Gather in STRENGTH: Hope
Gathered in STRENGTH
Honoring Service, Inspiring What Comes Next
Hey, CHW Strength community!
I’m Stephanie Toney, The Hope Dealer, and as APHA draws toward a close, today’s pillar is Hope.
Today, we’re answering three questions: What? Why? How?
WHAT I experienced today?
Today, we celebrated Community Health Workers and Public Health Nurses, recognizing service, leadership, advocacy, and contributions that strengthen our communities.
Behind every recognition is a story. Years of showing up. Relationships built with care. Work that continued even when progress was difficult to see.
Witnessing those celebrations reminded me that the impact of our service can reach far beyond what we get to see for ourselves.
WHY does this matter?
Because as this gathering ends soon, we return to work that still needs our courage, creativity, consistency, and commitment.
The challenges waiting for us are real. So are the people, ideas, possibilities, and hopefulness we encountered here.
Hope gives us a reason to take the next step when we cannot see the whole path.
Celebrating someone’s service can renew their strength. Hearing their story can awaken possibility in someone else. Recognizing what has already been accomplished can give us courage for what remains unfinished.
As The Hope Dealer, my mission is to evoke hope so that energized optimism takes root and carries people forward.
Today, I’m carrying hope in the people we celebrated and in all of us who will return home ready to keep serving.
HOW can you join me?
Give something from this experience a future.
Follow up with someone you met. Share an idea with your team. Tell a CHW or Public Health Nurse specifically why their work matters.
And choose one possibility you’re willing to act on, even if the first step is small.
Have you finished your bingo card? Submit through a Memento video by sharing the first name of the people you met to help you get Bingo
What possibility will you carry home, and what will you do to give it life?
We gathered in STRENGTH. Let’s carry hope forward together
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