Executive Board Member Pot Luck!

Are you an EXECUTIVE board member? (This includes class reps, committee member appointees, and official positions)

Well... the BEST meeting of Fall semester is right around the corner! Yes, that's right, it's the December Pot Luck Meeting :)

Please sign-up on the Google Doc to bring an item for everyone to enjoy.  We need a lot of food, because for some reason this seems to be the meeting with the most attendance ;)

Click here to sign-up to bring a food item!

See you at the meeting: Sunday December 2nd in the Glass Classroom of the Learning Center 5pm-7pm. Executive board members only~ thanks!

Canned Food Drive Ends Monday Nov 19th!!

 Only one week left to get your canned donations in!!!!!

Who:  All Nursing Students!

What: Canned Food Drive: Donate canned fruits/veggies, pasta sauce, boxed cereal etc & reusable bags

When: Nov 5th-Monday Nov 19th!

Where: Drop donations off in your class boxes in the Learning Center

Why: To benefit a Food Bank called Grateful Hearts. This is the food bank members of The Village use & they also provide for U.S Veterans and disaster relief around the world.

This is the BUSIEST time of year for Grateful Hearts, so it would be great if we could provide them food to hand out JUST in time for Thanksgiving!! By donating food you are donating a little part of your heart to warm their home or dinner on this special day.

+1 point per can!
+2 points per reusable bag!

To learn more about the Grateful Hearts Organization, click here!

Volunteers are also needed to deliver the food items to the Food Bank: please contact Natalie Adame (adame.natalie@hotmail.com to volunteer your time :)

Annual College of Health & Human Services Student Mixer

 Who: Everyone!

What: College of Health & Human Services Student Mixer.
            Free food, refreshments, and bowling!

When: Tuesday, November 6th 11am-2pm

Where: USU bowling lanes

Why:  To encourage voting, the CHHS is holding an opportunity drawing for all CHHS students that shows proof of voting! Tons of prizes including CHHS Tshirts! 

Please stop by to meet other students of CHHS and bring your proof of voting to win prizes!

August, September & October Community Service Successes!

 School Supplies Drive: a total of 392 (yes you read that right:three HUNDRED and ninety two!) school supplies items were donated to the Long Beach Women's Shelter

Pediatric Cancer Dime Collection: a total of $802.20 was raised to be donated to the Jessie Rees Joy Jars Foundation to create jars of joy for kids battling cancer

Alive & Running 5K: 2 basic students and 1 trimester student supported suicide prevention and ran a 5k for this cause

Breast Cancer 5K: CSULB Nursing raised $646 buying pink bracelets & $835 from our tshirt sales! That's a total of $1481!! With the rest of the donations, the CSULB Nursing Team met our goal of $2,000 to go towards the fight against breast cancer! 

AND NOW FOR THE MID SEMESTER CLASS COMPETITION TOTALS!!!!!!

Basic: 559

Tri: 444

ADN/BSN: 238

ELM: 14

Starting Monday November 5th, CNSA will have more opportunities for your class to earn more points and help out the Long Beach Community during the Community Service Committee's Season of Giving. Stay tuned or contact your class rep next week! :) To earn +1 point for your class, purchase a BIG RED HEART for $1 to help show your dedication for Heart Disease Awareness (ends November 9th).

A Message from your CNSA Community Service Director: "Thank you thank you thank you to all our students and staff and family and friends who have helped us accomplish so much in only the first 3 months of our Fall 2012 semester.  Your selfless actions have helped those in need and have touched the lives and hearts of many. I am so proud but am also so much more thankful to be the Community Service Director of CNSA and to be surrounded by future and current nurses who inspire me through their actions. Also, the next time you see Brittany Flores, Emily Purdy, Jessica West, Minami Horiuchi, Ashley Murray, Allison Beilhes, Kelly Kamalasanit, Laura Allen, Alex Vidacs, Ali Foster, Mayumi Kaneko or Alissa Nguyen please thank them for all that they have done to make the community service committee so amazing!! None of our events would be possible without you girls- I'm so grateful for all your hard work and dedication" - Natalie Adame

It's October, which means you survived September alive!!

Here's a quote to get you through nursing school! Happy October everyone, stay positive and keep up the hard work! <3 Your CNSA Executive Board

Kick Off Party for American Heart Association Walk

Who: Everyone and anyone, especially you! Yes YOU!

What: Kick-off the Long Beach Heart Walk/Run sponsored by CNSA Community Service

When: Oct 3rd 2-3pm and 4-5pm

Where: USU Room 205 "Huntington Beach Room"

Why: Learn more about the American Heart Association walk that your CNSA Community Service Committee is promoting throughout the month of October! The walk is on November 10th and we would LOVE LOVE LOVE nursing students to join our CSULB Nursing Team, help fundraise through special events and activities we will be having through the month of October.

 At this event we will:
-Help you sign up for a team...it's free!
-Tell you more about our CNSA Nursing Halloween Party at the end of October "Heart Disease is Scary" that will benefit the American Heart Association fundraiser
-Share personal stories on how heart disease has touched our personal lives
-Tell you how you, as nursing student, can volunteer at our CNSA booth at the walk by taking blood pressures and measuring BMIs
-Get you super, way, totally, seriously and utterly STOKED for the walk on November 10th AND help spread awareness about heart disease: the #1 killer in America

Yes, it's super short notice, BUT I know Dr. McGuire's critical care class gets out at 1pm on Wednesday AND my 3rd semester basic students don't have class that day SO I'm calling you guys out!!! I will be speaking and telling my story about how I lost both of my grandpa's to heart disease at a young age and would LOVE you support <3

School Supplies Drive: ENDS FRI OCT 5th

Last day to donate school supplies to the Long Beach Women's Shelter will be Friday October 5th.  All the classes have items in their boxes and the community service committee is so thankful for ALL the great donations thus far!  Can you rally your class by Friday to catch up to Basic?!?  Here are the scores as of yesterday Sept 28th.......

CURRENT SCORE: 

TRI: 18 items 

ELM: 8 items 

Basic: 64 items 

ADN: 5 items

Looking good Tri! It's starting to fill up... can you RALLY the troops by Oct 5th?!

So proud of ELM! You finally have items in your box, this is great :)

Basic box: I had to remove items and store them elsewhere because your box filled up TWICE!!!

ADN: you're getting there! Keep up the great work.

 Interested in helping the community service committee deliver these items to the Long Beach Women's Shelter in October? Contact Natalie Adame: cnsacsulbcommunityservice@gmail.com

How To Buy A Shirt For the Breast Cancer Walk

CLICK THIS LINK TO FILL OUT A SHIRT ORDER FORM FOR THE BREAST CANCER WALK!!

$15.00 each! Give to Emily Purdy or Natalie Adame or your Reps BY MONDAY BY OCT 1st
OR! Email check made out to Emily Purdy or $15 cash to:
1371 Loma Ave, APT 304 Long Beach, CA
 

 

Come out and support breast cancer!

What: American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Walk

Where:  South Los Angeles (La Southwest College)

When: Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:00 AM

For SHIRTS:

Choose design one or two under the pictures on the event page on Facebook (CSULB Nursing Breast Cancer Walk).

Shirts are:
-15$ each
-Sizes: XS, S, M, L XL
-Colors: Plain white short sleeved Tshirts with Pink writing

I accept exact change and checks made out to Emily Purdy. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE DONATIONS THROUGH CSULB NURSING GROUP.

E-mail emily.purdy@student.csulb.edu and go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/csulbnursinghttp://main.acsevents.org/goto/csulbnursing

Go to: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/csulbnursing

American Heart Association Walk

Our goal: 100 team members

Our fundraising goal: $1,200

Think you can help us reach both of our goals?! 

Who: 

All semesters. This is a CNSA FAMILY EVENT which means bring your friends and family 

& anyone who wants to join!

What:

 1st American Heart Association Walk in Long Beach and FUNDRAISER

5K (3.1 miles) walk/run

Wellness fair

When:

 Saturday November 10 @ 8am

Where:

Shoreline Village

Why: 

• To raise awareness of the #1 killer in America, heart disease

• To volunteer at CNSA's wellness booth where we will measure blood pressure and BMI
• Fundraise for a good cause
• Compete against your CLASSMATES: +5 points for your class if you sign in at our booth at the walk and +1 point for every person you bring along who is not in the nursing program
• Compete against other organizations on campus; a few other clubs at our school have made teams and we told them we could get a bigger turnout than them ;)

 

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR TEAM IT'S FREE!

and don't forget to make a $5 donation! Keep your eye out for fun fundraising events that can help you earn more points for your classes :)

FLYER FOR THE WALK

Suicide Prevention Walk: Alive & Running 5K

 Who: All nursing students and faculty

What: Didi Hirsch's 13th annual 5K (3 mile) Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention!

It's free to sign-up

Go to: http://events.didihirsch.org/   Join a Team (at the top) > Type in “Team Sunflower Seeds” > Click on Join Team (then team will appear at bottom). Registration for the race is $25 but will be waived for CSULB nursing students (use discount code “csulb”).  If you can’t attend, we would still love for you to consider making a donation - of any amount - or to ask your friends and family to sponsor you.  :-)  Every bit helps!

When: Sunday Sept 23rd @ 7:30am

Where: North of LAX  Westchester Parkway at West 88^th Street and La Tijera Blvd in LA. 

Look for the BEACH flag when you arrive & meet up with April Kubachka

Why: You can help save lives by supporting the Alive & Running 5K Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention in memory of Kyle Kubachka (son of nursing graduate April Kubachka).  Proceeds directly benefit Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center, which serves Southern California. 

Class competition points: worth 15 points if you check in with Jade Palminteri jadepalminteri@gmail.com from 730am-8am email her for more info. AND 5 more points if you check in to the event and/or add CSU Long Beach CNSA on Facebook

RIP Kyle 1989-2008 (19)