Our health committee meetings are held on the 4th Mondays of the month unless there is a conflict or a holiday. Our next meeting with be August 25, 2025 at 8pm ET.

If you are a former member of the health committee or would like to find an area where you could be involved, please contact me at health@nfbpwc.org and I will put you on my list. The more you can contribute, the easier it makes it for me. I’d love to have you.

Notes from the Chair:

Hope you are doing well this summer by keeping cool and taking care of yourselves. The Health Committee has been busy with our project in connection with Houston Medical for the year. More details are mentioned below (which were also put into the reports to the Board of Directors las month). We are also planning an event scheduled (tentatively for September 20th) that will be done virtually on various health topics. Please keep an eye on more information through the next couple of weeks.

More Information on the Houston Medical Project:

Project Title: Collaboration Based on the Heart of a Woman Project

Brief Description: (what are you doing and what is the positive impact you anticipate for members and the organization?)

The committee decided that since we already help sponsor and have our name on the Heart of a Woman event (which we have done for the past several years) that it would be imperative for us to continue to connect with Houston Methodist Hospital and work in collaboration with them.

Our goal is to build on our shared commitment to advancing health equity, supporting underserved populations, and more. This could be done through various health and wellness initiatives, or educational outreach through articles and presentations. We hope it can open doors for greater potential in working together with each other and with a greater community.

Contact has already been established with the Health Committee Chair attending pre- and post-event follow-up meetings. A contact person has been established to ask any questions and foster more communication moving forward. The next formal communication with Houston Medical will be in August as they plan their next Heart of a Woman event. At that time, the Health Committee chair will attend and discuss the project as planned and presented in detail. This will include inviting them to our health event, being active in our meetings, contributing to our magazine or allowing us to publish any articles online. In addition, there will be discussion on bringing attendees and speakers to the Heart of a Woman event next February. A potential project could also be discussed at this time as well.

After the meeting in August, there should be a clearer idea of what projects we could work on together. Any suggestions or ideas from the board of directors or otherwise would be greatly appreciated.

Health Awareness Dates:

August is – Children's Eye Health & Safety Month; Children's Vision & Learning Month; National Minority Donor

Awareness Month; National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month; National Traffic Awareness Month; National Wellness Month; Neurosurgery Outreach Month

Child Support Awareness Month - https://supportpay.com/child-support-awareness- month/

Happiness Happens Month -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Hap py_People

National Breastfeeding Month -

https://lllusa.org/celebrate-national-breastfeeding- month/

National Cheerleading Safety Month -

https://usacheer.org/safety/national-cheer-safety- month

National Immunization Awareness Month - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/php/national- immunization-awareness-

month/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2 Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fvaccines%2Fevents%2Fniam%2Fi ndex.html

National Water Quality Month - https://nationalwaterqualitymonth.org/Psoriasis Action Month -https://www.psoriasis.org/advance/psoriasis-action- month-here/

How the Health Committee uses the SDGs:

SDG stands for Sustainable Development Goals.

Here is a little history from the official SDG UN webpage:

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global

partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

The SDGs build on decades of work by countries and the UN, including the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs”

Many organizations use these goals to help them focus on the goals of their respective organizations. In NFBPWC, each committee also has a focus as well. The SDG goals that the Health Committee follow are #3, #4, and #17.

In this section, we are going to focus on SDG #4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Here is the information graphic:

If you would like to know more about the SDGs.

Please see this link for more information: https://sdgs.un.org/goals

Other articles related to the theme of Women’s Equality:

Hundreds of thousands of children have type 1 diabetes. Now, there’s a Barbie who has it, too - https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/health/barbie- diabetes-doll-wellness

'I needed help with menacing thoughts about my son'

- https://tinyurl.com/52mn834k

This Menstrual Pad Doesn’t Just Collect Blood—It Analyzes It - https://tinyurl.com/4am2853t

Highlighting Women's Disability Figures in History - https://www.rcpd.msu.edu/news/ability-

blog/highlighting-womens-disability-figures-history

Healthy Thinking of the Month:

Understanding Narcissism: “I come first!” See the next page for the graphic.

If you are a former member of the health committee or would like to find an area where you could be involved, please contact me at health@nfbpwc.org and I will put you on my list. The more you can contribute, the easier it makes it for me. I’d love to have you.

We will meet on the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month unless there are any conflicts or holiday forthcoming. Next meeting is August 25, 2025.