Recent Events

Highmark Healthy High 5 action in the communities we serve

Below are just a few of the events in which Highmark Healthy High 5 had a significant role. Highmark Healthy High 5 sponsors several events each year, and through our partners we support many more events that aim to help children adopt healthy habits.

Highmark Healthy High 5 SPARK Training Workshops

Date: May 12-13, 2010

Location: Brookline Recreation Center, 1400 Oakridge Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15226

The Event: For organizations accepted to the SPARK Active Recreation program, Highmark Healthy High 5 provides curriculum binders, as well as 12 hours of mandatory training over a consecutive, two-day period in Workshops I & II. For more information, visit www.paspark.org.

Highmark Healthy High 5 SPARK Training Workshops

Date: April 28-29

Location: Rose E Schneider Family YMCA, 2001 Ehrman Road, Cranberry Twp, 16066

The Event: For organizations accepted to the SPARK Active Recreation program, Highmark Healthy High 5 provides curriculum binders, as well as 12 hours of mandatory training over a consecutive, two-day period in Workshops I & II. For more information, visit www.paspark.org.

Highmark Healthy High 5 SPARK Training Workshops

Date: April 14-15, 2010

Location: The Penn State Medical Center, University Fitness Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033

The Event: For organizations accepted to the SPARK Active Recreation program, Highmark Healthy High 5 provides curriculum binders, as well as 12 hours of mandatory training over a consecutive, two-day period in Workshops I & II. For more information, visit www.paspark.org.

Bullying Prevention 101: Camp Hill, PA

Date: March 24, 2010

Location: Radisson Penn Harris Hotel & Convention Center, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA

The Event: For school-based professionals who have an interest in beginning or re-energizing a bullying prevention program in their buildings. The information provided at this event will offer a very basic look at the topic of bullying and provide an overview of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

OBPP Coordinating Committee Workshop: Churchill, PA

Date: March 22, 2010

Location: Edgewood Country Club, Churchill, PA

The Event: OBPP Coordinating Committee workshops provide attendees the opportunity to network with other school teams implementing the OBPP in their school buildings.

OBPP Coordinating Committee Workshop: Edinboro, PA

Date: March 17, 2010

Location: Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

The Event: OBPP Coordinating Committee workshops provide attendees the opportunity to network with other school teams implementing the OBPP in their school buildings.

OBPP Coordinating Committee Workshop: Harrisburg, PA

Date: March 15, 2010

Location: Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel

The Event: OBPP Coordinating Committee workshops provide attendees the opportunity to network with other school teams implementing the OBPP in their school buildings.

Second annual Children's Grief Awareness Day

Date: November 19, 2009

Location: Highmark Caring Place locations and schools across Pennsylvania

The Event: The Highmark Caring Place, a Highmark Healthy High 5 signature partner, promoted Children’s Grief Awareness Day in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Nov. 19. The Highmark Caring Place encouraged everyone to show support for grieving children by wearing a blue shirt on Nov. 19. The Highmark Caring Place's supporting Caring Team schools promoted the message in a variety of creative and innovative ways. For more information, visit www.highmarkcaringplace.com.

The International Bullying Prevention Association’s annual conference

Date: November 17-18, 2009

Location: Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

The Event: Highmark Healthy High 5 was a presenting sponsor of the International Bullying Prevention Association’s annual conference, which was held Nov. 17 and 18 in Pittsburgh. Hundreds of school-based professionals attended to learn how bullying prevention programs can be put into practice at their respective schools. Dr. Dan Olweus was a featured speaker. Read a related press release about the Highmark Foundation releasing a report, Bullying Prevention: A Statewide Collaborative That Works.

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