Network & Learn Through the Interactive Exhibit Hall: GolfFish Swim School, Girls on the Run, & Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ohio AAP held our first-ever virtual Annual Meeting on November 20-21, 2020. Not only did we have virtual education sessions, we were able to partner with 32 exhibitors to bring our members and attendees an interactive networking experience with our industry friends. We would like to highlight each exhibitor in this and forthcoming issues of Ohio AAP Today. We also encourage you visit our virtual exhibit hall to learn more about the products and services that are useful for your practice.
Exhibitor Spotlight!
- Girls on the Run: Girls on the Run is a transformational physical activity–based
positive youth development program for girls in 3rd to 8th grade designed to develop and enhance girls’ competencies to successfully navigate life experiences. At Girls on the Run, trained and supportive coaches and volunteers teach life skills through dynamic, conversation—based lessons and running games. The program culminates with the girls being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5k running event. The goals of the program are to develop and improve competence, unleash confidence through accomplishment, develop strength of character, respond to others and oneself with care and compassion, create positive connections with peers and adults and make a meaningful contribution to community, all while establishing a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness.
- GoldFish Swim School: Goldfish Swim School was created by parents, for parents, with this goal in mind — to give kids the platform to build essential life skills that will help
them make waves in life. We’ve created an inviting and safe place where kids overcome their fears, learn to swim, respect the water and have lots of fun while doing it. Our award-winning tropical environment and shiver-free pools are simply the fun backdrop for where kids do some serious growing and learning. So while we’re focused on the serious stuff, your family will be focused on the fun. It’s what we call The Science of SwimPlay ® .Goldfish offers swim lessons and other programs for children 4 months to 12 years of age. Our developmentally-appropriate curriculum offers top-quality swim lessons coupled with an experience you can’t get anywhere else! Being comfortable and confident in the water is of the utmost importance to us, and we know it is to you as well. We keep our water temperature at a warm 90 degrees to make the learn-to-swim experience as inviting as possible. With a 4:1 student to teacher ratio in our group classes and a 6:1 student to teacher ratio in our baby classes, your children will get the attention they need in order to advance their comfort and confidence in the water. And, with our state-of-the-art water purification system, you can count on a safe and clean environment for your children to swim.
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care
systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.6 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
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