1. National Rural Health Day (NOTE: INSERT YOUR facility/community NAME HERE)

2. About Us (Note: Insert a few bullets about your health care facility and what you do here)

3. National Rural Health Day  Officially Thursday, November 15 (National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and others planning week of NRHD-related events )  Created in 2011 to: Tout the strengths of rural communities as places to live and work Increase awareness of rural health-related issues Promote the efforts of communities and their partners in addressing those issues

4. NRHD Logo – What It Represents  Colors/Upper-left Block – nature/outdoors, agriculture, recreational opportunities  Upper-right Block – family, community, heritage  Lower-left Block – partnerships/connections, working together to benefit the greater good  Lower-right Block – represents medical, health care

5. Available Resources Key Messages: Rural communities are wonderful places to live and work Amazing things are happening in rural Missouri Being a rural healthcare provider offers tremendous opportunities Health care in rural Missouri is unique National Rural Health Day “Themes” : Welcome to Rural Missouri Exploring the Issues Missouri faces Doing More with Less Provider Appreciation Day Looking Toward the Future

6. Available Resources (cont.) National Rural Health Day Logo “Save the Date” Postcard Gubernatorial Proclamation Template - Remove “Letter to Legislator” Template Media Release Template National Rural Health Day PowerPoint Presentation

7. National Rural Health Day Website http://celebratepowerofrural.org

8. NOSORH Celebration Plans Remove this slide National Rural Health Day “Kickoff Event” (Tentative) (November 13; National Press Club, Washington DC) Daily National Rural Health Day Webinars (November 12-16) NOSORH Leadership Institute Open to emerging AND established rural health leaders Workshops conducted mostly via webinar from January – October 2013; two face-to-face meetings: o May 7, 2013 (Louisville, KY) o October 2013 (Asheville, NC) Up to ten scholarships available; nomination form available at http://www.nosorh.org/events/files/LI_Nomination_Form_2012_FINAL.docx http://www.nosorh.org/events/files/LI_Nomination_Form_2012_FINAL.docx

9. Our Celebration Plans (Note: Insert a few bullets about your community/provider celebration plans here)

10. What Can You Do? Put National Rural Health Day logo on your website Put “community success stories” and provider appreciation stories on your website. Seek gubernatorial/legislative proclamations Remove Share the news – tell partners, media contacts, etc. Send rural “community success stories” and photographs to at MO Department of Health and Senior Services, via email: Marie.Ballew@health.mo.gov Tell us what you’re doing … or join us! Celebrate!

11. THANK YOU! Our Partners:  (Note: Insert your partners here)  Missouri Office of Primary Care and Rural Health

12. Need More Info? Contact:  (Note: Insert your Name, Title contact info here) −Phone Number/email address  Marie Ballew, Rural Health Coordinator, State of Missouri – 573-526-2825/Marie.Ballew@health.mo.gov  Name, Title –Phone number/email address