Lax Kw'alaams Amm Day Health

October is breast cancer awareness month!! Reminder of the workshop on October 21st. You must attend the presentation to be entered into the door prizes.... Call Aimee or Susan..

The good food bag that is suppose to be in tomorrow October 14, will not be delivered until Friday October 16th. There was a mix up, we are sorry for the inconvenience. Please pass the word around.

Dear Lax Kw'alaams, we really appreciate everything you have been doing to help keep the Community safe - from hand washing, to physical distancing, to masking, to kindness - you are all amazing - thank you :) Today we will start a series of Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Covid 19 Safety Measures that the nurses are taking, composed by the First Nations Health Authority: 1. Why don’t nurses self-isolate after arriving in Lax Kw’Alaams?... Community Health Nurses (CHNs) are considered to be essential for the continued functioning of the healthcare system (including the Lax Kw’Alaams Nursing Station). We require nurses to be ready for work upon arrival in Lax Kw’Alaams in order to provide primary care, public health, and emergency services. The BCCDC does not recommend self-isolation of asymptomatic healthcare providers. Preventing healthy nurses from reporting to work may actually pose a risk to the health and safety of community members by limiting the number of nurses available. 2. How are nurses getting to Lax Kw’Alaams? Nurses are travelling by well-established routes to get to Lax Kw’Alaams. Regardless of whether nurses drive to Lax Kw’Alaams or fly via commercial flights, they follow all appropriate COVID-19 prevention measures and Transport Canada requirements for air travel. All regions of B.C. have had cases of COVID-19, and whether we know about positive cases or not we should assume that COVID-19 is present everywhere. This is why, regardless of if a nurse comes from nearby or far away, they follow all COVID-19 prevention guidelines while travelling to Lax Kw’Alaams. Stay tuned for tomorrow's post where we will review FAQs: 3. What measures are being taken to prevent potential spread of COVID-19 when nurses travel into Lax Kw’Alaams? and 4. Should we be concerned about nurses that work in other Health Authorities or hospitals? Questions? Comments? Concerns? Kudos? Please reach out to your Community Leadership :) Thank you

Clinic is closed this Monday Oct 12th for the holiday. A Nurse will be available for Emergencies only. Thank you :)Clinic is closed this Monday Oct 12th for the holiday. A Nurse will be available for Emergencies only. Thank you :)

Reminder the good food bag is due tomorrow October 9th by 12 noon.

Posting for Katherine Sankey... Here is our October Self Care calendar, each day NIFCs is challenging our Lax Kw’alaams families to complete the daily challenges. Today is our start day October 6th. Every day completed you’ll be entered in to a draw. More draw information to me announced at a later date. ... If you can email or inbox myself a photo of you and your family completing the challenge of the day. This is how I will keep track of the names for the prizes. Email : [email protected]

We are looking for someone to come in to work on cedar with our elders. Please contact Aimee or Susan for more information.

Breast cancer awareness workshop.!!! Watch for updates..

These are some of the items that we will be doing at orange shirt day tomorrow morning.. Come out and spend the morning with our children 10 am - 12 noon @ the gym. Everyone that attends the walk with our children at 1 will receive a orange shirt, while supplies last... Come check it out.

Good food bag for October!!! Deadline to purchase is October 9th, 12 noon.

This year our homecare program did 33 case of jarred fish. To all those who returned your jars, we will be around tomorrow afternoon to deliver them. To our new elders who turned 65 this year in the community, we will be by tomorrow also. Big thank you to Noffie Brooks and Stan Dennis, for getting us our fish. Thank you to Edward Henry for the use of your stove, pot and smoke house.. Thank you to Headstart for always helping us out when we need it. ... Another year in the books, we hope you enjoy.. See more

Reminder, the clinic does have these items for your use. However we have been getting complaints about them being toss out around the community. Can you please dispose of them properly, and only make use of them when needed. We do not want to run out of them...

Please feel free to come out and join us on September 30... If you would like to take part by speaking or sharing, please contact anyone of us. Or just take part by coming and being with us. We have ordered a number of shirts, that will be given out before the walk.. Hope to see you there!