Guidelines
High Five . . . Up HigH
Project
The mission of HIGH FIVE...UP HIGH is to create or capture a High Five as an encouraging message to share with patients, essential workers, and individuals in healthcare facilities and the community.
Option 1
Old School Style
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Create a High Five
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Visibly trace your hand on a letter-size piece of paper.
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Add a positive message.*
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Decorate in your own unique way.*
Check out the gallery for examples!
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Submit-
Scan or take a photo then
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Email or Text to
or 505.264.6142​
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*If you would like to mail your hands, please send us an email and we will provide an address for you.
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Email Questions:
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If you are sending in honor of a specific person, i.e. Regina or location, please note that on the back of your hand or in your text/email.
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Positive Messages:
- HIGH FIVE!, Have a good day, I am thinking of you, Hang in there, I am on your team, Sending happy thoughts to you, I am cheering for you, I can’t imagine how you feel, but I care, and am sending you my support, Etc.
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Essential Workers:
- Thank you for ____
- You are appreciated for ___
- May others treat you as kindly as you treat others. ('Momism')
- Take care of yourself too!
- Thank you for being there when we can not be there.
- Your kind and respectful treatment is appreciated!
- It is so hard not to be there with our family and friends. I am so glad you
are there and I appreciate you!
- Etc.
Option 2
New School
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Capture a High Five
1. Take a photo of yourself and/or others extending a High Five!​
2. Text to 505.264.6142 or
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or email to
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3. Include, al least, your first name, city, and state.
If you have more extensive information or messages you might include it as part of your picture, for example, holding up a sign in your photo.
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​We will upload it, print it, and distribute it
Guidelines
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You can include:
Please include your first name and city, state!
You can also include your occupation, age,
school, grade, affiliation
Recipients’ medical conditions and religious preferences are unknown so:
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Please DO NOT include:
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Personal identifying Information:
Last name, address, phone number
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Health statements:
Get well, speedy recovery, feel better...
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Religious References:
May God/Lord Bless You; You are in
my prayers, etc.
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Please NO Glitter or things that may fall or brush off.
This project is meant to shine a light as
a gesture of hope and to connect with others through a "High Five-Up High."
Waiver: PERMISSION TO SHARE
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By submitting your 'High Five', you are allowing me permission to freely share your artwork, messages/text, design, and images/photos with others.
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Your submission will be copied to allow for your messages to be shared with multiple facilities as long as it is deemed safe to send mail.
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Your hand will also be shared on the website so we can connect with others virtually.
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If you are not comfortable with copies being made, please attach a note telling me so, and I will do my best to respect your wishes.
This project went 'live' on July , 2020.
This is just my effort to reach out together, to do good and not harm.
