Information Meeting 9/18/12

Hello everyone!

This week we had our informational meeting for students who may be interested in joining.  We had a really great turnout at this meeting! We just went over the basics about ESG: the motto, membership requirements, and some of the events we participate in throughout the year.  We hope it was helpful to all new members!  If anyone has any extra questions don’t be afraid to ask.

If anyone is interested in getting started on some hours for the semester, we will be doing some tabling at the RSO fair on Monday from 11-3.  Anyone is welcome to stop by and help, whether it be for an hour or the entire time.

That is all for this week!

ESG Meeting 9/4/12

Welcome back everyone! Hope the first few weeks of school are going well.

To start, we are looking for volunteers to go into classrooms and recruit students to join ESG. We have a list of classes prepared that would be good to go to and talk. Also, we have already written a script up if anyone is interested in doing this. You can make up a script of your own as well if you would like.

We have a few events in mind for this semester. Thursday October 18th is the mock House Party from 8:30 to 10:30 pm. ESG would like to act out a scene at this event if we get enough volunteers. The Mankato Marathon is October 20-21st and Rake the Town is Saturday, October 27th. We will have more details on these events later. For now, just mark them on your calenders!

We also briefly went over clothing options at the first meeting. We seemed to find that most people wanted to order T-shirts this year. Any other opinions on this?? Would you be interested in ordering one? Just let us know what you are all thinking!

Lastly, if you did not get an email about the first meeting but still want to be a member of ESG, please email Audra at audra.marvin@mnsu.edu with your contact information. Our next meeting will be Tuesday October 2nd at 5:00 pm is CSU 202.

That is all for now!

ESG Meeting 3/27

First off, the Food & Fitness Expo on Thursday April 12th from 10 to 2 in the CSU. We will be offering a small, make your own trail mix for the students to create!

Relay for Life is that following Saturday (April 14th) from 6pm to 6am. Our theme is hunting for a cure! We will be selling bagels with all the proceeds going to Relay for Life. We will also be bringing the bean bag toss game to play!

On April 21st, the Blue Earth County Library will be hosting Library Day from 10 to Noon. Should be a lot of fun!

That following weekend, Sunday April 29th, the YMCA is hosing Kid's Day from 10 to Noon. There will be crafts and possibly a petting zoo too!

And Lastly, the baseball concessions! Here are the dates for the days that still need volunteers:

Wednesday April 11 - need 1 more person
Saturday April 21st - need 2 more people
Sunday April 22nd - need 2 more people
Wednesday April 25th - need 4 more people

Also, the next meeting on April 10th will be an informational meeting for new recruits. Therefore you are not required to come, although if you still need your hours, its a good way to get them.
Our last meeting will be on April 24th which will be our initiation night!

3/13 ESG Meeting

Well during today's meeting we discussed a variety of different volunteering opportunities! There is the St. Patrick's Day fun run 5k run and 2 mi walk this Saturday! This event is being held by the YMCA. Then the next opportunity is on April 12, the food & fitness expo which will be in the CSU! That weekend, April 14th, is Relay for Life which is always a fun event! Then there is a Library Event at the Mankato Library on April 21! A week later is the Walk for Arthritis and March of Dimes. These are both on April 28, at different times of course! Then lastly there is Healthy Kids Day the following day, April 29!

These are all the events that are being held around Mankato!

There are also various baseball games where we might be running the concessions. These dates are April 3rd & 4th, 21st & 22nd, 25, 28. More information about this event will come out later!

We are having our initiation on April 24th, tentatively, during our last ESG meeting!

ESG Meeting 1/17

Hello fellow ESG members! Here is what was discussed at our meeting this evening!

The Safer Sex carnival is coming up on Feb. 13 from 10-2. We are currently thinking of games we could have the students play. Some ideas are creating a crossword or a word search and having those who complete it when a small prize. We are also trying to think of how we could incorporate pick-up lines somehow into this and those that are most creative win/receive a chocolate kiss.

Relay for life is Apr. 14 from 6pm to 6 am in Myers Field house. We are thinking of selling hot dogs or bagels or something along those lines. Also we are deciding on games we could have other people play. Something we did in the past was a bean bag toss and those who played paid some small amount of money to play. If there are any other ideas, feel free to share them with us!

Baseball concessions are coming up as well! The dates for these are Tues 4/3, Wed 4/4, Sat 4/21, Sun 4/22, Wed 4/25, and Sat 4/28. More information will be put out as the time gets closer! If you are interested in helping out, let us know!

Also, the Health Education Advocacy Summit Conference is Mar. 3-5 in Washington D.C. If you are interested in attending, let someone know ASAP. Registration deadline is Feb. 15th and approaching fast!

Lastly, if you know of any other volunteering options for all ESG members, let us know and we can discuss this.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

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!

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!