This is the first edition of the WATCH program newsletter for program partiicpants -- WATCH Works. I am the editor of this publication. The design was created by our PR department.

1. WATCH works
Work Attributes Toward Careers in Health
For participants of CSIU Project WATCH FALL 2011
My Story: WATCH support helps my family achieve its goals
"I would like to introduce myself. from 120-150 miles a day. That was getting pretty
My name is Stacey Gallagher. costly in gas with just one income now in my
I am married with two children. household, plus I had to pay a babysitter for my
My oldest daughter is seven youngest daughter (my oldest has nursing care paid
years old and my youngest is 19 for by insurance).
months. I have been
"This is where Project WATCH has helped
a cosmetologist
me. WATCH helps with gas mileage and
for 12 years. After
the birth of my
"I want to be helps to pay child care. This allows my
husband and I to pay household and
oldest child, Lillian, my desire to be one of those
other bills. Project WATCH has helped
a nurse increased. This was due to nurses!" me to continue with school and to
my daughter being born with many
concentrate more on school work than
special needs that continue today.
how I’m going to pay bills.
She needs a lot of medical care.
I have had the chance to meet some wonderful "Thanks to Project WATCH, I’m almost finished
nurses that helped change my family’s life. I want to with PN School and carrying a 98% average. I’m
be one of those nurses! very thankful for the help and support I receive
from everyone at the program. I hope this program
"In August of 2010, I decided it was time for my
continues on to help other families like mine achieve
family to make a change. We were tired of trying
its goals."
to make ends meet. In October 2010 I took my
pre-entrance exam for the LPN program at CPI. By By Stacey Gallagher, Jersey Shore
January I was starting school. I traveled anywhere Central PA Institute of Science and Technology, LPN Program
Project WATCH staff are asking program In THIS ISSUe
participants to tell how WATCH is helping you
realize your dreams. Heating assistance available......... 2
Tips for managing stress .................. 2
In each edition of WATCH works, a new success
Congratulations, graduates!.......... 3
story will be featured. To get your story published,
contact your Career Coordinator. Eye care services available ........... 4

2. Heating assistance available through PA LIHeAP
The Pennsylvania There are three different ways to apply for LIHEAP
Applications Low-Income Home benefits after November 1:
Energy Assistance
available 1. Apply online using COMPASS, an online tool
Program (LIHEAP) helps
Nov. 1, 2011 that allows Pennsylvanians to apply for many
individuals and families
health and human service programs.
pay their heating bills.
www.compass.state.pa.us
LIHEAP is a program that
2. Download an application for LIHEAP benefits
offers assistance in the form of a cash grant, sent
and submit it to your local county assistance
directly to the utility company, or a crisis grant for
office. The applications are available on
households in immediate danger of being without
the PA Department of Public Welfare’s
heat. Benefits depend on household size and
web site at www.dpw.state.pa.us/foradults/
income
heatingassistanceliheap.
For more information, contact the LIHEAP hotline
3. Visit your local county assistance office to fill
at 1-866-857-7095, Monday through Friday
out a paper application. You can find your local
(individuals with hearing impairments may call the
office at www.dpw.state.pa.us under “Find
TDD number at 1-800-451-5886).
Facilities and Locations.”
Managing stress in a stress-filled world
In each edition of this newsletter, we will feature suggestions for reducing and controlling some
of the stress in our lives.
In a fast-paced world with many demands on our The more you understand
time and energy, stress is unavoidable. Stress can about your stressors, how
be caused by outside forces – some we can control and what you think about in
and manage, and some we cannot. difficult situations, and how
you organize and manage
Stress can also originate from within, from what
your life, the better able you
we think about and how we interpret life events.
will be to control stress.
Recognize what generates the stress in your life.
After a particularly stressful
• What triggers your stress reaction?
situation, take time to debrief
• Are you doing too much with too little time? yourself on the incident. What
• Do you become anxious wondering what others happened? How did you react? Consider keeping
are thinking or how you appear to others? a journal to record your reflections or share your
• Are there certain people in your life who make thoughts with a friend.
you feel stressed?
• What are you thinking about when your stress In the next edition, we will look at how to manage
levels are at their peak? time and responsibilities to minimize stress.
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3. Pictured are Project WATCH graduates from
HACC's CNA programs.
In photo at right (L to R): Sherry Welkom, Tristan
Tice, Jeff Hess, Haylee Moyle, Cherie English,
Rachel Floyd, Solana Cruz, Tess Bower and
Instructor Kathleen Baas
In photo below (L to R): Burnida Miller, Jordanna
Karns, Kimberly Campbell and Chelsea Starr
Congratulations, graduates!
Congratulations to the following Project WATCH participants who
recently graduated from nursing programs at several regional
educational institutions.
CenTrAL PennSyLvAnIA Cherie English, Shamokin Dam LeWISToWn HoSPITAL
InSTITUTe oF SCIenCe And Tammy Fisher, Williamsport SCHooL oF nUrSIng
TeCHnoLogy Rachel Floyd, Orangeville Registered Nurse Program
Certified Nursing Assistant Esther Galentine, Lock Haven Laura Dorman, Coburn
Program Michele Heckman, S. Williamsport Suzanne Ward, Yeagertown
Crystal Caskey, Bellefonte Jeffrey Hess, Bloomsburg
MIFFLIn jUnIATA CAreer
CenTrAL SUSqUeHAnnA Jordanna Karns, Bloomsburg
And TeCHnoLogy CenTer
LPn CAreer CenTer Christy Kelley, Lewistown
Licensed Practical Nurse
Licensed Practical Nurse Katlyn Lane, Lewistown
Program
Program Blaise Michalchik, Burnam
Tammy Miller, Lewistown
Joanna Crosby, Lewisburg Burnida Miller, Bloomsburg
Haylee Moyle, Bloomsburg nSb TrAInerS
HArrISbUrg AreA Connie Peipher, Selinsgrove Certified Nursing Assistant
CoMMUnITy CoLLege Tiana Richardson, Williamsport Program
Certified Nursing Assistant Brenda Shultz, Williamsport Kimberly Young, Berwick
Program Ashley Shutt, Coal Township
Tyrisha Allen, Lock Haven Chelsea Starr, Bloomsburg SUn AreA TeCHnICAL
Teresa Bower, Berwick Tristan Tice, Berwick InSTITUTe
Nichole Britt, Bloomsburg Lindsay Weaver, Yeagertown Certified Nursing Assistant
Kimberly Campbell, Bloomsburg Sherry Welkom, Catawissa Program
Lauren Cochran, Beavertown Cortney Yacko, New Columbia Carie Keister, Penns Creek
Solana Cruz, Mount Carmel Sherry Zellers, McClure Paula Merwin, Montandon
Mandy Dagle, Selinsgrove Hydia Shavers, Lewisburg
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4. regional eye care services available
Pennsylvanians can get assistance obtaining low-cost eye exams and glasses through regional sight service
agencies. Each agency has programs for income-eligible adults and children.
CenTre, CLInTon And MIFFLIn And jUnIATA CoUnTIeS
LyCoMIng CoUnTIeS NuVisions Center
North Central Sight Services, Inc.
Visit the office at:
Pick up an application at: 658 Valley Street, Lewistown
2121 Reach Road, Williamsport Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. or call 717-242-1444 or 877-741-7411
or call 866-320-2580
www.nu-visions.net
www.ncsight.org
CoLUMbIA, MonToUr,
norTHUMberLAnd,
Snyder And UnIon CoUnTIeS This document was supported by Grant #90FX0011 from the
Central Susquehanna Sight Services Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services (HHS). Its contents are solely the responsibility
To have an application mailed to you, of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views
call the office at: of HHS. Work Attributes Toward Careers in Health (WATCH) is a
570-286-1471 or 888-646-6644 Health Profession Opportunity Grant and is
administered by the Central Susquehanna
www.cssight.org Intermediate Unit (CSIU).
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Lewisburg, PA 17837
PO Box 213
Project WATCH