NHDD NYS Colleges & Universities Coalition

April 16, 2011 

Contact Us and your student leader on campus to join the coalition.  Join us on Facebook and Twitter, visit the Compassion And Support Facebook page.

Goal:  Increase conversations that lead to completion of health care proxies among college and university students.
Objectives:

• Empower college and university students to develop and implement activities and events that achieve the goal.
• Develop a strategy and plan to integrate information on the value of Health Care Proxies, including the Advance Care Planning Booklet, into the admissions process for incoming freshman in NYS colleges and universities.

Leader:  Mary Beth Morrissey
Student Co-leaders:  Teddy Morrissey and Keilah Roberts

 Events and Activities

Please contact Katie Orem with a PDF or flyer of your NHDD event to be posted below.

Rochester Region

• Monroe Community College 
• Nazareth College: Student Leader - Keilah Roberts, NHDD NYS Co-Leader of NHDD Colleges & Universities Coaltion and Student Liason - David W. Steitz, PhD
• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): Student Leader - TBD
• St. John Fisher
• SUNY Brockport: Student Leader
• University of Rochester (U of R)

Western New York Region

• Buffalo State College - NHDD NYS Liaison - Mary Durlak
• Hougton College - NHDD NYS Liaison - Lynne Palmier
• Alfred State College - NHDD NYS Liaison - Lynne Palmier
• Alfred University - NHDD NYS Liaison - Lynne Palmier

Central New York Region

• Ithaca College: NHDD NYS Liaison - Betty Falcao
• Syracuse University: Student Leader - Teddy Morrissey

Southern Tier Region

Albany/Capital District Region

• Albany Law School:  Student Leader - Alaina Bergerstock; NHDD NYS Liaison - Patricia Spreitzer
  - 17th Annual Senior Citizen's Law Day - Saturday, April 2, 2011
• SUNY Albany: Student Leaders - Alexandra Zimmerman-O'Clair & Patricia Whitman; NHDD NYS Liaison - Patricia Spreitzer

Utica/North Counrty Region

New York Metropolitan Region - Hudson Valley Area

• Fordham University: NHDD NYS Coalition Liaison - Mary Beth Morrissey
• Dominican College: Student Leader - Heather Augliera; NHDD NYS Coalition Liaison - Mimi Hoffman

New York Metropolitan Region - Long Island Area

• Hunter College: Student Leader - Terri Lavelle

New York Metropolitan Region - NY City Area        

Richmond/Staten Island Area

Resources

Use Contact Us to order the following NHDD event resources for colleges and universities:

• Faith Community Resources for NHDD; A Special Joint Message
• NHDD Posters
• "Five Easy Steps" Wrist Bands
• PSA DVDs (Public Service Announcements)
• College and University Toolkit (includes, 10 NHDD posters, 20 NHDD flyers, 100 bookmarks, 20 Advance Care Planning (ACP)  Booklets (English), 1 ACP Booklet (Spanish), 5 PSA DVDs, 100 "Five Easy Steps" wrist bands and an order form

Use the order form to obtain the following NHDD event resources:

• ACP Booklets, English or Spanish (includes Health Care Proxy and Living Will)
• Bookmarks
• Community Conversations on Compassionate Care video

Additional NHDD event resources:

• Join us on Facebook and Twitter on Compassion And Support Facebook page
• Listing of additional resources to prepare for your event
• Print NHDD flyers
• View the NHDD New York State Coalition page, which lists our collaborating resources
• Please send Katie Orem a PDF or flyer of your NHDD event to be posted on this Web page.

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