Prairie High School Seniors, Chloe Rowland and Holli Schumacher, presented their HOSA Future Healthcare Professionals of America project at the Prairie Teacher/Staff meeting on August 23rd. The students have been working on their Medical Reserve Corps project, Trauma Readiness Mental and Physical Crisis Management Kits, since the spring. Their project focuses on putting supplies in every room throughout the Cottonwood School District to meet the physical and mental needs of students and staff if a crisis situation, such as a school shooting or natural disaster, were to occur. The buckets include Stop the Bleed Kits; basic well-being supplies such as water, snacks, toilet paper, and a WAG bag; extra first aid supplies; and items such as the bucket itself, a tarp, and flashlights. 
Rowland and Schumacher presented their project, inventoried the kits, and explained the reason for contents to Prairie teachers and staff. St. Mary’s Health EMT Coordinator, Shauntell Funke, presented the Stop the Bleed program and local EMTs were in attendance to train and certify Cottonwood School District employees.
Cottonwood Police Chief Terry Cochran is the girls’  MRC partner and his expertise and support was essential in the project’s success. “We have been trying for twenty years to help our school prepare, and these girls did it in under a year! They have gathered over 50 buckets of supplies for each room in the district, in the event there is an incident of, primarily violence but any emergency,  in the school! I couldn't be happier for what they have done to benefit their community!” said Chief Cochran. 
Prairie High teacher and HOSA advisor Liz Mcleod along with Tori DeCaria helped guide Rowland and Schumacher through the planning and carry through of the impressive project. 
Sponsors came together to fund the nearly $5300 project including a generous grant from the Region II Behavioral Health Board. St. Mary’s Hospital and the Public Health Board donated first aid supplies and Ace Hardware in Grangeville donated 25 buckets and sold the other 25 at reduced cost. Cottonwood SD242 School Board Trustees and Superintendent Jon Rehder funded the purchase of the Stop the Bleed Kits. 
Prairie will be the first school in the state to put Trauma Readiness Kits in each school room. Rowland and Schumacher have a long term plan in place to keep the trauma kits up to date for years to come. They will present their project at the 2023 State HOSA conference.