We are a group of eight second year student nurses from the University of Calgary, working with our clinical instructor Shannon Parker. You may notice us around the Bragg Creek Community Center Thursdays 8:30am until 4:30pm and Friday afternoons 12:00pm until 4:00pm at Banded Peak School. We are building upon the work of previous student nursing groups, and with further assessment of our team, we discovered the community’s desire to strengthen intergenerational relationships. The outcome of these reports can be found on the homepage of the Bragg Creek and Redwood Meadows Wellness Network website: www.braggcreekca.com/community-groups/bragg-creek-and-area-wellness-committee.html. Our goal throughout our time in Bragg Creek and Redwood Meadows is to assess community health and discover opportunities to continue developing the connection between generations. We are currently accepting ideas and insights and suggestions on developing a plan for a project that interests the whole community and could promote intergenerational relationship building at the same time. Please feel free to email our instructor parkers@ucalgary.ca.
By developing connections between the members of the community, a sense of belonging for individuals is created. The overall motive of the project is to incorporate the ideas of the community that directs us to a project that the whole community can appreciate and sustain. We want everyone’s voices to be heard and make sure the outcome is based on your desires and would be beneficial to the people of Bragg Creek and Redwood Meadows. We are hoping that involving the whole community in this planning encourages community engagement and increases public participation for future projects.
We will also be interacting with students at Banded Peak School providing education on health and overall well-being. We are currently developing a hand washing lesson plan to deliver to the Banded Peak Kindergarten students. In our time spent between the school and community so far, we can tell how enthusiastic and engaged residents are about working together in promoting community health throughout lifespans. Again, we are based in the Bragg Creek Community Centre on Thursdays and at Banded Peak School Friday afternoons, feel free to stop in and say hi, we’d love to get to know you better!
By Sara Durham SN2,
Rudy Ann Solleza SN2,
& Paige Volz SN2
