THHS promotes masking up & heart health
Darryl the Bigfoot can be found at the Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel
lobby for people to participate in the THHS #maskupforthall promotion.
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Health and Human Services is doing two promotions to encourage masking up and for Heart Health Month.
Darryl the Bigfoot is now located at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Casino lobby. For those who visit him, take a picture with him and post it with #maskupforthall to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Health and Human Services Facebook page for a chance to win a prize.
He was previously located at the Tribal Business Center where 11 people posted a photo with him.
Darryl was provided by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. They gave the bigfoot figure to drive the message to “Stay safe, save lives” by masking up and social distancing.
THHS Community Health Educator, Tammie Scott, said they will be doing more T-shirt promotions with the figure in the future – look at the Sho-Ban News or the THHS Facebook page for updates. T-shirts would be for the general membership who receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Scott said they would like people to know even if you receive your vaccinations it’s still important to social distance, wear a mask, and wash your hands.
Darryl will be at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Casino lobby for the next three weeks and will next be moved to the Trading Post Grocery Store, with other locations to be decided.
A Virtual Healthy Heart Contest will take place on Friday, February 5 on the Tribal Heath and Human Services Facebook page where people can post a picture of themselves wearing something red on “Wear Red Day.” The purpose is to show support for promoting heart health. Participants will have a chance to win various prizes, which include things like an exercise band, Bluetooth speaker, cooking tools, and mugs.
They are additionally trying to promote tobacco cessation because stopping smoking is good for one’s heart and to keep one from being vulnerable to catching COVID-19. Sign-ups for the Virtual Second-Wind Tobacco Cessation Program is open for classes for four weeks. Those who sign up and attempt to quit will receive a cessation starter kit. The classes will be a talking circle with a focused topic, the first class discussion will be on commercial tobacco facts, the second class will be about the participants personal journey, the third class will be on overcoming obstacles and the final class will be on long-term planning. Those who complete the four sessions will receive a $20 gas voucher.
The classes started on Wednesday, February 3 at noon, for four weeks. The meeting ID is 994 5725 8200 and passcode is 987928 on Zoom. For more information to sign up contact Tammie at 208-478-3937.
