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Health Services

SNAC Real Beauty Campaign

Disordered eating and poor body image are prevalent on campus.  SNAC wants to end negative body talk, unhealthy dieting, and superficial, unrealistic beauty ideals that contribute to these problems.  SNAC wants to promote REAL health and REAL beauty from the inside out!
 

EveryBODY is Beautiful Fashion Show
What makes you beautiful from the inside out?  Is it your warmth, sense of humor, self-confidence, unique style...?  Tell us what character traits make you (and others) attractive, and get the opportunity to model in our EveryBODY is Beautiful Fashion Show on Tues. Oct. 11th, 2011 in the Honor Grove.  Models can dress themselves or receive fashion and beauty tips from our professional consultants.  We want to showcase REAL college men and women of all shapes, sizes, ages, races, and ethnicities who have REAL beauty from the inside out!  Click here for an informational flier and a model entry formAll entry forms due by 5 p.m. on Thurs. Sept. 22nd, 2011.

 

Fat Talk Free Week
During the week of October 16-22, 2011, SNAC encourages you to take the pledge (below) and wear a rainbow ribbon in support of stopping negative body talk.  Why rainbow ribbon?  Because everyBODY is beautiful, just as every color is beautiful." 

Take the Fat Talk Free Week Pledge:
Today I promise to eliminate "fat talk" from conversations with my friends, my family, and myself.  Starting now, I will strive for a "healthy ideal" which I know looks different for every person and focuses on health, not weight or size.  I will celebrate the things about myself and the people in my life that have nothing to do with how we look.  I decide to end "fat talk" now!

Watch this powerful 1-minute "Fat Talk Free Week" slide presentation.

Learn What is "Fat Talk" and how to change the conversation to help discourage disordered eating and body hatred.

Get involved in Operation Beautiful with post-its, and make someone smile :-)

Read this Q & A Handout which covers Common Misperceptions about Fat Talk Free Week.

Click on SNAC Events for more info about Fat Talk Free Week educational seminars and activities.

 

Real Beauty Art/Photo Exhibit
What does real beauty mean to you? Submit your art/photos that capture real beauty in our world, and your work may be included in SNAC’s annual "Real Beauty" Art Exhibit at COC. Click here for an informational flier and the required entry form.  COC students, staff/faculty, and community members are encouraged to apply.  All submissions due by 5 p.m. on Thurs. Oct. 6th, 2011.

Previous "Real Beauty" photo submissions:


Coast of Oregon

Real beauty: "You can hear the waves crashing on the rocks. The smell of the ocean. You can feel the mist of the waterfall and the waves. You can taste the salt from the ocean. Beauty is not just what you see. You experience beauty using all of your senses."

Christy Belknap
COC Student


Gina Bogna with husband, Glenn, serving at the Three Angels Relief Orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti

Real Beauty: "Spending time at an orphanage in Haiti was life changing - our perspective on life is healthier and more balanced. It was a beautiful experience: we did not share the same language but a smile is a universal language. I believe we received far more than we gave."

Sara Anson
COC Library Media Technician


In Loving Memory of Felice Kurtzman - 8/23/55 - 11/3/07

"Real beauty is a family's incredible love, strength, and unity while its wife and mother battles cancer."

Sheri Barke MPH, RD.
Student Healthy Center
 


Women With Attitude

"Real beauty is an attitude rather than a physique."

Amber Johnson
COC Student


Friends

"Real beauty is captured by the respect and loyalty we have for each other."

McKenzie Hall
COC Student


Nature

"Real beauty - the beauty of nature and life."

Sandra Anaya
COC Student


Innocence

"Real beauty is the innocence of youth."

Sandra Anaya
COC Student


Family

"Real beauty is the love between a mother and a daughter."

Janet Cetrone
Biology Lab Coordinator

 

SNAC is sponsored by the COC Student Health & Wellness Center. For more information, contact faculty advisor Sheri Barke, MPH, RD at sheri.barke@canyons.edu or 661-362-3244.

 

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• 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

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• 17200 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, CA 91351