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McDurmott, and Emily Neaville did a
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fantastic job of recruiting their fellow ing all around the fair.
The exercise station demonstrated
classmates to participate and were also
responsible for making arrangements 3-4 ways the kids should be physically
with each of the elementary schools. active and still have fun, including play-
Approximately 40 College of Medi- ing tag, jumping jacks and jump rope.
cine Freshman students volunteered They also taught a mini hip hop/exer-
to spend an hour and a half of their cise dance to the kids, and they loved
“study” time in support of the project. it. Finally, the summer safety station
The Spring Health Fair for 2011 emphasized the importance of sun-
was held in April at Brady Elemen- screen when playing outside and why
tary School. The fair was organized helmets should be worn when bike rid-
such that there were 5 “stations” to- ing, skateboarding or rollerblading.
At the end of the fair, each student
tal. Approximately 50 5th grade stu-
dents and some 4th grade students was given printed educational materi-
from the school participated. Stu- als with a summary of the topics pre-
dents were divided into 5 teams and sented along with a “gift bag” of items
rotated through the different stations to reinforce the station topics. These
spending 10 minutes at each station. included a healthy snack, a sample
At the eating healthy station, medical size of sunscreen, a toothbrush, tooth-
students taught them about the 5 food paste, a jump rope, and a bottle of
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