With support from the Russell Medical Foundation, Auburn nursing students, faculty bring health and wellness education to Alabama elementary schools.
The sounds of excited first graders fill the gym at Jim Pearson Elementary School in Alexander City as they scurry around the room to answer the question: “How does it make you feel when someone gives you a hug?”
Auburn nursing students are posted throughout the gym, holding signs that represent different feelings, from love and happiness to anger and sadness. As you might expect, most of the children run to the signs for love and happiness.
The activity during the childrens’ recent PE class is a part of the TigerCHAT (Community, Health, Awareness and Training) curriculum, a program from the Auburn University College of Nursing that’s been making a lasting impact on elementary-aged children in rural Alabama schools for the past eight years — due in large part to ongoing philanthropic support from the Russell Medical Foundation.
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