SNAC - UTMB

🦃Tis the season for snacks with SNAC🦃
Join us this spirit week for some quick study break sweets and treats! Our officers have worked very hard to put this together and we can’t wait to cheer you guys on! Happy studying 🫶🏼
**Must present valid student ID**

The end of the semester is in sight and SNAC would like to invite you all to our 3rd general meeting! This month’s agenda includes:
🍂Spring ‘23 officer announcements
🍂HCONS scholarship
🍂Guest lecture with HCONS president Goley Richardson
🍂Spirit week FREEBIES (you read that right) and other treats

*Meeting link to be provided in SNAC GroupMe*

⁉️FREE MONEY YOU SAY⁉️
SNAC and Dr. Prokopiou are thrilled to present members with a scholarship opportunity courtesy of Houston Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society! Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in December to the following:
🎗️one undergraduate student
🎗️one MSN student
🎗️one student pursuing a DNP or PhD
Submission Deadline: November 18

Application link in bio!!

📣CALLING SPRING 23 OFFICERS📣
As mentioned in last night’s meeting, we are currently seeking applicants to fill the listed officer positions for the Spring 2023 semester!

🦀looks great on a résumé
🦀networking opportunities at events
🦀flexible with class schedules
🦀builds relationships with nursing peers

FORM LINK: https://forms.gle/DMVdbetQNvSmvckX6

It’s just about time for our 🎃ctober meeting!!! Join SNAC and Dr. Carmelita Prokopiou next Monday night as we honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Some other items on the agenda will be to discuss:
👻 opening officer positions (did we mention they look great on resumés)
👻fall tshirt pickup
👻Houston Chapter Oncology Nursing Society’s first ever Student Week (webinars and opportunity to serve on HCON Board of Directors)

📣FALL TSHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED📣
Pickup: Wednesday October 19th from 12-2pm

Please meet us by the seating area at the main entrance of HEC to pick up your order!

Happy MTOM to our cream puff queen, Nancy! And be sure to keep an eye out for shirt pickup announcements in the coming weeks 🤭

We enjoyed stopping by and Child Life’s table promoting awareness of childhood cancer! Attached are some warning signs to be mindful of and don’t forget to show your support by wearing ⭐️gold⭐️ tomorrow! Have a great weekend and enjoy this beautiful weather, SNAC

Happy Monday, SNAC! We hope everyone’s studies and clinical rotations are going well. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) and we’d like to introduce our Vice President, Miranda, who is interested in pursuing a career in pediatric oncology! You’ve come a long way in this organization and we can’t wait to see your growth throughout the rest of the program 🦀❤️

*For more information about childhood cancer visit the American Childhood Cancer Organization’s website at https://www.acco.org/childhood-cancer-awareness-month/*

We hope you guys will 🍂fall🍂 in love with our new t-shirt designs (and let’s not forget they’re comfort colors)!!! Deadline to order is Monday September 26th

⬆️Order form link coming soon⬆️

Interested in becoming part of our officer board? We are currently accepting applications for a 📣1st semester ambassador 📣 Instructions on how to apply are listed above but feel free to reach out if you have additional questions!

✅build leadership skills
✅add to your resume
✅help coordinate SNAC events

**Deadline is Tues September 20th**

An overdue but tremendous thank you to Dr. Svoboda for letting SNAC take part in Friends Thru the Fight’s Top Golf fundraiser! It was a fun summer volunteer opportunity and we hope to work with your organization again in the near future ☺️
**To find out more about this local non-profit, visit https://friendsthruthefight.weebly.com/**

This is our fearless fundraising director miss Lacie Ubnoske! She is a 4th semester student who we were happy to welcome to the officer board this semester. Good luck with the remainder of your program and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for you, Lacie!

Up next on our exec board is Kamille Grimm! We are thrilled to have her on as community service director. Her end goal in nursing is to become either a CRNA or a DNP working in the ER, but she it still very much open to exploring oncology through SNAC. “Make sure you give yourself personal time to be with family or friends because that makes it much easier to get through nursing school”.

No better way to bring some sunshine to a rainy day than dropping off gift baskets for our new friends of Friends Thru The Fight!! A special thank you to Dr. Svoboda for letting us drop off these treats. Enjoy the rest of your break, SNAC, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back this summer!!

SNAC delivered some 🍭 sweet goody bags to some amazing oncology nurses and staff at MDA this week to say thank you for being so incredible!
Thank you for supporting SNAC so we can continue to show our love to those impacted by cancer. ♥️

Let's spread some holiday cheer!

Send holiday wishes to the kids of St. Jude. Choose a festive card featuring ornaments inspired by patient art, and then select a pre-written message; or write your own!

🦃PLEASE SHARE🦃
If you know of a local family that has been impacted by cancer this year and might need some assistance getting a turkey day feast on the table, please use the following Google doc to nominate them! SNAC is really excited to be able to help one family and give back to our community.
Nominations accepted through 11/19 and the chosen family will be contacted on 11/21 with delivery on Thanksgiving Day!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpWsOWxCEAf_PfoNey5Xhkg_3KrrNwLo5lTuXyrn05Y23W1g/viewform

This past week our officer team was able to get together and make gift bags for the wonderful nurses who work in the Oncology Department at Texas Children’s Hospital!

Swipe to see how much fun we had while making these baskets!

Did you know that the month of October wasn’t only Breast Cancer Awareness but also Liver Cancer Awareness?!

Check out the pictures to find some interesting facts that you might not have known about both of these cancers!

Our first event as a student organization was a huge success! We had the privilege to make gift baskets for patients diagnosed with breast cancer for the organization Friends Thru The Fight!

Stay tuned for more events to come!

We are so excited after meeting with the developmental director for the Houston division of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation to work with them in creating volunteer opportunities for our members at the annual Race For The Cure this year.

Thank you Marissa, for speaking with our President (Katie) and our Community Service Director (Patty)! We can't wait to work with you.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Our next meeting is Monday 6/7 @ 7pm! We will be voting on t-shirts and have a guest speaker that you definitely don’t want to miss!

We’re official!! 🦀
Great job Katie & Rachel! Follow us for exciting updates and to learn how you can be a part of SNAC!

New Org Alert! We encourage all Nursing students to check out the Student Nurses Against Cancer organization. You can read about their mission below. Email [email protected] for more info!