Having once stayed at the Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany, Okla., Rebecca Heiderstadt didn’t hesitate when fellow student Jennifer Taylor asked her to help bring a fun activity to the center. Heiderstadt had suffered an aneurysm at age 11 and spent time there relearning how to walk and talk. Taylor thought up the weeklong Building Pals project, in which one large jar was filled with Legos and patients guessed how many were in the jar. The closest guess won the large jar, and smaller jars were also filled with Legos for each participant. Both Taylor and Heiderstadt, SkillsUSA members at Canadian Valley Technology Center’s El Reno campus, presented their project in the national Community Action competition.
SkillsUSA members from Tennessee’s community and technical colleges are playing a major role in manufacturing face shields to protect Tennessee health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 3D printers,…
Health care students and instructors from Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC) in Sandwich, Ill., are doing their part to help fight COVID-19 in their community. With a high need for personal protective equipment (PPE) in nearby Will County, IVVC donated over 8,500 masks…