Health and Well Being Final Update

My action plan is winding down so this is my final update for my health and well being global goal. To recap, I helped global health by fundraising for mosquito nets to stop the spread of malaria. The fundraising buy-out volleyball game raised $800 for Spread the Net. Next, I helped local well-being at Twin Lakes Secondary School by forming the Student Mental Health Committee to help mental health at our school. We started Wellness Wednesdays which later turned into Feel Good Fridays. We created a calm space in the Hub for people to de-stress. This endeavour was not successful however, because no one came, even after extensive promotion around the school. The SMHC decided to stop Feel Good Fridays but continued to help mental health by helping promote mental health week and encouraging people to sign the pledge to get loud about mental health. I still wanted to do something bigger to help the health of my local community, so I decided to help plan our school's Big Bike team. Big Bike is a giant bike that you ride to stop traffic for heart health and fundraise for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. I recruited our team members and on a bright sunny day we rode the Big Bike and raised $2615 as a team. I am super proud of our team. I am also proud of myself for all the ways I  supported my global goal. Throughout my action plan I was also tweeting ways to stay healthy. The only thing left to do for me is to keep tweeting, and help the SMHC create an action plan for next year. I had a great time helping people stay healthy.

-Rideau Haskins
@tlssglblhealth