COMMUNITY PARTNERS AIRCHECK 9-10-25.mp3
2025-09-11
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0:00:00 Ciara Owens: Here is your host.
0:00:02 Will Rucker: Good morning, Las Vegas, and welcome to A Healthier Tomorrow, where we bring you the conversations that matter most for the health and well being of our communities. I?m Will Rucker.
0:00:15 Ciara Owens: And I?m Ciara Owens.
0:00:16 Will Rucker: And we are so grateful to have you with us for a powerful and a timely show. As we step into September, I want to begin with an important reminder. This month marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This isn?t just an awareness campaign. This is personal. Suicide touches families, workplaces, schools and communities in every corner of the globe, and especially right here in Las Vegas. But we know that together, small actions can save lives because hope is real, help is available, and healing is possible.
0:00:50 Will Rucker: So remember, you matter, but your life matters. And if you or someone you know is struggling, Please call or text 988-The Suicide Crisis Lifeline. It?s free, it?s confidential, and it?s there for you 24. 7. So let?s break the stigma and build spaces where mental health is a shared priority, not just a private burden. So, Cierra.
0:01:14 Ciara Owens: Yes.
0:01:15 Will Rucker: How are you?
0:01:16 Ciara Owens: You know, the truth and what sounds good are two different things. I?m doing well overall. I?m very blessed, and I?m trying to keep that center, everything else, but I?m doing okay.
0:01:25 Will Rucker: You know, I like how you put that right, but I am grateful. That?s how I am.
0:01:33 Ciara Owens: Yes, that?s real. One thing I want to add to your message, y? all, make sure you check on your strong friends. I think sometimes people add a stigma to the face of suicide awareness overall, and so check on everybody.
0:01:44 Ben Chaloner: That?s right.
0:01:45 Phil Kausman: Yeah.
0:01:46 Will Rucker: Because it?s amazing. You wouldn?t expect someone like a Robin Williams, who brings the world so much joy, to carry such deep pain.
0:01:55 Phil Kausman: Right?
0:01:55 Ciara Owens: Yes. The twitches. I was at a conference last week, and they were playing a clip of the Ella show, and he was over there just like, oh, you would have no idea. So y? all never know what?s happening behind closed doors, behind those smiles, behind those eyes. So lean in, y?, all, and be okay Asking the explicit questions.
0:02:11 Will Rucker: That?s right. And that brings us to today?s show.
0:02:13 Ciara Owens: Yes.
0:02:14 Will Rucker: Because mental health and brain health are deeply connected. So tell everyone you know, text your group chat, send a carrier pigeon if you got one. Post on Instagram or Facebook, Let everybody know a healthier tomorrow is on the air. We are Southern Nevada?s number one community health show, and we are right here on Power 88, the People Station.
0:02:36 Ciara Owens: Yes. So one thing that we absolutely love is collaboration and partnership. And today, y? all. Instead of having two segments of guests, we have a full segment of three powerhouses, our community. Fellas, y? all mind introducing yourselves to our listeners.
0:02:50 Phil Kausman: Thank you so much. I am so thrilled to be here. My name is Phil Kausman. I am the regional director of the Alzheimer?s association for South Nevada.
0:02:57 Xavier Foster: Thank you for having me. My name is Xavier Foster and I am the health Equity coordinator at the Southern Nevada Health District.
0:03:04 Ben Chaloner: And I?m Ben Chalinor. I?m the director of Public Policy for Nevada with the Alzheimer?s Association.
0:03:10 Ciara Owens: Welcome, y?. All. We are so, so grateful to have you. So, as we dive in, what is the brain health initiative?
0:03:18 Phil Kausman: You know, that?s a great question. We as well like to overcome some stigmas in associated with Alzheimer?s. And one of the biggest ones is that it?s a normal part of aging. Really just trying to get the message out there that Alzheimer?s is not a normal part of aging, that it is in fact a brain disease. And it?s hard to talk about. Let?s be honest, it?s not something that people like to talk about. We have a lot of folks who are very independent and it affects them very hard, but it also affects their family.
0:03:50 Phil Kausman: And so talking about brain health, just getting this out in the conversation is our first big step. We all think about our heart health and our mental health. Brain health is something that we know we can have an effect on. So it is and has to start with having that conversation.
0:04:10 Ben Chaloner: Yeah.
0:04:10 Will Rucker: And Philip, I like that you point that out because I?ll be very transparent. I didn?t think that brain health was something I could control. I know by exercise, you know, I can work out my heart or, you know, I can stretch and have muscle activity in that. But talk a little bit more about the brain aspect.
0:04:27 Phil Kausman: So, you know, we?re finding science is really beginning to hone in on what we call modifiable risk factors. We know what?s healthy for your heart, for example. We all grew up knowing that, hey, get out there and do your jump roping or whatever and get your heart in better shape. We know the same is true for your brain. So watching what you eat, getting active, challenging your brain and socializing, that?s the big thing, socializing.
0:04:54 Phil Kausman: And frankly, we?re really starting to work more with our youth because. Because we know their 65 year old self is going to really appreciate them doing it this earlier in, you know, much earlier in life. So brain health is something that we can have an effect on if we start early. And it?s never too late, even for people who are later in life.
0:05:14 Ben Chaloner: And I just want to add, you know, we?re using the words, or we will be using the words Alzheimer?s and dementia pretty interchangeably. Some folks may think it?s a separate thing. Dementia is, you know, a cognitive impairment. Alzheimer?s is a type of dementia. There?s some that folks may not may recognize. Lewy bodies, vascular dementia. When we talk about Alzheimer?s and dementia right now, we?re using it interchangeably within the brain health conversation.
0:05:43 Ben Chaloner: But we want to make sure that folks, if they know someone that has a type of dementia or versus Alzheimer?s, that?s what we?re talking about here. We?re not just talking about only Alzheimer?s or only dementia, because, you know, when folks start talking, having conversations, they may not realize, oh, that actually pertains to me, even though they?re going through it as well, especially within, you know, our communities.
0:06:07 Ben Chaloner: I?m Latino. Within the Latino community, it?s 1.5 times more likely, more prevalence to get Alzheimer?s dementia than within the white community. Within the black community, it?s twice as likely. And so these conversations, especially here, it?s extremely important that we have these brain health conversations now, because, like Phil said, these modifiable risk factors, meaning that, you know, if you make some changes here and there, your risk of Alzheimer?s and dementia significantly decrease.
0:06:37 Ben Chaloner: So that?s why we want to make sure we?re talking to folks.
0:06:40 Ciara Owens: You must have been in my head, because that was going to be one of my questions before it was over, like, what?s the difference between the two? So thank you, Ben.
0:06:46 Will Rucker: Now, Xavier, tell us a little bit about the partnership between the Southern Nevada Health District and the Alzheimer?s Association.
0:06:52 Xavier Foster: Yeah, this opportunity just provides. Provide us the opportunity to look at this from the public health approach. So just putting our resources, our relationships into work to support all the activities that not only the Alzheimer?s association is doing, but all the many other organizations that are providing services around this topic.
0:07:16 Phil Kausman: It?s expanding our circle of influence, really, through the Southern Nevada Health District as well. Xavier already works with so many community partners that we may have not known about or worked with in the past. And so it?s just really expanding that circle of influence.
0:07:29 Will Rucker: Yeah, I love that. And I love that you?re doing this collaboratively, because, as you mentioned, relationships actually are a protective factor for health. So having those connections. Shout out to Lily, who was here earlier, go to the Janet Jackson concert, ma?. Am. It?s good for Your brain health.
0:07:46 Ciara Owens: Yes, it is, it is, it really is.
0:07:49 Phil Kausman: And we forget about those little things, but it makes a big difference. We got to get out and live. Right, that part.
0:07:55 Ciara Owens: So when you spoke about two things, like one, teaching our young people early about brain health and really learning, like leaning in and doing brain challenging things, what does that look like? Like crossword puzzles and word searches or like what does that look like?
0:08:08 Phil Kausman: Well, yeah, absolutely. Crossword puzzles, doing things differently rather than, I mean, let?s be honest, rather than sitting there with all the screen time that kids normally have right now. Right. But in addition to that, some of the basics, like if you?re going to get out and ride your bike or these days, an E bike, wear your helmet. Please wear your helmet. Those are just some of the basic things you can do to help protect your brain.
0:08:28 Phil Kausman: And again, it helps mitigate the chances of you developing dementia in the future. The more we can do now earlier in life again, your 65 year old self is going to love you for it.
0:08:40 Will Rucker: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So I hear that there are 10 healthy habits for the brain.
0:08:46 Phil Kausman: Yes.
0:08:47 Will Rucker: Talk about them.
0:08:49 Phil Kausman: So, and Ben, if you want to jump in here as well, please do. We?ve looked at study just recently released that really quantifies how these can help slow down or reduce your chances of getting Alzheimer?s or dementia. But in the, you know, we kind of talked a little bit about challenging your mind, protecting your head. And one of the big things that people just don?t think about, but keep making sure your blood pressure is under control and your diabetes is under control.
0:09:21 Ben Chaloner: Those are two huge things, especially within our communities, within the black and Latino communities. Those are diseases that run really rampant within our communities. And so, you know, with my father in law trying to get him to control his diabetes, trying to make sure that he eats healthy, that?s another one. Making sure you?re eating right and maintaining a healthy weight. And another one that?s also very important is sleeping. Well, I just picked one of my favorites.
0:09:47 Will Rucker: I love a nap.
0:09:48 Ben Chaloner: We have a lot of stress within our communities and throughout, you know, Vegas itself, we have a lot of, you know, it?s not the city that never sleeps. I think that?s New York. But it?s the 24 hour shift work. Yeah, shift work. We have folks working on the strip, we have working all over the place, but making sure you get your sleep in at least those eight hours and you know, making sure it?s high quality sleep. So if you have sleep apnea or undiagnosed sleep apnea you get that addressed as well. Because yeah, you may be sleeping, sleeping, but if you?re not getting quality sleep, that?s also affecting your brain.
0:10:22 Will Rucker: I, I really appreciate you saying that. And with the sleep apnea, that?s something so, you know, it?s, we don?t talk about, but so many people live with that and it is something that we can address and hearing that it impacts your brain health makes that even more urgent. It?s not just so that your partner next to you can sleep.
0:10:40 Ciara Owens: Right?
0:10:40 Will Rucker: Yes. It?s for your own brain health, I think too.
0:10:44 Phil Kausman: Well, the environment, you know, we live in, we have a lot of multi generational homes here and making sure that, that when it comes time to quiet down in the evenings, first for bedtime, that the whole house is kind of moderate or mirroring that environment, if you will, and everybody?s kind of settling down and making it a place where people can get a good night?s sleep.
0:11:04 Will Rucker: Because we don?t really think of sleep as a health activity, but it absolutely is.
0:11:10 Phil Kausman: That?s when your brain does its rinse and clean cycle, right? It?s clean and rinse, if you will. That?s, that?s when your brain goes through the, the healthy rejuvenation. It?s during your sleep.
0:11:21 Will Rucker: Yeah, absolutely. And that?s connected to learning because I see stay in school is one of the 10 healthy habits.
0:11:26 Ben Chaloner: Absolutely. And it?s not just staying in school, but it?s, you know, take doing something to expand your mind. So, you know, I know at csn, wherever those have, they have those extra classes that you could take, learn a new skill, you know, pick up bacon, it?s learning anything new, picking up a new language, it?s just a way to make sure that your mind is continuing to learn. And one of the last ones that we have here is get moving. So that just means that at minimum going out for a walk, I?m not talking about going on running a marathon or doing these triathlons.
0:11:57 Phil Kausman: That?s no triathlons.
0:11:58 Ben Chaloner: Today I am a runner, I will say that. But not everyone has to do those insane activities. It?s just easy enough as you know, going, getting on one of those bikes, you know, a push scooter rather than the electric scooter, but making sure, you know, you?re keeping moving, you?re staying active, you?re making sure the blood was flowing throughout your entire body. And so, you know, these are 10 healthy habits that you can do.
0:12:22 Ben Chaloner: And it?s not too early to start and it?s not too late. To start to make sure that you?re able to make a difference.
0:12:27 Will Rucker: I want to dive a little deeper into some of these in just a moment. But just a reminder, the Healthier Tomorrow radio program is sponsored by the Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Southern Nevada Health District. September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Raising healthy kids is a family affair. So get the whole family involved. The best thing you can do to help your child achieve the healthy body that is right for them is to create and practice healthy habits every day.
0:12:57 Will Rucker: For more information, visit www.gethealthyclarkcounty.org. and with that in mind, we touched on it lightly. But eating right, that?s so, so important.
0:13:10 Phil Kausman: Would you share a little bit more?
0:13:12 Ben Chaloner: Yeah. So Phil recently mentioned the U.S. pointer study. That?s a study that came out at the end of July, and it?s one that the association helped sponsor. And it?s. It looked at, you know, some of these modifiable, modifiable risk factors. And within that included eating healthy, eating well. And so making sure that you?re getting, you know, your full range of fruits and vegetables, as well as your proteins and your fats, you know, making sure you?re eating the rainbow.
0:13:42 Ben Chaloner: I know that?s a tagline for some candy, but it?s true. When you?re looking in your plate, making sure you have all different colors on there. That way you?re getting as much.
0:13:52 Phil Kausman: Can we just stop at the candy part?
0:13:55 Will Rucker: I love that. And you?re right. Skittles, that?s the brand. But yeah. And we?re so fortunate here in Las Vegas because we?ve got the Gilcrease Orchard, we?ve got the Aboto Collective right here in the west side and so many other places where people can go and get foods they wouldn?t ordinarily see. The farmers markets that the health district sponsors.
0:14:14 Ciara Owens: Yes.
0:14:15 Will Rucker: And just try something new. I had purple cauliflower the other day and. And you?re wearing purple Worth right color. But that?s eating the rainbow is not just good for your health, it?s good for your palate because you try different things.
0:14:29 Ciara Owens: Yes. And that doesn?t mean add the bacon grease and everything to the rainbow, too, for y?. All, like, eat the rainbow with some steam, like olive oil. Let?s cook it up right. Not cook the nutrients up out of it.
0:14:39 Phil Kausman: But you know what? That?s such a good point. Because at the end of the day, our ultimate self right of determination is what we put in our mouth. Right. The fuel that we put in Our bodies. And it does make such a huge impact and it?s hard. It?s hard, especially when other things are so convenient. But really taking the initiative and the ownership of what you?re preparing and cooking and being able to make that a priority in your life is huge.
0:15:06 Ciara Owens: Yes. Like you say, we don?t thank our 65 cells later.
0:15:10 Phil Kausman: Yep.
0:15:11 Ciara Owens: Question for you. You mentioned about the US Point of brain health recipe. And one thing on here that I found very interesting is the cognitive exercise, specifically the computer based exercise portion of it. What does that look like? Especially when we talk about wanting to limit screen time and like getting us out, moving, socializing, for that to be such a key piece. Tell me a little bit more, if.
0:15:34 Ben Chaloner: You don?t mind, so that you know, I haven?t had a chance to delve into it too much. But I know it?s making sure that you?re, you?re, you?re keeping your brain active. And so I know some of the things that they had available to them on the US Pointer may not be available to everyone, but it?s certain things that you?re able to do on your phone. So if you do the daily wordle, the connections, I know the New York Times connections right now is very popular in addition to the wordle, but it?s the saduku, the crossword puzzles and making sure you?re able to do that. But again, it also ties into sleeping well. So once it?s time to go to bed, making sure you?re staying off those screens because that blue light from those screens affect your sleep rhythm and so make or circadian rhythm. I forget exactly what it is, but it?s all interconnected. You know, when we mention one thing, it connects with something else within the healthy habits. And that?s what the US Pointer study looked at as making sure we?re looking at the full spectrum of it.
0:16:31 Ciara Owens: I love the interconnectedness. Sometimes we think that health is like, I?m just gonna do this and it?s not gonna influence other things. But it connects to so much.
0:16:37 Will Rucker: Absolutely does. And Xavier, a lot of your work is in social determinants of health. And so all of this is connected. I?d love to hear a little bit more from you, particularly around like the prevalence here in Las Vegas and some of the things that we can do to ensure our community is aware and doing what we can to modify those risk factors.
0:16:58 Xavier Foster: Yes, the six factors or risk factors that we see or we have more prevalence come around. Maintaining your blood pressure, maintaining healthy weights, manage your diabetes. A famous Issue that we deal with here is smoking.
0:17:18 Will Rucker: Yes. So make sure that. Let?s pause there. Let?s talk about that.
0:17:21 Ciara Owens: Let?s talk about it.
0:17:22 Will Rucker: Because we haven?t had the Smoke Free team on in a while. Yes. But just want to put a plug out there. Smoke still is unhealthy.
0:17:28 Ciara Owens: Yes, still is.
0:17:30 Ben Chaloner: That has not changed.
0:17:32 Ciara Owens: Doesn?t matter what form it?s saying, y?. All.
0:17:33 Phil Kausman: Yeah, just checked. It?s still not good.
0:17:36 Xavier Foster: So we have done a lot of progress here in the city. We?re restricting those areas where smoke is, where you can smoke or not smoke. And we are continuing at the health district to push on policies to increase those areas where you are not able to smoke. But, yeah, so just doing simple stuff as if you cannot quit, just reduce the amount and hopefully just work towards the goal of quitting smoking. Then we also have keeping active. I mean, we have so many spaces that we can go in and be active. I know during the summer it may be hard, but go take a hike at Red Rock.
0:18:14 Xavier Foster: Go go to the lake and swim in those activities. And of course, sleeping well. Those are the six risk factors that we kind of see a prevalence here. And of course, we see those in those areas where we have margin, we have groups such as African American and Latinos where we see the highest prevalence of those risks.
0:18:38 Will Rucker: Yeah, I?m just really noticing the risk factors are directly tied to the healthy habits. So, I mean, if we start these healthy habits, it?s almost. I mean, you don?t even have to really think about the other stuff, because if you?re doing the healthy habits, you?re automatically controlling for diabetes and weight and getting active and doing those things that you just mentioned.
0:18:58 Xavier Foster: Yes. And that?s why the Brain health initiative is really focused on concentrating on those social determinants of health, because they do address all the habits that we are talking about today.
0:19:09 Phil Kausman: And I think it goes back to what we kind of started the show with is just kind of the stigma or the assumptions that are made sometimes about brain health. Let?s be honest. Normal brain aging, it happens to all of us. The big difference is that if we lose our keys or whatever, forget them, we can retrace our steps. People are becoming cognitively impaired with dementia or Alzheimer?s. They lose that ability.
0:19:34 Phil Kausman: And so what we?re trying to do is just raise the awareness that your overall health truly affects your brain and we can do something about it.
0:19:45 Ciara Owens: And let me know if I?m wrong about this. There?s. There?s really no age discrimination to this, we may see it older, but it can be.
0:19:52 Phil Kausman: And we think that, we think it?s an older person?s disease. Oh, it?s come time for Thanksgiving, put grandma in the corner because God knows what?s going to come out of her mouth. Well, the reality is the more we look, the more we are realizing and finding that younger people have had the, they had the disease of long before the symptoms show up. It can take 10 years before the symptoms show up. And by that time, unfortunately, you know, that proverbial train has left the station and intervention becomes more limited.
0:20:20 Phil Kausman: So we?re really focusing on self advocating. If dad just doesn?t seem right, you know, he couldn?t add up the tip last night when we went out for dinner. Hey, something?s wrong. Let?s go talk to his primary care and push, push for some, some testing.
0:20:35 Ben Chaloner: And the majority of folks that we have data on that have Alzheimer?s dementia are 65 and older. But we also have folks who are younger onset, which is folks below the age of 65, below the age of 60. We?ve had folks in their 40s, 30s, some very rare cases, even in their 20s. And so brain health is not just for over 65. It?s Phil earlier talked about multigenerational. A lot of us have multi generational homes, sandwich generation. Myself, I have my baby at home as well as my father in law most of the time. And so, you know, there?s things that we can do.
0:21:13 Ben Chaloner: You know, we all go on a walk together, we all make sure that when we go grocery shopping, we?re shopping for foods that are healthy for us. You know, we?re making sure that, you know, if we put on TV it?s not, you know, the brain rot tv, it?s actually something that, you know, semi educational so we can make sure that we?re learning something new. And so we are modeling those behaviors. You know, I?m modeling those behaviors for my father as well as for my baby. For eventually they?ll be able to see, you know, continue on with these 10 healthy habits as well.
0:21:43 Will Rucker: Now Phil, Ben, keep me honest here. I?m looking at the documents, I?m looking at the talking points and one thing I don?t see is music. Oh, good one.
0:21:57 Phil Kausman: So the science is working on it. We know that music has really deeply rooted spots in our brain that just lights people up who are cognitively impaired. You can just see it in their faces. And music therapy is real. What we?re trying to do is clinically prove where that is happening. So that we can cognitively modify or improve behavior. And we?re not there yet. We?re working on it. There are some researchers down at the University of Arizona that are really diving into this.
0:22:31 Phil Kausman: But music, we know it helps. We know it helps people. It just brings them back to a time and lights them up. You can see it in their faces. And we know that it is incredibly important in so many families. So we?re all for. We?re all for any type of music that you can incorporate and bring into someone?s life.
0:22:49 Will Rucker: Love that. Because I was a professional athlete in high school. I was part of the marching band. Look at you.
0:22:57 Ben Chaloner: What?d you play?
0:22:58 Will Rucker: I played saxophone.
0:22:59 Ben Chaloner: Trombone.
0:22:59 Phil Kausman: All right. Baritone.
0:23:01 Ciara Owens: I was a flag girl.
0:23:03 Will Rucker: So we all got that physical exercise, right? That?s physical, that?s cognitive. That?s the relationship piece. And it really does make a huge difference for the entire lifespan.
0:23:15 Phil Kausman: Absolutely. Absolutely.
0:23:18 Will Rucker: Good. Well, one more question before we let you guys go. How are we getting this message out to the community?
0:23:24 Xavier Foster: Well, this is where the Southern Nevada Health District comes in. In this partnership and collaboration as part of this program initiative, we held two community meetings where we had several of our community partners come and just learn about this data, learn about the information, talk about the resources and the gaps in our community, and come up with what we are calling an action plan. So that action plan is going to include between 20 activities that different organizations are going to carry out in the community to inform the city, inform providers, inform youth serving organizations in what brain health is, the steps that they can take, and just take a dance into this risk and modifier behaviors out of this. We are coming out with an action plan that we will be presenting to the community.
0:24:24 Xavier Foster: It?s going to be hosted in the SNHD website, so it will be available there. We will be making some type of announcement so the community know when it?s out and it?s ready and they can know who they can contact to receive services or information and participate in our reach events.
0:24:44 Phil Kausman: And I also say Xavier?s all absolutely right. We?ve got a lot of great information coming out. People can also just go on to alz.org and find information.
0:24:53 Ben Chaloner: There?s so much available to us, so many different ways. It?s, you know, Alzheimer?s association is the largest Alzheimer?s and dementia organization in the world. We lead in research, we lead in and fundraising for it, but it?s also about meeting folks where they?re at. So that?s why this partnership with the center of Health Districts is extremely important because they have those relationships on the ground and it?s making sure that our information, our data is getting to the right in front of the right, the people that need to hear it the most.
0:25:22 Ben Chaloner: That?s everyday, folks.
0:25:23 Will Rucker: Well, friends, thank you so much for spending your morning with us and sharing this great information with our audience. We really, really appreciate it. Now, Ciara, we?ve got about 60 seconds left. What?s going on in the community?
0:25:33 Ciara Owens: There?s so many things. Let?s start with the neighborhood meeting for the Historic Westside Complete Streets Project. It?s happening today, y?, all, from 5 to 6:30pm the presentation will start at 5:30 at Doolittle Community Center, 1950 North J Street. This is your opportunity to have an informational meeting regarding the upcoming Historic west side Community Complete street public work project that is going to be happening from Washington Avenue to Martin Luther King Boulevard.
0:25:58 Ciara Owens: Also, as will mentioned earlier today, the Childhood Obesity awareness month is in September. So really think about small steps will lead to big changes for our kids and healthy habits. Start at home, adding one veggie to every meal. 60 minutes of activity a day and let?s decrease that screen time, y?. All. It?s also National Preparedness Month. Emergencies don?t wait, so be ready. Have charged devices stocked water pack. It?s a go bag. Start with one action today to make sure that you are ready for any emergencies that may happen.
0:26:28 Ciara Owens: We got time for one more, Will.
0:26:30 Will Rucker: One more.
0:26:30 Ciara Owens: All right, go ahead and check out the Clark County School District Family Support center for their September calendar that includes so many amazing things from Legal Services, Newcomer Support wellness and support immunizations. Different things of that nature. Dive in and the parent engagement Workshops, y?.
0:26:48 Ben Chaloner: All.
0:26:48 Ciara Owens: Kids need to be in school, so every day matters. They need to be in school to be able to learn and have their health count.
0:26:54 Will Rucker: This has been a healthier tomorrow. I?m Will Rucker.
0:26:58 Ciara Owens: And I?m Ciara Owens.
0:26:59 Will Rucker: And as we always remind you, you are not just a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. And what you do matters. So stay healthy, y?.
0:27:09 Ciara Owens: All.
0:27:09 Will Rucker: We?ll see you next time.
0:27:10 Ciara Owens: Happy Wednesday.
