edition).” The show,
which is a new adaptation of the Broadway
musical based on the 1990’s cult classic movie
of the same name, follows the story of Veronica
Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit
who hustles her way into the most powerful
and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the
Heathers. But before she can get comfortable
atop the high school food chain, she falls for the
wrong boy and finds herself ostracized by the
popular group. Adapted to be appropriate for a
teenage cast and audience, the show deals with
the important issues of teen suicide, bullying,
homophobia and gun violence.
Banner Reed, 15, from Greensburg, who
played Principal Gowan, says he felt a very deep
connection to this show.
Stage Right’s School of the Performing Arts
presented “Shrek The Musical Jr.” at the Greensburg
Garden and Civic Center. Pictured from left to
right: Emma Kate Angelo, 12, of Perryopolis;
Aleena Martin, 11, of Blairsville; Ben Federico, 13,
of Latrobe.
“I feel like the show was a perfect
representation of what happens when people
are on the edge, because I’ve been there. It’s
an important tale about how people are being
treated,” Banner says.
He also feels that playing the principal was
very important to the message of the show that
he hopes resonated with people.
“My character was a representative of my
school staff, and how they ignore [bullying] and
happily turn a blind eye to it. It’s necessary that
they don’t do that anymore, because clearly we
need to do something to change it now,” he says.
Maura Rygg, 15, of Harrison City, played
Heather Chandler. She said playing this role was
very fun, and interesting, to her.
“There’s many different angles to [the show]:
bullying, twisted love story, conquering your
enemies— all that stuff,” Maura says.
The young actress said it was fun to play
Heather Chandler but also really hard.