Fun at the medical center

On Friday afternoon, we hosted a statewide poster contest where 4th and 5th graders submitted posters on why smoking is bad.

There were lots of great entries--their imaginations and talent were wonderful.

During the event, our Respiratory Care staff created educational stations where the kids got to learn more about the repercussions of smoking.

One of the more interesting stations included healthy and diseased pigs' lungs. The kids got to put on latex gloves and actually touch and feel the lungs.

My friend Melissa got in on the action. She couldn't help herself. How often can you say you got to squeeze pigs' lungs?

Melissa touching the diseased lungs

Believe me, I think the message got through to the kids.