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Jamie to be Honored at Hadassah Events

On the evening of August 25th  we will honor a very special young woman – one who has accomplished much for...
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SPRY: A Meningitis Cautionary Tale

Meningitis survivor Jamie Schanbaum lost both her legs and all 10 fingers to meningitis, a disease that can be easily...
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Dallas Morning News: Jamie Honored at Hadassah Event

Texas meningitis survivor and activist Jamie Schanbaum to be honored at Dallas Hadassah events Aug. 25 
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Get in the Game: The Playbook

Get in the Game is a national campaign powered by Voices of Meningitis™ to help educate parents on the danger and prevention...
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Get in the Game: Keeping Teens Healthy Campaign

Voices of Meningitis, a public health initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur,...
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The Huffington Post: 5th Annual Meningitis Gala

The National Meningitis Association gala (NMA) Give Kids a Shot, held recently at the New York Athletic Club, attracted people from...
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Albuquerque Journal: Speaking to Students

Jamie Schanbaum speaks to students at Atrisco Heritage Academy about losing her fingers and legs after contracting meningitis. She encourages...
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The Immunization Partnership: Recognizes Jamie on World Meningitis Day

In honor of today, World Meningitis Day, and tomorrow, Texas Meningitis Awareness Day, The Immunization Partnership is honored to welcome...
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KHOU Houston: Meningitis survivor who lost both feet celebrates her ‘sweet’ life

In an award-winning photograph by Paul Vincent Kuntz, a photographer at Texas Children’s Hospital, a young woman stares fiercely at...
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If your audience needs to hear this, let's talk

Conferences, campuses, committees, podcasts. If your audience needs to hear this, Jamie can reach them. She survived something most people can barely imagine, and she talks about it with a directness and a sense of humor that cut straight through the usual gravity of public health messaging. Audiences trust her because she has earned the right to say what she says.

She is just as comfortable delivering legislative testimony as she is headlining a university keynote or joining a panel on life after limb loss. Whatever the format, people walk away informed, disarmed, and far more likely to actually do something about it.