Listing courtesy: The Community Services Directory published by the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Local Summit

NURSES NETWORK OF AMERICA
Anne DuVal Frost, Executive Director
P.O. Box 422
Pelham, N.Y. 10803
Phone: 738-6132 (also for faxes) or 738-1116

This is a not for profit organization that serves the tristate area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Its primary goal is to provide health promotion programs. There are four main programs, three for children and one for seniors:
1. Project CHILDD (Community Help in Learning About Developmental Disabilities) - children (3-16 years. with developmental and emotional problems spend time with families who volunteer to share their homes with them for a weekend once every six weeks. Encourages the child to gain greater self confidence through affection and acceptance outside the family, while giving the child’s parents a respite to reflect, rest and refuel.

There is also a Teen Project CHILDD which sends teams of teens into homes of childen with special needs to provide mentorship and friendship.

2. CRASH COURSE (available to middle schools, high school and parent groups) - a 60-minute program that teaches teens how to deal with life threatening dangers of alcohol toxicity. It includes a multi-media presentation with nurse moderators that reenacts hospital emergency room treatment of a victim of alcohol abuse.

3. NEW VIEW - a booklet for grade school children featuring Bobalongbird who teaches the dangers of "feel good" promises of television-advertised over-the-counter drug and alcohol remedies.

4. MEDGO - Nurses present to groups of seniors the dangers associated with misuse of medicines, using a Bingo type board game.

Clients: All ages.

Cost: Free to appropriate families and organizations. Contributions welcome.

Additional Information: Health professionals, teachers, community members and host families encouraged to participate.

 

Updated: August 2004