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Caring Bear Picnic

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Description

The Caring Bear Picnic is a health and safety event for children up to age 12. Through hands-on activities, both children and parents learn how to live healthy lifestyles. A few key areas of focus are: heart and lung health, children's exercise activities, nutritious snacks, preventing the spread of germs, and summer safety activities including a bicycle safety rodeo. The hospital's volunteer team offers a Teddy Bear Clinic which provides each child's favorite stuffed animal with a wellness check-up. The Caring Bear Picnic is offered in partnership with community agencies.

Goal / Mission

The mission of the Caring Bear Picnic is to educate children and parents on how to live healthy lifestyles through hands-on activities.

Impact

For over 30 years, the Caring Bear Picnic has educated children and parents on how to live healthy lifestyles through hands-on activities.

Results / Accomplishments

The Caring Bear Picnic has been in operation for over 30 years and continues to draw in families from throughout the county.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
St. Mary's of Michigan Standish Hospital
Primary Contact
Holly Shillair
805 W. Cedar
Standish, MI 48658
(989) 846-3446
holly.shillair@stmarysofmichigan.org
http://www.stmarysofmichigan.org/standish
Topics
Health / Children's Health
Health / Physical Activity
Health / Prevention & Safety
Organization(s)
St. Mary's of Michigan Standish Hospital
Geographic Type
Rural
Location
Arenac County, MI
Target Audience
Children, Families
Submitted By
Holly Shillair

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.