GOOD HEALTH

From motivational life skills taught by a professional instructor to self care tips offered by a Community Health Nurse, Hospitality House provides everything the women need for physical, mental and spiritual health.

Professional case management staff to help residents find employment, improve skills, overcome substance abuse, etc.

Daytime workshops – from feel-good facials and haircuts to serious stuff such as completing Basic Health Applications and resumé writing – conducted by volunteers from the community
Weekly visits by a Community Health Nurse to help address the residents’ individual health concerns
An apple a day, plucked fresh from the fruit bowl in the kitchen

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TUESDAY’S BEST
Daytime Workshops Help Build Lifetime Success Plans
Hospitality House Shelter is pleased to announce that we are now offering daytime workshop programs for our residents.  A variety of outstanding guest speakers and care services providers from around the community are volunteering their time, talent and services to inform, inspire and pamper our residents every Tuesday.  They have committed to an ongoing schedule of involvement geared toward improving health and life skills.  The residents chose the name “Tuesday’s Best” to symbolize both the quality of services they are receiving as well as the results they hope to gain from participation in the workshops. 

Here’s our current line-up of presenters: 

• Marsh Macy from the Dale Carnegie Training sharing motivational life skills from Dale Carnegie’s Golden Book
• Joseph Garcia, South Seattle Community College Workforce Educator –  re-training programs for in-demand jobs
• Sonja Stendahl, Community Health Nurse from HealthPoint – healthy lifestyle choices. Sonja also visits weekly to address the residents’ individual health concerns
• LaKesha Braggs, Resume Masters – quality resumes and cover letters
• Karen McMichael, Marriage and Family Therapist - self esteem and interpersonal skills
• Basic Health – assistance completing Basic Health Applications
• Kam Weise, Mary Kay -  facials
• Nancy Nelson -  haircuts
• Kay Brandt, Solace Massage - chair massages
• Workshops presented by staff:  training videos presenting Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavioral Therapy as well as two meditation/relaxation CDs (donated by Behavioral Tech, LLC), and yoga/exercise activities

Each resident is provided a workbook titled “The New Making it on Your Own” and a “Self Esteem Workbook.” These cover job hunting, apartment living, home management, shopping smart, transportation, health, leisure time, money management and self esteem building.  Our Workshop Presenters address many of these subjects in depth in addition to providing valuable supplemental information and tools to assist our women on their journey toward self-sufficiency.  

If you are interested in being a part of "Tuesday’s Best" by sharing your expertise, please contact Case Manager Judy Allman at judy.hospitalityhouse@gmail.com
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