Fall 2008
Stress Busters
Move beyond stress by learning tools that nourish your life and spirit. Turn your negative stress around to experience “eustress” – positive benefits. Many techniques are offered to build your own recipe to reframe and celebrate life, including: breath and laughter fitness; shifting perception through sensory awareness, the arts, music, sound and the importance of movement. These ideas are supported by new research for healthy lifestyles.
This course is subsidized by an Alberta Learning Rural Innovation and Access program grant.
Date: Wednesday, October 1
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Fee: $10
Location: Warner School
Instructor: Lynne Hunter-Johnstone
Minimum: 8
Registration Deadline: September 17
Register with: Carolyn or Lynette, Further Ed Office, 642-3635/329-8875 or 642-2134 (evenings).
Send cheque to office, Box 278, Warner, AB T0K 2L0.
Water for Your Health
Water….the key to health! About 60% of your body weight is water and every system in your body depends on it. There are many health benefits to drinking water from weight loss to increased energy, to improved health. Find out how water works in your body, what its role is, how much you need and why it is the key to your health.
Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Fee: $10
Location: Warner School
Instructor: Lori Matheson, BA, BCom, CIrid, WT
Minimum: 6
Registration Deadline: October 2
Register with: Carolyn or Lynette, Further Ed Office, 642-3635/329-8875 or 642-2134 (evenings).
Send cheque to office, Box 278, Warner, AB T0K 2L0.
PVD (Peripheral Vascular Disease)
This refers to diseases of the blood vessels outside the heart and brain. It is often a narrowing of vessels that carry blood to the legs, arms, stomach or kidneys. Signs and symptoms are:
dull pain in legs after exercise; numbness in leg, feet, toes; changes in skin color; absence of pulse in feet; ulcer (sores) that won’t heal; hypertension; kidney disease. Carol will discuss: who is at risk; what can we do to prevent it; and how can we live with it.
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Fee: No fee
Location: Warner Senior Centre
Instructor: Carol Tooby, RN
Registration Deadline: October 9
Register with: Carolyn or Lynette, Further Ed Office, 642-3635/329-8875 or 642-2134 (evenings).
Prenatal Classes
Prenatal classes assist the parents in a satisfying pregnancy and delivery.
Fee: $45/couple
For more information contact Raymond Office, 752-3303, or Milk River Office, 647-3430.
T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
This is a weight loss support group, which is not gender specific, and all ages are welcome.
Date: Every Monday
Time: 7:00 pm.
Fee: $30/year to join and $1/week thereafter.
Location: Warner Senior Drop-In Centre
For more information contact Lorraine Neal at 642-3878.
Stop Dieting, Lose Weight ~
A Healthier Alternative to Dieting
This is a ten-week course that provides you with true tools for making meaningful and permanent changes in your lifestyle. Stop dieting and start living. Experience freedom with this course for Better Health. Sponsored by the Chinook Health Region.
You Count, Calories Don’t.
This course can help you:
· Rid yourself of the diet mentality.
· Change the way you look at food and weight.
· Feel good about yourself and your size.
· Do healthy physical activity.
· Build a non-diet lifestyle for better health because you count; calories don’t!
Get together with some friends and car pool to Lethbridge - it will be worth it!
Date: 8 Tue. (TBA)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Fee: $80
Location: Lethbridge College Sunflower Room
To register: call 388-6677.
Community Good Food Club in Raymond & Stirling - Free Recipe Demos
-Save money on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
The Good Food Box program provides a variety of top-quality, fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables at lower prices. Families pay for and order food boxes, once a month, ahead of time. Orders need to be made before the first Wednesday or Thursday of the month. People then pick up their boxes at the Raymond or Stirling Parent Link Centres on the third Thursday of the month. All produce is purchased locally. Free recipe demo every pick up day from 4 - 5 pm at Raymond Centre. Take home a new recipe - free samples.
The Good Food Coalition is an initiative of Barons-Eureka-Warner FCSS, Chinook Health and the County of Warner Further Education.
For more information call Kristen at 752-3303 or Stacey at 756-2245.
HEALTH TIPS
H ave friends and a support network.
E at a nutritious diet.
A activate your body with exercise.
L earn new things.
H ave regular physical exams.
I increase water intake.
E ase your mind and body of stress.
S top smoking.
T aper your alcohol intake.
From Calgary Health Region, Women’s Health Resources, Women’s Health Newsletter “Bloom”, by Irene M. Jackson, RN, MN, Clinical Nurse Specialist.