Students from Orleans among 575 headed to healthcare career exploration event

GLOW With Your Hands will highlight opportunities in healthcare among local rural counties

BATAVIA – School districts in Orleans County will be sending students to Genesee Community College for the second annual GLOW With Your Hands: Healthcare.

The event will show many of the career opportunities in local healthcare. There are 575 students from 31 school districts expected to meet with businesses and organizations from the healthcare industry in the four rural counties – Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming.

There will be about 200 representatives from workforce, education, first responders, and healthcare training providers across the GLOW region.

In addition to hands-on demonstrations and face-to-face interactions with healthcare organizations, students will each participate in two self-selected healthcare career workshops in fields including EMS, nursing, surgery, research science, pharmacy and several others.

The event is made possible by GLOW region workforce development leaders, educators, and community organizations and sponsors, led by Double Platinum sponsor ESL Federal Credit Union, and Platinum sponsors Wyoming County Community Health System and Rochester Regional Health United Memorial Medical Center.