Health Management Associates-Mississippi Division
Funds Hand Washing Project

The Mississippi Nurses Foundation was awarded a grant from Health Management Associates (HMA)-Mississippi Division to sponsor a statewide High Five hand washing program.

This grant will allow the MS Nurses Foundation to provide hand washing supplies and materials to elementary schools throughout the state.

The goals of the High Five Hand Washing Program are as follows:

1. Teach hand washing to children in order for them to be healthier and develop a lifelong health habit;

2. Reduce the number of absentees for the school, which increases funding for the school;

3. Collect data that will show a significant reduction of absentees related to communicable illness

The following school nurses will implement the Hand Washing Program in Mississippi Elementary Schools for 2016-2017:

• Megan Allread, Brookhaven Schools
• Lauren Bahm, Oakdale Elementary
• Becky Beasley, Runnelstown School
• Kira Berch, Florence High School
• Chiquita Berry, North Panola School District
• Lauren Blackwell, Walthall Co. Career & Technology Center
• Cathy Breeland, East Marian Elementary School
• Karan Burns, Tate County Schools
• Sherry Clemmons, Kemper County School District
• Kerri Collier, Itawamba CTC
• Latisha Collier, St. Martin High School
• Stephanie Cooley, Newton County CTC
• Renee Cooper, Newton Career Center
• Tammy Creel, McComb School District
• Audrey Curry, Fallin CTE/Natchez Adams School District
• Esther Earnest, Houston School District
• Shannon Harrison, Union Public Schools
• Tomeker Hodges, Okolona Municipal Separate Schools
• Cathy Hunt, Stone High School
• Vera Igbokwe, Hinds Community College – Vicksburg
• Kim Johnson, Leake County Career & Technical Center
• Naomi Jordan, Madison Career & Technical Center
• Monica Kelly, Madison Career & Technical Center
• Angie Kent, Franklin County Career & Technical Center
• Jenne King, Pascagoula – Gautier School District
• Carol Love, Greenwood Public School
• Janice McFall, Florence High School
• Yolanda McCarty, Mississippi Job Corp/Copiah
• Jerri Montgomery, Pontotoc Ridge CTC
• Jackie Murray, Hazlehurst City School District
• Jill Olsen, College & Career Technical Institute
• Julie Owen, Clarke County Career & Technology Center
• Melissa Parker, Calhoun County CTC
• Sara Beth Pearson, Amory School District
• Amy Price, Koscuisko/Attala CTC
• Lee Ann Rhaly, West Lauderdale
• Leah Rigney, Forest Scott County CTC
• Denise Robinson, Clarksdale/Lauderdale
• Judy Rogers, Richton Elementary School
• Catherine Sims, LC Hatcher Elementary School
• Jennifer Spencer, Pearl River County School District
• Mildred Stafford, Amite County Vo-Tech
• Savannah Stevenson, Perry County Vo Tech
• Crystal South, Tishomingo County CTC
• Teresa Sullivant, Winona, SSD
• Chris Terrell, North Pike CTC/North Pike School District
• Margaret Terry, West Elementary School
• Kim Thomas, Choctaw County Career & Technology Center
• Teresa Thornton, Coffeeville School District
• Shelly Varnon, Pontotoc Ridge CTC
• Tabitha Vice, George County High School
• Janice Washington, Holmes County
• Rosemary Williams, South Delta School District

If you would like  information regarding the Hand Washing Project, please call (601) 898-0850.