Top Five Reasons to become involved in WVSBHA

Your Voice Will Make a Difference for Healthy Students - Better Students!

1. Meet and work with peers across the state
2. Deepen your skill set and leadership ability
3. Share your successes with others to strengthen and support SBHCs and services
4. Have a consistent voice in the direction of the school-based health movement
5. We are passionate about school-based health and have fun at the same time!

Easy Ways to Get Involved:

• Host an open house at your SBHC
• Develop a virtual tour video of your SBHC
• Participate in School-Based Health Center Awareness Week
• Respond to and share e-mail action alerts on proposed legislation or news
• Attend partner lobby/educational days at the State Capitol
• Help explore ways to increase youth involvement
• Serve on an advocacy team to help promote state and federal policy reforms & plan lobby days
• Provide ideas about increasing membership in WVSBHA
• Brainstorm ideas about regional networking/learning sessions
• Serve on an ad hoc team to make data recommendations about school health
• Serve on a communications task team to give advice with support from professional media/public relations consultants to enhance communication strategies and materials
• Serve on an ad hoc clinical quality team to develop new tools for the field
• Represent WVSBHA at partnership/policy development meetings
• Work with a small team to help plan the WVSBHA Annual Meeting
• Give advice or provide assistance about increasing the special fund established by the Sisters of Saint Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation for future school-based health support
• Work with a team to transform already defined recommendations about school health expansion priorities
• Work with an ad hoc team to develop a business plan for the WVSBHA