Will also offer remarks at Healthy Hoosiers Foundation Launch
First Lady Karen Pence will join the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to launch the Healthy Hoosiers Foundation, where she will offer remarks. The Healthy Hoosiers Foundation was created through legislation passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Governor Pence and is aimed at raising funds to support ISDH initiatives such as reducing the rates of infant mortality, obesity, and smoking in Indiana. The First Lady will also be available for interviews and questions, along with State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy State Health Commissioner Jennifer Walthall, M.D., M.P.H., and other State Department of Health staff.
Tomorrow afternoon, in anticipation of the governor’s economic development and jobs mission to Japan next month, Indiana First Lady Karen Pence will visit Southside Elementary School in Columbus tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. to kick off an art exchange between its fourth grade students and Miyoshigaoka Elementary School students, which is located in Miyoshi City, Japan, Columbus’ sister-city. First Lady Karen Pence, a past art teacher, will ask Columbus students to draw “name creatures†as part of the exchange.
In Japan, Mrs. Pence will share the Columbus students’ artwork with fourth grade students at Miyoshigaoka Elementary School and ask students to also create “name creature†art. She will then bring the artwork back to the Columbus students to complete the artwork exchange. Details below.
Thursday, August 27:
10:30 a.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to offer remarks at Healthy Hoosiers Foundation Launch
*Media are welcome to attend. There will be a media availability starting at 10:15 a.m. EDT with the First Lady, State Health Commissioner, Deputy State Health Commissioner, and other ISDH staff.
Indiana State Department of Health – Rice Auditorium (lower level), 2 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN
12:45 p.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to kick off an art exchange in preparation for Japan jobs mission
*Media are welcome to attend and are asked to check in at the front desk.
Southside Elementary School, 1320 W 200 S, Columbus, IN
