Brewarrina Travelling Road Show - WAMS

Healthy for Life Child Health ChecksBAHS and WAMS Officers on the daywere: Hellen Mannix - Community Nurse,Tammy Childs - Receptionist, Enid Steadman- Aboriginal Health Worker, Chris Boney -Handyperson, Skye Duncan - EPC Nurse, Georgiana Butt - Sexual Health, TrevorSimpson - Mental Health and Richard Simpson - Ear Health. Rodney Robbins (Orana HavenManager) represented Orana Haven.Rodney Robbins was in charge of the BBQ, with the assistance of Chris Boney, Trevor andRichard Simpson. This allowed the clinic staff to concentrate on the Child Health Checks.Sporting activities were held at the local park, where the Road Show Team wasassisted by Rick Black from Sport and Recreation. This worked in well, as it allowedthe children to be playing with the Road Show Team and helped minimize thecrowd of people within BAHS grounds.The children who presented on the day, requiredconsent to have the child health checkattended. Following their completionof the health checks they receivedHealthy Child promotion packs,which were supplied by theRoad Show Team.Amy Gordon, fromthe local BrewarrinaNewspaper attendedthe day and wasbusy taking photos,which were laterdisplayed in the localnewspaper.Following from theday, many positivecomments weregiven from peoplein the community.Road ShowDubbo Secretariat Colour Copy Shop - www.dubsec.com.au