Wholistic Health Alliance App Project and Art Contest

Wholistic Health Alliance (WHA) launched the Youth Brigade in 2017, with the vision to put Youth at the center of the health dialogue. The Youth Brigade (YB) aims to involve the Youth in starting and engaging in conversations around health. It is targeted toward youth in the age group of 13-19, with the belief that healthy habits should be inculcated young. A healthy childhood and youth ensures a healthier and productive life. This platform provides an opportunity for our Youth to meet, have a conversation in their own ‘lingo’ within their own ‘tribe’, inspire and support one another, hopefully entrenching them soundly on a healthier life  through education, interaction and role modelling. Participating and contributing in non-profit activities allows them to give back to their community as well. So this initiative is a win-win for the Youth on many fronts.

WHA App project:

Recently our Youth Brigade members have launched a project to develop an App for Whloistic Health Alliance. About 15 Youth from across 4 states have been meeting regularly for the past 8 weeks to work on concept, coding, wireframing and design for the App. At this stage they need to hear from the Consumer as well as the Practitioner.

Please take 2 minutes to take the short survey below (as applicable) and please share widely with family and friends. Please remember WHA is dedicated to building Healthy Communities. So all this effort is for YOU! I commend our Youth for working diligently on this project. Please take a couple minutes to help them out and support their efforts! Special shout out to our WHA YB President, Aagam Prakash (9^th Grade) for ably leading this project for WHA. And to WHA YB alum Aarzu Miharia for taking over our social media management.

CONSUMER SURVEY:

https://forms.gle/1Y1ksBEgao6FTrS68.

PRACTITIONER SURVEY:

Take THIS survey if you are a trained holistic practitioner.

https://forms.gle/M2Df4gnyAvN4gwVcA.

WHA Art contest:

(Registration deadline is June 15^th and entries can be submitted before or by June 30^th)

The idea behind the Art event was to involve our Youth in a healing destressing fun activity, especially in these difficult times. Both parents and youth have welcomed this idea. We are accepting entries from outside of MA as well. So far we have about 40 registrations from across 5 States.

TWO step REGISTRATION:
1. Fill out the google form (by June 15th)
https://forms.gle/QcSYHoMe18Tz9hEGA

2. PAY the $10 registration fee via paypal (by June 15th
PLEASE CHOOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY while making the payment
Otherwise, there will be a $1 extra charge to cover paypal fee.
paypal.me/WholisticHealthAllia
OR
Mail a check in the name of Wholistic Health Alliance to 17 Overlook Drive Danvers MA 01923

Late registrations will be reviewed case by case and if accepted, there will be an additional late fee of $2.

Please email your entries before or by June 30th, at wholistichealthalliance.group@gmail.com. You can take a picture of the original Art and send us in jpg, png or pdf format.

Art entries will be judged by 2 esteemed New England Artists. Prizes worth $50, $30 and $20 will be awarded in each category.

More details here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/553206642255958/

Here are the 3 categories and corresponding topics:

5-8 years - Topic: Healthful and Happy Mother Earth
This topic has been chosen to honor Mother Earth (it was Earth Day on April 22).
Paintings can depict health of earth, water, air, trees, animals, conservation, sustainability and similar and how our own health is intertwined with that of Mother Earth.

9-12 years - Topic: Separately Together
The current crisis has forced us to be apart physically. And yet we are finding ways to remain connected.
Artists can choose any form of new connections that has come out during these times.
It could be coming together with oneself, family, pets, nature or something else.

13-18 years – Topic: Kindness is contagious
The crisis has also inspired many people to come forward to help in many different ways - donations, cooking food, making masks, making caps, celebrating the front liners and essential workers.
The Artist can depict anything on these lines in their Art work.

Entries can be in any creative format, including drawing coloring, shading, water color, and painting.

Benefits to the Artists:
- increased awareness and learning about Mother Earth and factors that impact it; learnings from the current crisis - separately together, kindness is contagious.
- practicing their art skills
- chance to publish in an Art book (we are going to try and publish one with all Artworks submitted)

Art Competition organizing committee:
Pratibha Shah

Monika Manocha Wadhwa

**Wholistic Health Alliance is a 501(c)3 nationally launched non-profit organization with the vision of providing a platform for holistic health practitioners to come together under one umbrella, fostering collaborations, building stronger networks and enabling greater synergy with the community. WHA aims to help build healthier communities, through education and information dissemination about simple tools for primary prevention and holistic solutions for health and wellness. WHA continues to expand its offerings and has reached and impacted the community significantly in a short span of about 3 yrs. In order to continue to increase our outreach and impact and to get the word out on natural and wholesome ways of living, health and wellness - we need YOU, our community, to join in in our initiative – please support, share, collaborate!!

 To learn more about us click the following links:

http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-pratibha-shah-wholistic-health-alliance-winchester-ma/

http://www.wholistichealthalliance.org/

https://www.facebook.com/WholisticHealthAlliance/

 Twitter (@WhaGroup)

 More about WHA Youth Brigade here:

http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13618

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