Rx for Survival – A Global Health Challenge
HoustonPBS and GSSJC,
Global Thinking…Local Action
Girl Scouting is part of an exciting international movement,
the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, so it’s
a wonderful opportunity and responsibility for girls to learn
about their sisters around the world.
HoustonPBS (KUHT, Channel 8) invites the GSSJC
family to learn more about the world around us through the
Rx for Child Survival education campaign. Rx for Child Survival
is an enhancement for troop leaders and parents to learn with
their girls about what it’s like to live in another
country.
In early November, HoustonPBS/Channel 8 will showcase a
series called “Rx for Survival – A Global Health
Challenge.” The series will focus on key milestones
in public health history, such as the eradication of smallpox,
as well as modern and future challenges, including, SARS,
a potential global flu pandemic, and recovery from the Asian
tsunami catastrophe. In addition to the series, HoustonPBS
is launching a campaign to increase awareness of local efforts
striving to make a difference in global health. See www.houstonpbs.org/rxforsurvival
for more information . Girl Scouts on all levels have the opportunity
to earn a Rx for Survival participation patch by following
the directions below. |
Rx for Survival: A Global
Health Challenge Patch
- Have a leader or parent in your troop watch at least
1 of the 6 hour-long episodes in the Rx for Survival series.
(Airs on HoustonPBS/Channel 8 November 1, 2, 3)
- Collect toiletries and create personal hygiene kits for
healthcare facilities in developing countries. Information
on kits are in the box below.
- Complete an activity from the special tool kit for this
documentary, found on the WGBH
Web site at wgbh.org/rxtoolkit OR you may check out
the materials in a resource kit available from the GSSJC
Program Department.
- Complete a Rx for Survival Service Project Report Form
and mail into Houston/PBS no later than January 1. This
form will be available on the GSSJC
Council Web site’s November Council Information Network
at www.gssjc.org.
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Other opportunities
for girls:
Free One-Hour Tours of HoustonPBS & KUHF 88.7
Tour Houston PBS and KUHF 88.7 in the Melcher Center for
Public Broadcasting on the main UH campus. Reservations are
required. Minimum visitor age is 7 and group size is limited
to 25 people. Contact Pat Greenfield at pgreenfield@houstonpbs.org
Web site - www.houstonpbs.org
Click on Education and Outreach to discover games, free
workshops, contests, upcoming events and resources that extend
the information presented in quality PBS children’s
programming. |
The “how-to’s” for the Hygiene
Kit
Medical Bridges is proud to be in partnership with HoustonPBS,
GSSJC,
and Rotaracts during this campaign. Girl Scouts and other
service organizations are invited to collect materials to
create hygiene kits to be distributed to healthcare institutions
treating underserved people all over the globe. www.medicalbridges.org
The hygiene kits will consist of:
- wash cloth
- bar of soap
- toothbrush
- tube of toothpaste
- Travel size samples of shampoo and conditioner
- comb
Each kit needs to be packaged in a quart-size resealable
plastic bag. |
Hygiene kits can be dropped off through
November 30
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the following
Drop-Off Locations:
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
3110 Southwest Freeway, Houston, 77098
713-292-0232, 800-392-4340,
mgaskill@sjgs.org
HoustonPBS/Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting
4343 Elgin Street, Houston, 77204
(on the University of Houston Main Campus)
713-748-8888
San Jacinto College North/Slovacek Student Center, Room S217
5800 Uvalde Road, Houston, 77049, 281-459-7626
Medical Bridges
2706 Magnet Street, Houston, 77054, 713-748-8131 |