Wednesday, November 9, 2011

November 8th ESG Meeting

During yesterdays meeting we had a guest speaker come and speak about grad school opportunities, we talked about initiation dates, the safe sex carnival, and the Health Education Advocacy Conference.

The guest speaker was Jessica Seide who is a current graduate student here at MNSU. She discussed her grad school experience so far and also discussed the application process. If anyone wants anymore information the contact person would be Dr. Dawn Larsen at dawn.larsen@mnsu.edu.

As of now our initiation date is set for Tuesday, November 29th. We will be having a pot luck immediately following initiation. Please let us know if you need to be initiated.

The safe sex carnival is on Feb. 13th. We are having a table and need some ideas for it. If you have any, please let us know!

The Health Education Advocacy Summit Conference is Mar. 3-5. It is in Washington D.C. and if share interest in going, let us know!

That's it for now! Have a great rest of the week!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

ESG Meeting 10-11-11

Hello Everyone!

Well during today's meeting we discussed only a couple things. First we talked about the CHES exam. CHES stands for Certified Health Education Specialist. The months you can take this exam are October and April. If you are interested in taking this exam, there is more information at www.NCHEC.org.

 We also discussed getting short and long sleeve t-shirts that say "Eta Sigma Gamma" on them. There will be more information coming soon on the prices. If you are interested in either one, let us know!

Also some events that are coming up are Mankato Marathon with is on Saturday Oct. 22nd.
There is also a major fair on Oct. 26 from 11-1:30.
And lastly Rake the Town on Oct. 29 from 9-1.

If you are interested for volunteering for any of these events and haven't signed up, let us know!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

ESG Metting 9-13-11

My apologies for the delay. Last week's meeting covered a couple topics. First there is an Alcohol Bystander class that is being offered to all of the ESG members. It will be towards the end of the semester. I am not sure if there is a cost, or when the exact dates are, but I will let everyone know as soon as I find out. If you want to take the class and haven't told someone, then please let one of us know.

Also there are a couple volunteer opportunities coming up. First is the Mankato Marathon. It is Oct. 22nd, the times will be posted soon. Second is rake the town on Oct. 29th from 9-1. There is another volunteer opportunity in the works, kids against hunger. When we figure out dates/times for this, I will post them up.

Lastly, our treasurer is looking into various apparel ideas. Either t-shirts (probably long sleeve), maybe sweat pants, and possibly sweatshirts. I am sure more information will be put out at our next meeting.

If you are interested in any of the volunteer options, please let us know! Also if you are interested in any apparel, let us know as well. If their are any questions about anything, send an email to mnsu.esg@gmail.com, otherwise megan.callahan@mnsu.edu.
Have an awesome day!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tuesday 8-30-11

Today was our first meeting of the year! Off to a new start with a good turn out. One of the things we're discussing is the homecoming parade. Do we want to have a float, and are their any ideas for the float? Also what would we want to throw? Something healthy, or something sweet!?
Another thing, since the fall semester is kind of slow, and the opportunity to get all of our 15 hours may be hard. Are their any other volunteering options/ideas around the Mankato area for us to help out with?
Lastly I know it seems far away, but the APHA conference in Washington D.C. is around the end of October, if their are any people wishing to attend please let us know!
 If you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments to any of these things just send an email back to mnsu.esg@gmail.com, or you can email me directly at megan.callahan@mnsu.edu.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Meeting Notes 4.12.11

Today was our last meeting, we wrapped up our thoughts about the Food & Fitness Expo and Relay For Life. Thank you for everyone that participated at  Relay and fund-raised for Relay! It was a huge success! Remember you can still fund raise online until July.

We also discussed initiation. If you are a new member it is very important that you make it to initiation. If you can't make it this semester then you can still be involved and wait to be initiated next semester. Initiation fees are $45 made out to Eta Sigma Gamma. Those fees can be turned in at initiation. Our initiation date is set for Wednesday May 4th at 4pm it only takes about an hour. The room is still to be determined so make sure you are checking for our email! Also it will be a potluck so start thinking if you want to bring some food to share!

We have some more opportunities to do baseball concessions. We need to set on a date so if there is a date that anyone really is interested in helping with please email us back asap at mnsu.esg@gmail.com.
The dates are Wednesday April 20th at 1:30pm, Friday April 22nd at 1:30pm, Saturday April 23rd at 12pm, Sunday May 1st at 1:30pm, and Tuesday May 4th at 1:30pm. These are all double headers. Let us know if you're interested in helping out with any of those dates.

We need new officers for next year!! We are looking for energetic people to help run ESG. It would be ideal if you can make it to all of the meeting times. The meeting times may change for next year, it depends what the officers decide together. The current positions that are open are;

Treasurer: you will be in charge of getting initiation fees from everyone. Also you are in charge of ordering the sweatshirts/tshirts and getting the money from everyone. Judith is a big help to the treasurer also.


Secretary: This job entails taking notes at the meeting, updating the blog regularly, and sending out all the emails to members or businesses. You also make sure all the members are signed up for email updates.


Vice President: You will be the President's "helper" it is basically working with the President to plan events and meetings. You can be in charge of events if you wish to be. You work a lot with the other officers and help tie up lose ends.


Please email us at mnsu.esg@gmail.com and let us know if you are interested in any of these positions. They look great on a resume! 


Keep an eye open for emails about initiation!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Meeting Notes 3.29.11

We are taking part in the Food & Fitness Expo next Tuesday April 5th from 10am-2pm. It will be right outside the Myers Field House Track. We still need people to help at the 1pm time, Please email us back at mnsu.esg@gmail.com or email Antonia directly at antonia.kolas@mnsu.edu. We will send out a reminder on Monday night for the people that are signed up for Tuesday.

Unfortunately the baseball concessions for last weekend were cancelled because of the weather. We still have baseball concession for this coming weekend on Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd from 11am-6pm both days. We really need help for both of the days, you don't have to sign up for the whole day, but if you could help out it would be greatly appreciated! Please email us back at mnsu.esg@gmail.com if you are interested in helping us this Saturday or Sunday.


Relay For Life is April 9th, a week from this coming Saturday. We have a second team made named MNSU Eta Sigma Gamma 2 so more people can sign up. The website for this is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=922241. It is $10 dollars to sign up. Remember to keep fundraising!

We have decided on a theme for our night at Relay For Life. Our theme will be "Hunting For a Cure" We will be wearing camoflauge gear. So get all decked out to look like a hunter! (make sure you leave the gun at home!) We have been brainstorming ways to fundraise and have fun at the event, we have thought up of ideas such as a carnival style fishing pond for the little kids to win prizes. "Camo" Livestrong bracelets that we can personalize and sell, facepainting, making headbands, and maybe an obstacle course. We were also thinking of selling fruit baskets and sandwiches.


If anyone has any pop up style chairs that they can bring to Relay For Life so we have somewhere to sit that would be very helpful! We already have some people bringing tents so we have some place to put our stuff/sleep. We have some people that have volunteered to go shopping for prizes for Relay For Life next Tuesday at 4pm. Right now on our list is Sara H, Eva, Jessica, Natalie and Susan. If anyone is interested please email us!

We will be having initiation for the new members towards the end of the semester. Right now we are thinking of doing it the Tuesday of finals week. That would be Tuesday May 3rd. If you're a new member that needs to be initiated, come to the next meeting and we can discuss whether that time works for you or not.


Our next meeting is Tuesday April 12th at 4pm in CSU 202. See you there!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Meeting Notes 3.15.11

We are working the baseball concessions on Saturday March 26th and Sunday March 27th from 11am to 6pm. We still need people to sign up to help sell stuff for both days. Please send us an email letting us know what times you want to help. Also we are doing concessions on Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd from 11am to 6pm. We will be having another meeting before that for sign up but if you are interested in those dates also let us know!

We need names of the people that are graduating in May of this year in order for them to get their honor cords. Send us an email to let us know if you are graduating.

We are still fundraising for Relay For Life! This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start fundraising, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." The website is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182.
Just click "join our team." We really want to meet our goal this year!

There is a spaghetti dinner at Pub 500 on Sunday March 20th from 5-7pm to raise money for Relay For Life. Tickets are $10 in advance that they are selling in the CSU and $12 dollars at the door.

We have the Food and fitness expo on Tuesday April 5th from 10am to 2pm. We are having students make their own trail mix. We need people to volunteer to help at each hour to scoop the trail mix for the students. We want 3-5 people each hour, we really need volunteers for this! Please send us an email if you can sign up for

10am-11am
11am-12pm

12pm-1pm
1pm-2pm

Our next meeting is Tuesday March 29th in CSU 202 at 4pm. Make sure you are there so you can sign up for events! See you there!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Meeting Notes 2.15.11

At our meeting, we discussed our recruitment info meeting that will be on Tuesday March 1st at 4pm in CSU 238. We would like it if you could talk to your classrooms about ESG. Susan will have business cards printed out for you to hand out to people. They will be in the Health ed Workroom in the ESG mailbox. The Workroom is right across from Schelberg Gym in the hallway with the orange floors on the second floor. It is very helpful if we have current ESG members talking to classrooms to pull more people into the group. I will also send the business cards out in the email and have them posted to the documents on this blog if you would rather print them out yourself!

We talked more about the Food and fitness expo on April 5th. We got the go ahead to make the trail mix for students. If anyone works at a grocery store, we would appreciate it if you could see if they could donate any trail mix supplies such as cheerios, chex mix, dried fruit or anything else you think would work for make your own trail mix.

Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U is coming up on Saturday February 26, from 8-midnight. We are still looking for people to help out with that so if you're interested please let us know!

We are also tabling next week for the Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U event on Tuesday February 22nd from 11-1pm. Make sure if you're signed up that you remember to show up!

Our second tabling event next week is for heart health month. It is Thursday February 24th from 11-1pm. We still need people to sign up for that event so if you are available to sign up and help, send us an email at mnsu.esg@gmail.com.

We have figured out some times that seem to work for us for doing baseball concessions. We have decided that Saturday March 26th and Sunday March 27th is going to be the first weekend we sell concessions. Also Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd is another weekend that a lot of people were available to help. We still have have the website so you can let us know what days work for you. If you haven't entered times you're available to help, go to this website and fill it out please!
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGc3Y05jQjBFTXZCLU11X0luZUtFZHc6MQ


We are still fundraising for Relay For Life which is on April 9th-10th. If you want to be on our Relay team and raise money, please go to this website and sign up. It is a $10 fee to sign up, but it basically pays for your shirt that you will get.
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182


There is also a Relay For Life info meeting on Thursday February 17th at 5pm in CSU 238. If you are interested in learning about more fundraising ideas and helping to plan for Relay for Life, then this meeting could be very helpful for you!

If anyone knows of some great ways that we can fundraise as a team for Relay For Life, we are taking ideas! We would really like to fundraise at the actual event. People like to sell stuff at their tables and we were thinking of selling really good food. Let us know if you want to be in charge of fundraising for our team for Relay For Life.

Don't forget, our next meeting is our informational meeting for new members on Tuesday March 1st at 4pm in CSU 238! Don't forget to spread the word out about ESG!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Meeting Notes 2.1.11

We got more information on the baseball concessions for this semester. Working at these concessions will help us raise a lot more money for ESG. We will be picking a weekend that works out for most people to do it. Susan set up a survey that you can take so we can get a better idea of when we can have the most people helping out. It is very important if you are interested in selling concessions to go to this website and take the survey.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGc3Y05jQjBFTXZCLU11X0luZUtFZHc6MQ

We are working with Mavericks after Dark for a Spring Break event on Saturday February 26th. We are going to be working at the laser tag station. We would need people to be available to help out Saturday night from 8pm-12am. It is a great opportunity for some hours. If you are interested in signing up, let us know

We are also tabling for the Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U promotion on Tuesday February 22nd from 11-1. If anyone can help out at any of those times please email us and let us know.

We will also be tabling for heart healthy month hopefully on Thursday February 24th from 11-1. If anyone is available for that it would be very helpful. Just let us know!

Relay for Life is coming up. This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start fundraising, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." The website is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182.
Just click "join our team." We really want to meet our goal this year!

We are also planning on fundraising in the community to raise money for Relay for Life. We were thinking things like a tip night or busing at a restaurant. We really need someone to step up and say they'll be in charge of setting up fundraising activities so we can raise more money for this important cause.

Our next meeting is Tuesday February 15th at 4pm in CSU 202. We will be talking a lot about recruitment and planning for our informational meeting on March 1st for new recruits. It is important that you are at the meeting so you can give your input and help out. Thanks!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Meeting Notes 1.18.11

Hi everyone, welcome back to ESG! We have a lot of events going on this semester that we're going to need a lot of help with!

If you were initiated last semester, Dr. Luebke has your materials for you. You can pick them up in her office or at the next meeting.

The RSO Fair is next Tuesday from 11-1pm in the CSU Ballroom. We need people to sign up to promote ESG and try to get new recruits. It is a good way to get our name out there.

We are working with Mavericks after Dark for a Spring Break event on Saturday February 26th. We are not sure on our responsibility yet but there are a lot of student organizations that are putting this together. We would need people to be available to help out Saturday night from 8pm-12am. It is a great opportunity for some hours.

Relay for Life is coming up. This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start donating, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." We will have an email containing the website to sign up on within the next week.

We have been asked by the Health Education office to help table for the Food & Nutrition Fair on April 5th from 10am-2pm in the Myers Field house. We can give away food and information about good nutrition at our table while we also promote ESG. We are looking for help in planning for the event. If anyone has any ideas, please let us know!

Also we are still doing the Tobacco Policy sheets from last semester. If anyone is interested in filling out a sheet stating why you would like a tobacco free campus please let us know. It will also count as an hour for your time sheet.

There was something that we forgot to discuss at the meeting. We have been asked to have a table in February to promote heart healthy and tobacco free lifestyle. We will need help in getting some ideas generated on how we can help with this event. We will discuss it next meeting, but if anyone feels passionate about this event/topic and wants to help out please email us.

Our next meeting is Tuesday February 1st at 4pm in CSU 202. See you there!