July 14. Our friends at SPIFFY (Strategic Planning Initiative For Families & Youth) Coalition; a part of the Hampshire County Collaborative for Educational Services invite teens to join them at a special planning event:
CALLING ALL YOUTH CHANGEMAKERS!
Who: Hampshire County teens are invited
When: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022,...
Nurse's Updates
June 28, 2022: Save this date: Saturday July 23!
HEADS Up announces the resumption of Water Palooza; a 2 mile walk/ run / get wet family event to be held on Saturday, July 23 stepping off at 10:00 am adjacent to the Hatfield Public Library at 29 Main Street.
Designed to raise awareness and funds to support community mental health promotion activities...
June 24, 2022. Summer is finally here with warmer & longer days. We thank and appreciate all who managed getting through the school year filled with challenges brought about by Covid. Our hearts go out to families who have lost a loved one and / or endured symptoms of PASC (Post-Acute Sequelae SARS COV2) infection, aka: "Long Covid". ...
June 10, 2022. Our friends at the Hatfield Council on Aging and the Hatfield Board of Health invite eligible families to register for the:
Covid Vaccine Clinic
Ages: 12+ and Ages: 5-11. June 15: 10 am - 12 pm
Hatfield Senior Center 59 Main St. (Town Hall)
The Hatfield Board of Health presents: Free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic...
June 3, 2022. The Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region has stated the following:
Any drug purchased illicitly off the street or from the internet should be assumed to contain fentanyl and could be deadly.
Details from their letter to parents are listed here.
The Task Force has provided a link to the DEA: One Pill can Kill Campaign to raise...
May 17. 2022. It's hard to talk about the impact of racism on mental and societal health when the unthinkable has happened. Again.
The tragic mass shooting of 13 people, 11 of whom were African American, at a Buffalo Supermarket followed by a mass shooting at a Los Angeles Taiwanese Church in one weekend have left many of us overwhelmed. We...
May 11, 2022: Today is National School Nurse Day. We know that we could not do what we do without the tremendous support shown to us by all HPS families and staff. We especially acknowledge all of the nurses during "Nurse Appreciation Week" (we nurses like to claim an entire week for our profession). Several Nursing Assistants, LPNs, RNs, and Advanced Practice Nurse...
May 10, 2022: Our friends at the Easthampton Health Department, Hampshire Hope, and the Healthy Youth Coaltion are sponsoring a free virtual Community Narcan (naloxone) Training on Monday, May 16. Considering joining in on this helpful opportunity to learn how to save a life. More details are available in the attached flyer.
May 3: Join our friends at *HEADS Up and ** HEART at a community screening plus panel presentation of Race to be Human at 6:30 pm at Hatfield Elementary School. A brief panel presentation of local speakers will immediately follow.
More information to follow!
*Hatfield Embraces Acceptance & Dismantles Stigma: an all-volunteer organization...
April 29: Our friends at HEADS Up invite students in grades 4-12 to create a work of art celebrating a famous person who has shown courage in living with their mental health challenge. All entries will be featured at upcoming HEADS Up events with prizes to be awarded to one winning entry from each school to be judged by a panel of volunteers from HEADS Up.
Entries may be...