Children's Mercy Hospital Prepped & Ready

Host Site: St Therese North +

Knights of Columbus

Names: Father Joe Cisetti and Rob Perschau

In person event, late 2018

Rob did lots of grass roots style promotion - church
bulletin, school newsletters, handed out flyers, local
press, emails with teachers

Catholic paper did a writeup after the event

Had a really great turnout from the local community
(approx 150)

Was a lot more important than “hosting a bingo
night”

Improved turnout from parents of the school by
allowing students of parent attendees to attend class
without a uniform for a day

Was interested and open to hosting Prepped and
Ready again in the future

Host Site: Children’s Mercy

Name: Sheryl Chadwick | Program Manager, Patient &
Family Engagement

In person event, May 2019

Sheryl is a member of the CMH Family Advisor
Board

Time and location affected turnout

End of school year so parents were busy

Downtown and they received some comments about

concerns with the drive and parking in an unfamiliar

area.

Lots of information but well organized. Not sure

what to cut to make it more manageable

It’s some heavy material

Appreciated the illustration of the care bears and

strawberry shortcake to illustrate how the changes in

the characters may affect body image for kids

Was very positive on the presentation and the

material presented

Host Site: Rockhurst High School

Private Catholic HS

Name: Chris Bosco

Demographic served:

76% catholic

All boys school

Lots of financial aid offered

Students w/80% financial need attend

Teen Mental Health

Conversation that occurs often due to several

suicides within the same friend groups over a period of

a few years