Barton County Health Department will honor Janel Rose, retiring Public Health Educator, at a come & go reception from 11 am to 2 pm on Friday, December 21, at Barton County Health Department, 1300 Kansas Avenue, Great Bend, KS. Community members are invited to attend.

Janel has served Barton County as Public Health Educator for almost 28 years and has initiated multiple grant projects to inform and address needs identified in Barton, and partner counties.

Janel Rose Audio

From earlier days with HIV education and bringing the AIDS Quilt to Barton County, and the Breast & Cervical Cancer project, to smoke free restaurants and tobacco free schools and youth tobacco prevention, to Suicide Prevention, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and the master bike and pedestrian plan implementation in Barton & Rice counties, Janel has helped lead projects that have improved community health.

Janel Rose Audio

Janel, a graduate of Fort Hays State University, with a Master’s Degree from Kansas State University began her career as a secondary school teacher at Hoisington High School and Ransom High School. She is a Past President of the Barton County Chapter of the American Association of University Women and serves as the current President of the Central Kansas Partnership.

The community is invited to attend and celebrate the completion of Janel’s career in public service with her on December 21 at the Barton County Health Department.