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FEATURED IN THIS eNEWSLETTER IS THE FOLLOWING:
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- Statewide Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow
- Missouri HOSA Fall Leadership Conference Registration Closes Soon
- Missouri HOSA Brand Design Concept Contest
- Missouri HOSA Store
- Mark Your Calendar: Competitive Events Preparation Workshop
- Competitive Events Testimonial
- 2021-2022 Affiliation Information
- 2021-2022 Membership Drive
- Be The Match Fundraising
- Tallo Virtual College Fairs
- Teens in the Driver Seat
- Calendar of Events
- Questions
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STATEWIDE TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW
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The 2021-2022 State Officer Team will be leading a statewide Town Hall tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm via Zoom. They want to give members a chance to network and share their ideas for the upcoming year. Please share with your student membership and have them join in.
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MISSOURI HOSA FALL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CLOSES SOON
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The Missouri HOSA 2021 Fall Leadership Conference is coming back to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri! It is a two-day event held on October 21-22, 2021. Registration is currently open and will close on Friday, September 24, 2021 at midnight. The Registration Fee is $50.00 per registered member. Missouri HOSA will accept credit cards for an additional $5.00 service fee on all purchases under $250.00, and an additional $10.00 service fee on all purchases of $250.00 or more. Please call Rachel Fisher at 573-751-7965 to make a credit card payment. If paying by check, please make checks payable to Missouri HOSA.
Lodging fees are set at $96.00 per night with up to four (4) individuals per room at the Hampton Inn on Clark Lane in Columbia. Individual reservations can be made online by clicking here: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=COUHHHX&groupCode=CHHHOS&arrivaldate=2021-10-20&departuredate=2021-10-22&flexibleDates=true&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT. Reservations must be made by September 20, 2021 at midnight. Any reservations beyond this date will be honored on a space available basis, at the hotel's prevailing best available rate. A credit card is required at time of reservation to hold the room. Check-in time for groups is after 3:00pm and check-out time is prior to 12:00pm.
The purpose of the Fall Leadership Conference is for Local Chapter Leaders to cultivate leadership skills individually and as a team, learn useful tools to effectively manage a local chapter, and develop a local chapter program of work. Local chapter members will attend presentations from the Missouri HOSA 2021-2022 State Officer Team.
Local Chapters should dress in matching shirts (if at all possible) of either a local chapter HOSA t-shirt/polo or a school t-shirt/polo, along with either khaki pants (preferred) or jeans (with no holes) and closed-toed shoes on Thursday. On Friday, all conference participants will be expected to wear the provided Long-Sleeved T-Shirt given out at registration, along with khaki pants (preferred) or jeans (with no holes) and closed-toed shoes.
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As a reminder, the Missouri HOSA Chapter Assurance Form must be provided to Missouri HOSA staff prior to chapter registration by the stated deadline. The Missouri HOSA Chapter Assurance Form is due to Amelia Comfort by Friday, October 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm.
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MISSOURI HOSA BRAND DESIGN CONCEPT CONTEST
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Affiliated members can submit a brand design concept, which will include the Missouri HOSA 2022 State Leadership Conference T-Shirt and Trading Pin design. Design submissions will be voted on at the Missouri HOSA 2021 Fall Leadership Conference scheduled for October 21-22, 2021 by all registered participants. The submission deadline is Friday, October 8, 2021. Please see submission details below.
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Please encourage your students to submit a design and share their creative ideas and talent with HOSA!
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With the Missouri HOSA 2021 Fall Leadership Conference being back in person, the HOSA Store is coming back. It is the one stop shop for all your Missouri HOSA apparel and swag. We will be accepting cash and card.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: COMPETITIVE EVENTS PREPARATION WORKSHOP
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If you and your chapter members are interested in learning more about Competitive Events, please join us at our Competitive Events Preparation Workshop located at the Governor Office Building located on 200 Madison Street in Jefferson City! We will be having the Competitive Events Preparation Workshop in-person this year.
Registration is scheduled to open on Monday, October 25, 2021 and will close on Friday, November 19, 2021 at midnight. The Registration Fee is $15.00 per registered participant, and includes lunch. Space is limited, so Local Chapters will be limited to ten (10) total registered participants.
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COMPETITIVE EVENTS TESTIMONIAL
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"Competing with HOSA has been about so much more than just the medal. Sure, gaining recognition for your hard work feels amazing, but the networking, leadership, and education that HOSA has brought me along the way has taken me so much further than I could have ever imagined.
I have been competing with HOSA for five years now, and it has been the five most rewarding years of my life. HOSA gives you the hands-on experience that you cannot gain in the classroom. The relationships that I have gained have taken me far, and I am so grateful for this organization. To those just starting out, or to those waiting to take the jump into the competition side of HOSA, I say… Take that jump! There is nothing to lose, and much to gain. If anything, I wish I would have started sooner.
The medals in this box do not just showcase the placement in the events in which I have competed in, but they display a lot of growth. I encourage you to start today and take risks not just within HOSA, but within everything you set your mind to. You might just be surprised by the outcome!"
Sophia Giltner
Missouri HOSA Postsecondary/Collegiate Member
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2021-2022 AFFILIATION INFORMATION
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The 2021-2022 Affiliation Packet has been released and can be found at https://hosa.org/what-is-hosa/ and below. As always, please feel free to also contact Shelly Wehmeyer at 573-751-3407 or shelly.wehmeyer@dese.mo.gov with any questions. If you have forgotten or misplaced your charter number/password or if you are new to the School District and do not have access, please feel free to reach out as well. The 2021-2022 International and Missouri affiliation dues are $15.00 total per member. Please make sure that all contact information for Local Chapter Advisors is included. Also assure that all members have paid their dues prior to affiliation, as your school district will be charged if affiliation is completed. Affiliation fees should be sent to HOSA Headquarters, 548 Silicon Drive, #101, Southlake, TX 76092.
We have created a step-by-step video to walk you through the process of affiliating. You can find that video here: https://www.missourihosa.org/training-video-series.
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2021-2022 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
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Missouri HOSA didn’t reach last year’s membership goal, so let’s work together to “shatter our expectations” and exceed 4,000 members statewide in the year ahead! As you work at the local level to recruit new members, please feel free to utilize the videos below. Also, if you are in need of HOSA posters for your classroom or school building, please reach out to Rachel Fisher at 573-751-7965 or Rachel.Fisher@dese.mo.gov.
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The 2020-2022 HOSA Service Organization (selected by the 2020 Voting Delegates) is Be The Match. HOSA will work with Be The Match for the next year in raising funds and awareness for blood stem cell transplantation. We are proud to be working with Be The Match to raise awareness on this donor registry.
Be The Match encourages Local Chapters to start by learning more about blood stem cell transplantation and the donor registry in order to increase awareness nationwide. They also encourage Local Chapters to customize a fundraising page to begin making a life-saving difference.
In terms of fundraising, please utilize the tutorial below on how to create a fundraising landing page for your chapter.
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If you have any questions do not hesitate to email HOSA@nmdp.org.
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TALLO VIRTUAL COLLEGE FAIRS
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Tallo plans to host three virtual college fairs this fall to keep you connected and to help you find the perfect college or university. They have created a total of four unique fair experiences, all featuring different schools, and they hope you will join them! Please read the details below on each upcoming virtual college fair, offered to you at no cost. Registration for each fair takes roughly two minutes. Students who attend any of the college fairs listed below this fall and chat with a school or college will be entered into the drawing for Ping by Tallo's $1,000 "DM A College" Scholarship.
- Healthcare Virtual College Fair— Oct 6, from 8:00-8:00 pm EST
- Historically Black Colleges & Universities Virtual College Fair— Oct 27, from 8:00-8:00 pm EST
- Engineering and Computer Science Virtual College Fair— Nov 17, from 8:00-8:00 pm EST
Register now at https://app.mypingapp.com/register by selecting one of the fair names above and completing registration through a brief questionnaire about what degrees, scholarships, and overall campus life and culture you are hoping to discover. They can't wait to see you there!
Have questions for Tallo? Email them at ping@tallo.com.
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Teens in the Driver Seat, the nationally recognized peer-to-peer traffic safety program, has been funded by General Motors to offer this program to high schools in Missouri! TDS is great for community awareness and health education teamwork events! If interested please visit https://www.t-driver.com/ and find out more. Feel free to register at https://www.t-driver.com/order-form-online-access/.
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The Missouri HOSA 2021-2022 Calendar of Events is located on the Missouri HOSA website at https://www.missourihosa.org/calendar-of-events. You may also click the link below to access it. All important deadlines are also located on the Calendar of Events, along with future dates. |
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For more information regarding HOSA, please feel free to contact any of our staff or visit the Missouri HOSA website at https://www.missourihosa.org/.
- Shelly Wehmeyer, Missouri HOSA State Advisor
- Rachel Fisher, Program Specialist
- Amelia Comfort, Administrative Assistant
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