Hello Colleagues, AB 161, the Athletic Trainers Title Protection Bill will be heard in the California State Assembly Business and Professions Committee on April 14. We need your emails of support by April 7. Please take a couple of moments to send an email of support to your legislators and ask them to support this bill today. Support AB 161 Please forward the link to your family, friends, athletes/patients, coaches/administrators,…
To celebrate National Athletic Training Month, the Rebel Athletic Training Society came up with a unique way to not only promote our profession in March, but also raise funds for our organization. We created wristbands with the theme “We Prepare, You Perform” to demonstrate how we’re raising awareness about athletic training. These cool wristbands were a symbol to our student athletes that our job as athletic trainers is for their…
Click Here to view the Spring 2015 FWATA Newsletter. This electronic newsletter is published twice a year by the Far West Trainers’ Association for its members. For information contained in this newsletter or to submit articles or ideas please contact the FWATA Newsletter Editor and District 8 Secretary: Lyn Nakagawa, MA, ATC, CSCS at 808.956.7144 or email: lynhn@hawaii.edu. Archived issues can be found on the Resources page in the “Quick Links” column…
The FWATA Public Relations Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the Excellence in Athletic Training Award. Each quarter, the Excellence in Athletic Training Award celebrates District 8 athletic trainers or athletic training student members who display an exceptional commitment to mentoring, professional development or enhancing the quality of health care. This quarter’s winner is Reid Takano BS, ATC of Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawai’i. “Mahalo nui loa! It’s…
In support of District 8’s participation in the Centanni-Cottle Memorial 5K, we invite everyone to go to Slater’s 50/50 Anaheim Hills Restaurant on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 (St. Patrick’s Day). All you have to do to show your support is eat 🙂 Slater’s 50/50 6362 E Santa Ana Canyon Road Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 714.685.1103 Just make sure you download and print or save to your smartphone the participation coupon and…
The FWATA Research and Grants Committee conducts an awards competition for the Free Communications Program. During the FWATA Annual Meeting, presentations from both the Peer Reviewed and Student Exchange Tracks will be judged and selected winners will receive awards ranging from $100 to $225. The FWATA Research & Grants Committee offers two different submission options for participation with the Free Communications Program: Peer Reviewed Track (available to all NATA members…
The 2015 Bailey-Arnheim Games (BAGs) will take place at California State University Long Beach on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Start time 10:00AM. Check out more about this event contact Evamarie Balderas, BAGs President and Coordinator at evamariebalderas@gmail.com The “Bailey-Arnheim Games” are held in honor of the late Dan Bailey and Daniel D. Arnheim. Dan Bailey served as head athletic trainer at Long Beach State for 36 years and is considered…
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The FWATA Public Relations Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the Excellence in Athletic Training Award. Each quarter, the Excellence in Athletic Training Award celebrates District 8 athletic trainers or athletic training student members who display an exceptional commitment to mentoring, professional development or enhancing the quality of health care. This quarter’s winner, and very first recipient, is Holli Jackson MS, ATC, LMT of Edison High School in…
The NATA Research and Education Foundation’s Women in Athletic Training Research Endowment is about $6,000 short of reaching its goal and we would like your help to kick things into high gear before the 2015 Convention. Here is the suggestion: It would be great that as many of us as possible make at $10 donation to the NATAREF in honor of a woman who was influential in your athletic training career. …
On Saturday, October 11th 2014, University of Hawaii at Manoa Post-Professional Athletic Training Program students Timothy Cuddeback and Nicholas DePhillipo helped volunteer for the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. They were part of the logistics and transportation crew and helped transport athletes to cots in the medical tent, triage, and weigh them in. They were a valuable asset to the medical team for the Ironman and made lasting relationships. …
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