footDrHorsley Newsletter: National Education Association (NEA) - Orlando 2006
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Hey everybody! This newsletter and more information about your foot health can be viewed online on our web site at: http://www.footdrhorsley.com/This week's topic is about our attendance at the NEA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
National Education Association (NEA) - Orlando 2006
The Summer is for relaxing, vacationing and fun, so sit back relax and have fun reading about our first Convention as a Medical Team. We attended the National Education Association Convention, which took place June 30 through July 6, 2006 in Orlando, Florida. There were so many people to meet, and many more booths to experience at the Convention Center. Everyday held new things in store for our team. The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 2.8 million members work at every level of education -from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.
We received thousands of gasps and expressions directed at
BIOFREEZE(tm), and how well it works. We were surprised to see how
many knew about it, and much more surprised at how quickly we were
selling it. We sold out of our BIOFREEZE Gel on the second day and
were running low on all others. The most amazing thing was that
there were no treatments given, not because we couldn't legally give
them, but because almost "everyone" knew what their problem was.
They told us what was wrong, and even how they're treating/fixing
it, they just wanted a second opinion or something to kill the pain
for the time being. The educators were a lively bunch, discussing
various issues including: Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendonitis,
Hammertoes, and Dry/Cracked Heels, to name a few.
This convention reaffirmed to us the types of people that need foot
care the most. It turns out that many young people, including
athletes don't think they have foot problems because they're so
young and people from all ages tend to think feet have to be ugly
and/or deformed to need surgery or a podiatrist. We have to spread
the word to the young people that we see now, so we won't see them
20 years later in our office trying to get their first foot exam.
It's never too late to do the right thing but, why wait when you can
catch it early?
Aside from all the excitement at our footDrHorsley.com booth, there
were many booths for careers and scholarships and different colleges
and universities. Among the booths was Walt Disney World and
Universal Studios promoting their "Grad Night"
http://www.grad-nights.com/gradnight.htm
program which is a special day filled with activities and programs
specifically for recent High School graduates. Sea World was there
also and brought in live Penguins, and the Twisted Pen factory was
creating pens right in front of the public. You can see samples or
buy a pen machine and supplies at http://www.twistedpenfactory.com,
They made me a blue dog pen, and my sister a red heart pen. It was
amazing!
The booth right next to us was a non-profit organization sponsoring
schools in Chiapas, Mexico and in Bosnia. There were beautiful
pieces of art in poster, plaque, and wall hanging form. There were
also various buttons (pins) for sale, some said "Robin Hood was
right", "He's not MY president", "Make love not war" and many more.
Of course I indulged in a few of those buttons for my "opinionated"
mother and, I really wanted the Hanging Sun made in Mexico but
couldn't spare a donation over 30 dollars.... -so I stayed with some
handmade postcards which were replicas of the authentic posters.
Being the 40th anniversary of the combining of the NEA and The ATA
(American Teachers Association), there were many awards given during
the NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner. The Awards dinner was
very educational because there were so many awards given to people
that some have never heard of, yet do so much for the education of
all races and types of students.
The awards were as follows:- Applegate-Dorros Peace and International Understanding Award
- Author-Illustrator Human and Civil Rights Award
- Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award
- Cesar Chavez Accion y Compromiso Human and Civil Rights Award
- Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award
- George I. Sanchez Memorial Award
- H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award (black)
- H. Councill Trenholm Memorial Award (non-black)
- Leo Reano Memorial Award
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Award
- Mary Hatwood Futrell Award
- Rosena J. Willis Memorial Award (Local Affiliate)
- SuAnne Big Crow Memorial Award
- Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights
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