Onesies all go
REGION: A Palmerston North health centre is proving it can walk the walk for worthy causes. Staff at the Health Hub have donned special costumes for a good cause.
A Palmerston North health centre is proving it can walk the walk when it comes to worthy causes.
Staff at the Health Hub Project, which opened in Downtown Shopping Centre in March, donned onesies yesterday in support of Autism New Zealand.
Schools and workplaces were being encouraged to take part in Onesie Wednesday, which celebrates standing out and being different. Shanelle Ward, utility and design manager, said it was important Health Hub plays its part in creating awareness.
‘‘It connects the staff with other people, and I’ll take any excuse to get into my jammies and wear them to work,’’ Ward said.
Staff at Total Health Care were also wearing onesies to signify the merger between the practice, the Health Hub Project and Highbury Medical Centre, which became official on April 1.
All three practices will remain in their current locations and have Health Hub Project resources available to them. The goal is to share and extend skills between professionals and increase community reach.
Andrew Nolan, one of the Health Hub Project directors, said autism is one of the many different causes the company hopes to support.
‘‘One of the company’s aims is to ‘de-medicalise’ medicine.’’
The Health Hub has an Autism New Zealand donation bucket at its reception desk.