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It was OK to get a bit emotional hereFor the fifth consecutive year, the College of Nursing Good Samaritan Nursing Center pulled off ano-cost, fun, health educational event for children in grades 3-5. Students came from elementary schoolsin Fayette and surrounding counties.This spring’s event was called, “Emotion Ocean,” and included four different areas of interactivity:“Manners Marina,” where students learned about manners and respect; “Conflict Cove,” where theylearned what to do when they disagree with other people; “Fishing for Feelings,” where they learned aboutfeelings and how to deal with them; and “Self-Esteem Submarine,” where they learned about self-esteemand how to improve upon it.Around 800 students attended sessions throughout the week.2004’s event was called “Fitness Fantasia,” a similar, interactive health education experience for children.All the presentations were designed to meet National Health Education standards, Kentucky EducationReform Act (KERA) goals, and the Practical Living Skills portion of the Commonwealth AccountabilityTesting System (CATS) test.The events were sponsored by the Good Samaritan Nursing Center of the College of Nursing and fundedby the Good Samaritan Foundation, Inc. The foundation is a Kentucky grant-making public philanthropydevoted to health-related education, health promotion and research.At “Manners Marina,” the children learned about good manners andhow to respect other people.“Self-Esteem Submarine” was a popular place to be. (Kids won’tpass up an opportunity to be silly!) During this activity, theylearned about self-esteem and how to improve upon their own.a26CONnections Spring 2005