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<span class="">The University of Pittsburgh is promoting a "Year of Healthy U" by sponsoring many events. The School of Dental Medicine in cooperation with the School of Pharmacy, are hosting a <b class="">g</b><b class="">ratitude projec</b>t, as a part of
the Healthy U activities. During the month of November (<b class="">THANKSgiving</b>) we are planning to send out daily school-wide messages of gratitude written by invited faculty, staff and students with a prompt that would inspire our community members
to also consider what they are grateful for. </span></div>
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<span class=""><b class="">The committee organizing the project is made up of </b>Thomas Waters, Marcia Walsh, and Nina Markovic.</span></div>
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<span class=""><b class="">We are asking for your help with the project – by having you compose one of the messages of gratitude that will be shared with a prompt.</b> </span></div>
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<span class="">We have found a few resources with suggested gratitude prompts that may help stimulate your thinking (attached). Some quick examples include:</span></div>
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<span class="">· What made you laugh today?</span></div>
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<span class="">· What is something you love in nature?</span></div>
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<span class="">· What is a special memory from childhood?</span></div>
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<span class="">· What skills or abilities are you thankful to have?</span></div>
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<span class="">· What music are you thankful to be able to listen to and why?</span></div>
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<span class="">We would expect that your “I am grateful for….” would be one to 3 sentences, not a long narrative, followed by a gratitude prompt for the readers (such as the prompt examples above).<br class="">
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<span class="">Would you please consider this request? (We’d be very grateful!)</span></div>
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<span class="">If you have questions or want to discuss further with either Marcia, Nina, or myself, feel free to contact us.</span></div>
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<span class="">Thank you-</span></div>
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<span class="">Thomas Waters</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif;">Nina Markovic</span><br class="">
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