Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services | Gibson gets it! | Fall/Winter 2019

Gibson gets it! 7 Teaching healthy habits During a summer dietetic internship at Gibson Area Hospital, GCMS alumnus and Bradley University student Brooks Schmitt brought an interactive nutrition presentation to the kids attending the Mahomet Area Youth Club Summer Day Camp. Furthering his goal to become a licensed registered dietitian focusing on sports nutrition, Schmitt tested his powers of persuasion with this active group of 5- to 15-year-olds as he used both sweet and savory visual aids to convince them to curb their sugar consumption from bottled beverages and their sodium intake from salty snacks. Schmitt’s own interest in healthy habits developed while he was a young athlete. “Throughout high school I was on the football team, and I was researching the best diet habits for training,” he says. “This got me interested in nutrition and made me passionate about teaching others about living a healthy lifestyle.” 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL Providing Safe Sitter  ® classes Safe Sitter® summer courses successfully wrapped up at Gibson Area Hospital, marking the 30th year of Safe Sitter ® classes at Gibson Area Hospital, the first Safe Sitter ® class site among Critical Access Hospitals in Illinois. The Safe Sitter ® program was started nationwide in 1985. Become a Safe Sitter® Participating students will complete a one-day class designed around the mission of Safe Sitter ® : to provide life skills, safety skills, and child care training to all youth in order to build safer communities. The next opportunity to become a more savvy sitter will be held during winter break! For more information or to register for the next Safe Sitter ® class, call Baby Central at 217-784-2510 or visit www.gibsonhospital.org/baby-central . Get ready for baby! Childbirth and breastfeeding education classes are held every other month. Call Baby Central to register at 217-784-2510 . Summer Safe Sitter® classes were taught by OB technicians Kristin Dietz (left) and Tanya Windle (right).