Callie Morhart was chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Hayley and Cayden Wourms Memorial Scholarship worth $3500.
Morhart is a 2020 graduate of Assiniboia Composite High School. She is presently a distance student in nurses training, who is taking her courses through the University of Regina.
Morhart wanted to introduce positive transformations especially intended for the people in Assiniboia and for the town鈥檚 surrounding communities, so she devised a collection of Wellness Toolkits.
The Hayley and Cayden Memorial Scholarship was inaugurated after the mother and child鈥檚 unanticipated and heart breaking passing in 2012 鈥� the family of Hayley Wourms (n茅e Wilcock) created the scholarship in the memory of their daughter and grandson.听
The Assiniboia community as a whole described Hayley Wourms as a person who also wanted to make a constructive difference in people鈥檚 lives much like the young nursing student and winner of this year鈥檚 scholarship.
Morhart鈥檚 idea as part of the scholarship鈥檚 requirements was to spend some of the awarded scholarship money towards developing Wellness Toolkits. Five hundred dollars of the $3500 was required to be dedicated to her toolkit project. 听
Her toolkits are filled with ideas, tools and techniques on managing various and specific mental health issues. The kits address a serious of topics related to mental health: there鈥檚 General Wellness Toolkits, Sleep Toolkits, Self-Harm Prevention Toolkits and Kids Calm Down Kits.
She briefly discussed the importance of using different approaches in wellness therapies during the pandemic and why her toolkits would make a difference.鈥淲ithin the COVID times, I feel people are more stressed than ever,鈥� Morhart said. 鈥淭he kits are therapeutic and are not super expensive to make either,鈥� she added. 听听
Morhart hoped the toolkits would provide templates to assist others in developing their individualized mental health enhancement kits.
鈥淢y plan is to show the kits to schools then have the students make their own. Making them yourself is the therapeutic part,鈥� Morhart said. 鈥淏ut we can supply the personal declutter sheets.鈥澨�
Morhart hoped her prototype kits would aid individuals in improving their mental health, wellness and coping skills.
She planned to have the toolkits circulated throughout the Prairie 小蓝视频 School Division in Assiniboia and the neighbouring communities. Morhart also wanted a set directed to Mental Health and Addiction Services through the SHA to the therapists offering counselling in this specialized field.
Morhart will also provide a Kids Calm Down Kit to Assiniboia Child Care Services.
In relation to Morhart's interest in pursuing a nursing career, she is considering the introduction of a toolkit designed for dementia patients as another possibility.
Morhart鈥檚 awareness in dementia began when she started working as a Continuing Care Aide (CCA) at the Ross Payant Nursing Home.
鈥淚鈥檝e kind of gotten to know how dementia works much better working in long-term care,鈥� she said. 鈥淜its for long-term care would be a cool idea.鈥澨� 听
Morhart鈥檚 hope is that her efforts will bring much-needed support and attention to the problems integral to mental health and wellness in Assiniboia and 小蓝视频 Central Saskatchewan for the projected future.听
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