NJ HOSA Winter Newsletter

Volume 8, Issue 2 Winter 2014

Inside This Issue

Northern Regional Winners 2-6

Northern Regional Conference 6

Southern Regional Winners 7-10

Southern Regional Conference 11

Health Care Happenings 12

Member Spotlight 13

Chapter Events 14

Member at Large Mail 15

HOSA Reminders 16

Contestant State Chapter Rank DENTAL TERMINOLOGY Samip Thakore Morris County School of Technology 1 Leslie Hoyos Passaic County Tech 2 Ashley Garcia Passaic County Tech 3 Jahvon Devine-Jones Passaic County Tech 4 Abraham Onifade Passaic County Tech 5 Neha Pareddy Morris County School of Technology 6 Maria Nino Passaic County Tech 7 Shamshad Azimi Passaic County Tech 8

MEDICAL MATH Chengru Long HCST - County Prep 1 Zack Shinkar Bergen County Academy 2 Anthony Xu Bergen County Academy 3 Paul Jung Bergen County Academy 4 Eugene Han Bergen County Academy 5 Marshall Guo Bergen County Academy 6 Daniel Jin Bergen County Academy 7 Dennise Cortes Passaic County Tech 8

MEDICAL SPELLING David Cordoba Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 1 Euna Hur Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 2 Payal Shah Passaic County Tech 3 Shreya Vodapalli Morris County School of Technology 4 Aneeka Ayar Academies at Englewood 5 Forum Mangrola Morris County School of Technology 6 Shiann Hernandez Mary Help of Christians Academy 7 Riana Joseph Morris County School of Technology 8

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Catalina Guzman Passaic County Tech 1 Lathan Liou Bergen County Academy 2 Akshay Swaminathan Bergen County Academy 3 Divya Makkapati Morris County School of Technology 4 Danielle Victoriano Morris County School of Technology 5 Nicole Jisoo Kim Bergen County Academy 6 Serena Siu Academies at Englewood 7 Alexandra Park Bergen County Academy 8

KNOWLEDGE TEST – HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Victoria Yam Bergen County Academy 1 Natalia Chmielowska Bergen County Academy 2 Jinny Yoo Bergen County Academy 3 Shivam Parekh Morris County School of Technology 4 Nisha Godbole Morris County School of Technology 5 Ianna Arthur Morris County School of Technology 6 Nourhan Ibrahim Morris County School of Technology 7 Grace Kim Bergen County Academy 8

LIFE SUPOORT SKILLS

Jack Albor Union City High School 1 Abigail Gibson Orange High School 2

PERSONAL CARE

Germanya Mejia Union City High School 1 Genesis Castillo Passaic County Tech 2


Contestant State Chapter Rank KNOWLEDGE TEST – MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS

Jason Carvalho Morris County School of Technology 1 Julian Mak Bergen County Academy 2 Ellie Guner Bergen County Academy 3 Harsh Patel Morris County School of Technology 4 Julie Patel Bergen County Academy 5 Christina Rymond Bergen County Academy 6 Amanda Haye Bergen County Academy 7 Anjali Patel Bergen County Academy 8

KNOWLEDGE TEST – NUTRITION Nicole Eskow Bergen County Academy 1 Winni Yang Bergen County Academy 2 Abby McLaughlin Bergen County Academy 3 Immanuella Boah Union County Vo-Tech 4 Sagar Parekh Morris County School of Technology 5 Wooyon Choi Academies at Englewood 6 Nicole Tineo Bergen County Academy 7 Michelle Yan Bergen County Academy 8

KNOWLEDGE TEST – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Justin Yu Bergen County Academy 1 Michael Malkowski Union City High School 2 Rianna Modi Morris County School of Technology 3 Nikita Shah Morris County School of Technology 4 Irene Chang Bergen County Academy 5 Nicole Kormendi Bergen County Academy 6 Vivian Xu Bergen County Academy 7 Yubin Park Bergen County Academy 8

KNOWLEDGE TEST – PHARMACOLOGY

Anna Molotkova Bergen County Academy 1 Mitchell Haverty Bergen County Academy 2 Kevin Cordeiro Bergen County Academy 3 Terri Javaluyas Bergen County Academy 4 James Lubowsky Bergen County Academy 5 Minny Jeong Bergen County Academy 6 Ridwan Sharkar Academies at Englewood 7 Clara Chung Bergen County Academy 8

KNOWLEDGE TEST – TRANSCULTURAL HEALTHCARE

Olivia Gong Academies at Englewood 1 Marylin John Bergen County Academy 2 Mark Conforti Passaic County Tech 3 Amie Patel Bergen County Academy 4 Melissa Landy Morris County School of Technology 5 Tosin Olokungbe Morris County School of Technology 6 Jahid Hussain Passaic County Tech 7 Pierce Bourget Morris County School of Technology 8


DENTAL SCIENCE

Kaoutar Bahaj Passaic County Tech 1 Hennesys Rivera Passaic County Tech 2 Laura Orozco Passaic County Tech 3 Maya Shvarts Academies at Englewood 4 Sylvia Basauri Passaic County Tech 5 Priyanki Rana Passaic County Tech 6 Allison Mallari Passaic County Tech 7 Mohamed Eita Paterson Public Schools 8

MEDICAL ASSISTING Priscilla Chinchilla Union County Vo-Tech 1 Anna Puchalski Academies at Englewood 2 Michelle Choi Academies at Englewood 3 Gayathri Ganesh Academies at Englewood 4 Shiza Qureshi Academies at Englewood 5 Leslie Sanchez HARP Academy 6 Ammy Gomez Union City High School 7 Briana Drakeford HARP Academy 8

NURSING ASSISTING

Faith Senecca De Vergara Passaic County Tech 1 Rubina Ali Passaic County Tech 2 Kristen Uri Passaic County Tech 3 Leslie Cruz Passaic County Tech 4 Cassidy Charles Essex Co. Vocational School 5 Katrina Adap Union County Vo-Tech 6 Shamima Rumi Passaic County Tech 7 Krystal Yepez Passaic County Tech 8

CPR/FIRST AID Justin Lee Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 1 Emily Parrell Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 1 Eric Kim Bergen County Academy 2 Eugene Kim Bergen County Academy 2 Carla Prudencio Union City High School 3 Carolina Prudencio Union City High School 3 Soleil Avena Morris County School of Technology 4 Dana Logue Morris County School of Technology 4 Carissa Claudio Passaic County Tech 5 Leonor Martinez Passaic County Tech 5 Yae-Won Kim Academies at Englewood 6 Yea In Kim Academies at Englewood 6 Lounie Germain Orange High School 7 Virginia Quires-Barboza Orange High School 7 Moesha Muir HARP Academy 8 Kaylah Phillip HARP Academy 8


Contestant State Chapter Rank

EMT Matthew Abril Union City High School 1 Irais Gonzalez Union City High School 1 Brittney Leu Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 2 Snehal Parikh Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 2 Elaina Kasantsidis Academies at Englewood 3 Janice Park Academies at Englewood 3

EXTEMPORANEOUS HEALTH POSTER Shannon Rebadio Academies at Englewood 1 Vivien BiancaCruz Passaic County Tech 2 Magdaleen Nasser Passaic County Tech 3 Ismail Alibrahimi Passaic County Tech 4 Kaylah Ray HARP Academy 5 Alexis Hernandez UC AAHS 6 Karina Jimenez Passaic County Tech 7 Elisa Jang Academies at Englewood 8

EXTEMPORANEOUS WRITING Elise Freeman Academies at Englewood 1 Diana Buchanan Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 2 Leyla Eriken HARP Academy 3 Monerh Shaabneh Passaic County Tech 4 Kelsey Cogan Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 5 Tamina Aktar Passaic County Tech 6 Sydney Hotz UC AAHS 7 Yesmeen Assaf HARP Academy 8

JOB SEEKING SKILLS Resham Dhaduk HCST - County Prep 1 Aanchal Sharma HCST - County Prep 2 Laneisha Sullivan Passaic County Tech 3 Kelechi Ezealaji UC AAHS 4 Melissa Grudic Passaic County Tech 5 Ousama Hanna Passaic County Tech 6 Dalia Eldeeb HCST - County Prep 7 Vasudha Kumar HCST - County Prep 8

PREPARED SPEAKING Christine Jimenez HCST - County Prep 1 Devon Donovan Morris County School of Technology 2 Ramiah Jordan Passaic County Tech 3 Intashan Chowdhury Passaic County Tech 4 Andrea Casale Passaic County Tech 5 Tanim Islam Passaic County Tech 6 Talia Sion Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 7 Mohammed Ahmed Passaic County Tech 8

SPEAKING SKILLS Cydir Bishop Passaic County Tech 1 Wilver Sepulveda Passaic County Tech 2 Duaa Abufares Passaic County Tech 3 Marleni Chavana Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 4



RESEARCHED PERSUASIVE SPEAKING Ashley Rosenberg Union County Acad. for Allied Health Sciences 1 Nancy Ibrahim Morris County School of Technology 2 Mauli Maniar HCST - County Prep 3 Jennifer Lee Bergen County Academy 4 Paula Niederland Academies at Englewood 5 Sierra Stokes HARP Academy 6



By: Amira Bakir "On Saturday, January 8th of 2014, NJ HOSA held the 2013-2014 Northern Regional Leadership Conference at Passaic County Technical Institute. Our organization made history this year by maxing out our facilities capacities; with over 588 members in attendance, this year's NRLC has made the books as NJ HOSA's largest conference to date. This year's NRLC also pro-vided the opportunity to celebrate NJ HOSA's continuing growth and suc-cess, as 20 chapters attended this conference. I am most proud to commend NJ HOSA's membership on upholding its traditional courtesy and honor throughout the evening's program. One-hundred seventy-four medals were awarded across twenty-three competitive events! A huge congratulations to all our competitors, whom regardless of placing, each demonstrated the diligence, commitment, and drive through which they pursued their competitions. This conference's downtime activities featured both the inspiration and energy characteristic of NJ HOSA. Ms. Sandy Vicale from the Icla da Silva foundation joined us to share the touching story of a leukemia survivor who benefitted from match made through the organization, and informed the membership on ways to become involved with and contribute to the noble cause. As always, NJ HOSA members showed their utmost support of healthcare initiatives such as these, and a handful of students meeting eligibility criteria joined the national bone marrow donor registry soon after the presentation. And as always, our favorite downtime activities, "Question Game" and "Don't Forget the Lyrics," showcased the enthusiasm and creativity which inspire our organization to adapt with our membership's dynamic interests. On behalf of NJ HOSA, I would like to thank everyone who made this conference a tremendous suc-cess. A wholehearted thank you goes out to the warm hosts and wonderful courtesy corps team at PCTI, to the "shoe-maker's elves" at NJ HOSA headquarters, to our phenomenal judges, chapter advisors, and members who maintain the purpose of these conferences, and to the wonderful team I have the honor of working with, NJ HOSA's executive council. Best wishes to our continuing competitors at states! Looking forward to bringing together yet another unforgettable experience with such memorable personalities.


DENTAL TERMINOLOGY Palak Patel BCIT - Westampton Campus 1 Catherine Baitinger GCIT 2 Alexandra Tray Ocean County Voc Tech- Dental 3 Katarina Boorse ACIT 4 Sameerah McQueen ACIT 5 Morgan DiGraci Mercer County Tech School 6 Chelsie Emm Monmouth County Vocational School 7 Sierra Perkins BCIT –Medford 8

MEDICAL MATH Nataysa Davis Pemberton Twp. High School 1 Joshua Eib BCIT - Westampton Campus 2 Caroline Boroughs GCIT 3 Smriti Moorjani Mercer County Tech School 4 Reinardus Chindian BCIT - Westampton Campus 5 Pranay Neelagiri Mercer County Tech School 6 Cheyanne Kelly BCIT - Medford 7 Ryan Gardner GCIT 8

MEDICAL SPELLING Calvin Qian Monmouth County Academy 1 Alyssa Martin GCIT 2 Natalie Matelyan GCIT 3 Tyla Brown Pemberton Twp. High School 4 Arleny Gonzalez ACIT 5 Karen Sanchez ACIT 6 Terry Bentley Mercer County Tech School 7 Monique Stafford Pemberton Twp. High School 8

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Veena Ganesan Monmouth County Academy 1 Joseph Bechay Monmouth County Academy 2 Ansley Kunnath Monmouth County Academy 3 Sanam Parikh Monmouth County Academy 4 Erica Comsti Monmouth County Academy 5 Franceska Bendetto GCIT 6 Eric Kohn GCIT 7 Lydia Vota BCIT - Medford 8

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY/ABBREVIATION Japheth Segura Monmouth County Career Center 1

KNOWLEDGE TEST – HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Aparna Alankar Monmouth County Academy 1 Eliana Moorer GCIT 2 Simran Shah Monmouth County Academy 3 Pricilla Bisono Mercer County Tech School 4



KNOWLEDGE TEST – MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS

Rachelle Soto Ocean County Voc Tech - MA 1 KNOWLEDGE TEST – NUTRITION Sandra Pelka Monmouth County Academy 1 Lyka San Jose ACIT 2 Marissa Glaze GCIT 3 Myles Lightner Mercer County Tech School 4

KNOWLEDGE TEST – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Matthew Brown Monmouth County Academy 1 Taina Negron Monmouth County Academy 2 Kelly Bigos Ocean County Voc–Tech Schools 3

KNOWLEDGE TEST – PHARMACOLOGY

Jaci Conroy GCIT 1 Madison Stewart Mercer County Tech School 2 Christina Tallone Mercer County Tech School 3 Zachary Donohue GCIT 4 Madelyn Pepe GCIT 5 Rohan Yadav Mercer County Tech School 6

DENTAL SCIENCE

Elena Chavez-Hernandez Cumberland Co. Tech-Ed Ctr. 1 Raquel Monbleau Ocean County Voc Tech - Dental 2 Jessica Applegate Ocean County Voc Tech - Dental 3 AmarilisBello ACIT 4 Eric Tapia Mercer County Tech School 5 Jessica Bernal ACIT 6 ShonyaePorter ACIT 7 Evan Araujo Mercer County Tech School 8

MEDICAL ASSISTING Kendra Vilfort Ocean County Voc Tech - MA 1 Courtney Mahoney Ocean County Voc Tech - MA 2 Hannah Johnson ACIT 3 Ariadna Miguel Cruz Bridgeton High School 4 Ankur Sinha Mercer County Tech School 5 Stephanie Leon Bridgeton High School 6 Andrew Farrell ACIT 7 Amarnath Bodempudi Mercer County Tech School 8

RESEARCHED PERSUASIVE SPEAKING John Yasay ACIT 1 Sanjana Duggirala Mercer County Tech School 2 Bisma Munir ACIT 3 Linn Ha BCIT - Medford 4 Caylor Ann Rose-Green BCIT - Westampton Campus 5 Megan Lorence Vineland HS 6 Sahar Hossain Mercer County Tech School 7 Jonathan Shenkyman Monmouth County Academy 8



NURSING ASSISTING

Itzel Mayen Cumberland Co. Tech-Ed Ctr. 1 Juli White Cumberland Co. Tech-Ed Ctr. 2 Maria Cruz Bridgeton High School 3 Julie Whitfield Ocean County Voc -Tech Schools 4 Khadiqa Regis Mercer County Tech School 5 Brenda Clemente Bridgeton High School 6 Dulce Morales Ocean County Voc -Tech Schools 7 Rayna Gorbea Camden County Technical School 8

PERSONAL CARE

Jocealynn Suarez MCVSD Keyport 1 Julia Baker Ocean County Vocational School 2 Adriana Torres Monmouth County Career Center 3

CPR/FIRST AID Hinal Shah Mercer County Tech School 1 Angeli Sharma Mercer County Tech School 1 Melissa Edgar Monmouth County Academy 2 Holly Goldfarb Monmouth County Academy 2 Ana Cordero BCIT - Westampton Campus 3 Dominique Perry BCIT - Westampton Campus 3 Megan Bailey Monmouth County Voc SD 4 Sarah Haddow Monmouth County Voc SD 4 Jennifer Cortes-Loya ACIT 5 Monyah McQueen ACIT 5 Katie Risley Monmouth Co Voc School District 6 Tori Sarullo Monmouth Co Voc School District 6

EMT Flor Cruz ACIT 1 Katherine Melo ACIT 1 Christine Papaycik ACIT 2 Megan Peterson ACIT 2 Jerico Mellet GCIT 3 Drew Yatzus GCIT 3

LIFE SUPOORT SKILLS

Jose Ocasio Monmouth County Career Center 1 Olivia Zak Ocean County Vocational School 2 Roseann Bishop Bridgeton High School 3 Marisa Masi MCVSD Keyport 4



EXTEMPORANEOUS HEALTH POSTER Ashley Monforte Mercer County Tech School 1 Yamini Sasidhar Monmouth County Academy 2 Samantha Kaur Vineland HS 3 Ashley Smith Monmouth County Vocational School 4 Ina Perez Mercer County Tech School 5 Azure Baile Camden County Technical School 6 Vanessa Sanchez-Miranda Vineland HS 7 Noemi DeJesus Camden County Technical School 8

EXTEMPORANEOUS WRITING Joshua Aidler Monmouth Co Voc School District 1 Ashley Kunnath Monmouth County Academy 2 Emily Crowder Monmouth County Academy 3 Andrew Freas Salem County Vo Tech 4 Alexandra Newman Ocean County Voc -Tech Schools 5 Mason Weems ACIT 6 Daniella Santos Vineland HS 7 Carlos Matoa Vineland HS 8

INTERVIEWING SKILLS Lauren Keigher MCVSD Keyport 1 Mahnoor Qaiser BCIT - Westampton Campus 2

JOB SEEKING SKILLS Michael Sulewski Monmouth County Academy 1 Tolu Ayeni Vineland HS 2 Chelsea Keegan BCIT - Medford 3 Angela Pisano Ocean County Voc Tech - Dental 4 Nnamdi Achebe Mercer County Tech School 5 Kellysha Joseph Mercer County Tech School 6 Daniel Levinson Mercer County Tech School 7 Phantay-Zha Devaux BCIT - Westampton Campus 8

PREPARED SPEAKING Daisy Hanna Monmouth County Academy 1 Roahn Alibutad Monmouth County Academy 2 Jamela Meziane Ocean County Voc -Tech Schools 3 Bethanny Stockton GCIT 4 Abiha Jafri GCIT 5 Sarah Mae Medella GCIT 6 Michaela Entereso Pemberton Twp. High School 7 Grace Leather Ocean County Voc -Tech Schools 8

SPEAKING SKILLS Valeria Franco Monmouth County Career Center 1



By: Sarah Mae Medalla The NJ HOSA Southern Regional Leadership Conference was held on Saturday, February 1st, 2014 at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell, New Jersey. Nervous members from all over southern New Jersey arrived, hoping to do their best in order to place in the top five. The top five winners in each event would then move on to compete at the State Leadership Confer-ence, and grow as future health professionals. The day started as over three hundred members entered the building. HOSA members en-joyed breakfast and lunch provided by the GCIT culinary department. In the afternoon, as they be-gan to finish their competitions, members had the opportunity to enjoy many of our different speakers. During lunch, an informative “How to Run a Successful State Officer Campaign” lecture was held by NJ HOSA Vice President Aditya Vinjamuri and Region III Vice President Sunakshi Puri. A greeting from National HOSA was also given by Sunakshi Puri, Region III Vice President. Our lovely guest speaker, Ms. Sandy Vicale, is a Donor Recruitment Specialist for The Icla da Silva Foundation – A Recruitment Center for the Be The Match Registry. Her presentation touched the hearts of the membership. To open up her presentation, she asked the simple ques-tion of, “If you could save someone’s life, would you do it?” A sea of hands went up because, as fu-ture health professionals, we dedicate our lives to help and serve others to the best of our ability. The informative presentation ended with the opportunity for students to sign up to become a bone marrow donor themselves, or to offer their services at any local bone marrow drives. The day concluded with anxious students waiting to hear if their name would be called

during the awards ceremony. February 1st was filled with nerves, friendship, spirit, and commit-

ment for a better future, and it all starts right now.

By: Piyush Puri This year National HOSA unveiled the theme, The Future Starts Now, but what exactly does that mean for a future health professional, for you? Medicine is as exciting as it has ever been right now – every day carries the potential to radically transform healthcare. Today, students are combining their interests, crafting resumes full of interdisciplinary education and eclectic experiences. Thus, creating dynamic skill-sets and unique perspectives to tackle pressing problems. Josh Nesbit, founder of Medic Mobile, epitomizes these trailblazers. An aspiring physician at Stanford University, Nesbit was volunteering abroad at a hospital in Malawi, a country in southeast Africa – an experience that changed his life, and the lives of countless indi-viduals around the world. In that hospital in rural Malawi, there was one doctor. 1 doctor for 250,000 people. In an attempt to compensate for this cripplingly understaffed hospital, a network of Community Health Workers was estab-lished. These workers were members of villages that would serve as liaisons between the hospital and the distant villages. Nesbit ran into Dixon, a Community Health Worker who would walk 35 miles every week to deliver updates about his patients and community. Looking down at his phone, Nesbit saw that he had 6 bars – better coverage than he did back home, and Medic Mobile was born. By tapping into the established network of passionate Community Health Workers and cell phone service, Josh Nesbit realized he could transform the coordination and distribution of basic healthcare services. According to Medic Mobile, in 10 countries, 1 of 4 kids won’t make it to age 5 and 1 million kids still die the day that they are born but 95% of the human population is covered by cell phone signal. By equipping Community Health Workers with tools, such as cell phones with modified SIM cards to allow for text-messaging networks, Medic Mobile is working to enact sustainable change by bridging the communication gap between rural villagers and medical profes-sionals. Communities can now track infectious disease outbreaks 4 times cheaper and 134 times faster than before – and this is just the beginning. Serving NJ HOSA, I have had the opportunity to interact with amazing HOSA members who have the potential to become trailblazers in medicine. I encourage you all to follow your craziest dreams, think out-side of the box and harness the power of your determination. Each of us can make a difference, and the Fu-ture Starts Now – so what are we waiting for?


By: Akshar Patel Outside her door, there was a sign. A strange sign, one I saw until that very moment. I paused for a second, glanced at it, and then hastily entered the room because I was already late for class. When I entered, I saw a different rendering of the sign in all four corners of the room. Little did I know then, I had just entered Ms. Larsen’s HOSA Zone for the first time. It would be the first of many visits to her room, each of which increases my love for HOSA more and more. In Ms. Larsen’s room, I participate in a gamut of activities such as attending meetings to studying for competitions. My love for this organization has blossomed from a seed to a fully grown flower over the last three years. As a sophomore, I attended the 2013 State Leadership Conference. Being surrounded by the wonderful membership enlightened me that HOSA HOSA does not just preach character and leadership, but instills these virtuous traits in its active members. After the conference, I resolved to further imbibe these virtues into my life as I progressed in my HOSA journey. An entire year has passed since the SLC. However, with each passing day, HOSA Has become a bigger part of my life. HOSA developed me from a naïve freshman to the mature junior I am today. With the continued support of my HOSA advisor, Ms. Larsen, I was able to develop the high levels of character and leadership that I found in the membership at SLC. Nowadays, I spend most of my free time working on tasks ranging from planning AAHS HOSA’s first 5K Run/Walk to preparing teams for States. But I do not perform these tasks because they are my responsibility, however, because I enjoy seeing HOSA prosper before my eyes. HOSA is able to benefit people in many ways whether it be grooming their leadership qualities or apply the skills taught in the classroom to the outside world. I am proud to say HOSA helps me in this regard. To me, HOSA is not just a club, but a lifestyle.



By: Aanchal Sharma

Medicine defines teamwork, collaboration, and unity. Similarly, HOSA members

work as a team to give back to the community. Several chapters across New Jersey have

been working together to put together enjoyable social events, and collaborate to prepare

fundraisers. Hudson County Schools of Technology: County Prep High School has worked

dedicatedly along those lines too. They have held fundraisers during each holiday season.

These fundraisers have varied amazingly with creativity and unique ideas from all four

corners. They have also hosted and helped the blood drive at their school. Being able to

put up something for a good cause, and working hand in hand with the on-hand nurses

and technicians is a remarkable experience.

We could not be more proud of all local chapters across the state! It is a pleasure to watch

members grow as future health professionals. Keep up the good work, County Prep!


Hello ladies and gentlemen of NJ HOSA. This is your 2013-2014 Member-At-Large, Saverio Zipeto. I would like to introduce you to a brand new segment of the NJ HOSA Pulse, the “Member-At-Large Mail”.

We, as your Executive Council, believe that the members of NJ HOSA should have every opportunity which can be given to them to create their own success, and to insure the success of their chap-ters.

This section will also be used to help keep the membership well versed in the decisions of the Executive Council and their ac-tivities. In addition, this segment will showcase the extraordinary actions of NJ HOSA’s outstanding members.

*If you would like to nominate someone to be featured in a showcase, or you feel that you have information about an exciting opportunity for the members of NJ HOSA, I ask that you send an email to [email protected] the words “Member-At-Large Mail” in the subject line. In the body please include as much information about the person or activity as you feel pertinent.*

This inaugural issuing of the “Member-At-Large Mail” will be all about fundraising. The linked PDF has pages of useful fund-raising ideas. The link can be found at the bottom, left corner of the page, in the electronic version.

It is important to fundraise for multiple reasons. The big-gest of those reasons is the fact that it costs money to send those who qualify to go, to the HOSA National Leadership Conference,. Fundraising can help to offset the cost to the individual. That may be several months away, but, remember, those who prepare early, af-ford themselves the opportunity to fail and then succeed. (Just know that it is never too early to begin to fundraise.)

Another purpose of fundraising is to give back to your local chapter, or a charity whose mission the chapter agrees with. This can be the more rewarding of the two main reasons to fundraise, as it can touch more members. (Not all chapter members will make it to nationals, but, by virtue of fact, all members of the chapter which bought the materials for the school or gave the money to the charity, are members of the chapter.)

As a final note, I hope you all enjoy this new section, and give thought to early fundraising.

Best of luck in all that you do,

Saverio Zipeto, State Member-At-Large

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Contact Information New Jersey HOSA

Gloucester County College

1492 Tanyard Road

Sewell, NJ 08080

Telephone: (856) 415-2273

FAX: (856) 415-7974

www.njhosa.org

State Advisor

Antoinette M. Fugee

[email protected]

Educational Program Assistant

Patricia Brown

[email protected]

State of New Jersey

Department of Education

Office of Career and Technical Education

PO Box 500

Trenton, NJ 08625-0500

Telephone: (609) 777-4659

Fax: (609) 984-5347

www.state.nj.us/education/

CTSO Program Manager

Sean McDonald

Office of Career and Technical Education NJDOE

Tel: (609) 943-4674 fax: (609) 984-5347

HOSA—Future Health Professionals

548 Silicon Drive, Suite 101

Southlake, TX 76092

Telephone: (800) 321-HOSA

FAX: (972) 874-0063

www.hosa.org

NJ HOSA Pulse

Supported by federal funding from Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education

Act of 2006

Reminders! A weekend full of opportunities to make lasting memories is approaching! NJ HOSA, get ready for your 2014 State Leadership Conference at BCIT—Westampton Campus! Be sure to be in official HOSA uniform or business attire. Don’t forget to bring a copy of your guidelines. Are you interested in representing HOSA at the national level? If so, take the chance and showcase your HOSA passion and leadership skills by running for a position on HOSA’s National Executive Council! When: June 25th to June 28th Where: 2014 National Leadership Conference at Orlando, Florida How: Submit a National Officer Application to NJ HOSA by April 11th Check out hosa.org and njhosa.org for more information regarding the National Officer Application process. Best of luck to all competitors and candidates. We look forward to seeing you!

http://www.njhosa.org

http://www.state.nj.us/education

http://www.hosa.org

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