{"id":76774,"date":"2020-12-11T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T19:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=76774"},"modified":"2020-12-20T11:28:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T16:28:46","slug":"bumc-self-care-market-a-smash-hit-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2020\/12\/11\/bumc-self-care-market-a-smash-hit-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"BUMC Self-Care Market: A Smash Hit On Campus!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone knows that the week before finals is a stressful time of year. But, thanks to the first-ever BUMC Self Care Market on Wednesday, December 9th, students were able to fight off the final exam blues with a variety of mood-boosting goodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A generous grant from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wellbeingproject\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wellbeing Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allowed the four BUMC Student Affairs offices to execute this event and supply all the self-care treats necessary to keep spirits high ahead of final exams and the holiday break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event proved to be a huge success, with about 100 students attending to grab their goodies &#8212; all spaced out with appointment times over a 2-hour period, remaining safe and socially distanced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the goodies on deck were holiday cookies, lavender packets, cozy socks, candy canes, stress balls, and eye masks. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BU Sustainability<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even donated reusable bags that students used to \u201cshop\u201d through the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re so pleased with how this event turned out, and are looking towards holding similar events in the future. Until then, be sure to check out Student Health Services\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/getting-started\/resources-for-health-and-wellness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources for Health &amp; Wellness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the meditation app <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wellbeingproject\/headspace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headspace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (free to BU students!) to help you practice self care and relieve anxiety ahead of exams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows that the week before finals is a stressful time of year. But, thanks to the first-ever BUMC Self Care Market on Wednesday, December 9th, students were able to fight off the final exam blues with a variety of mood-boosting goodies. A generous grant from the Wellbeing Project allowed the four BUMC Student Affairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16373,"featured_media":76777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7161,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76964,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76774\/revisions\/76964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}