Healthy Living Article (written for a newsletter and newspaper)

Summer Slimming Strategies:

Remember the benefits of regular exercise are MANY, including: weight management, increased energy, stress reduction, heart health, and more!

• Set aside specific times for exercise to it becomes a regular part of your schedule.
• If you are new to incorporating exercise in your schedule, start small with 10 minutes/day and work up to a goal of 30 minutes per day.
• Try some quick exercises while you are watching TV – stretching, sit ups, pushups, leg lifts, lifting soup cans, or marching in place.
• Substitute rich deserts with frozen yogurt or delicious fresh fruit.
• Make goals with a friend and peruse health and wholeness together!

For those in the Region, take advantage of local health related events.

Farmer’s Markets:

• Pulaski’s Farmer’s Market (next door to Rogan’s Country Pharmacy off of State Hwy 51, is open on Saturday mornings 8am – 3pm, offers half price for those using their link card.
• Cape Riverfront Market – Saturdays 8am – 12noon (May 5^th – Oct. 27^th).  Free range meat and eggs, baked goods, jams, honey, arts, grafts, homemade soap.  Music, entertainment, and demonstrations, a fun family friendly event.  (Location: 35 South Spanish Street, Downtown Cape).
• Check out local Farmer’s markets (use your Resource Directory to find one near you, or look online) for delicious in-season produce.

Events and Updates:

• Join the Legacy team in walking for a cure!  American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Event is on June 8^th, starting at 6pm and going thru the early morning at 6am.  Contact the office if you are interested in walking with the team, or if you are interested in making a donation.
• Health Fair at Cairo Jr/Sr High School (4201 Sycamore Street) on June 14^th 9am – 12pm, health screenings, HIV and STD screenings, school physicals and health resources provided to the community.
• In order to find out about health screening events, check out the link on our website: www.legacytdc.org, text to survive. (Medicine reminders and health tips can also be texted to your phone).
• Free health events in Southern IL can be located on this online calendar:  http://communityhealthcalendar.siuc.edu/calendar.html

Written by Heather Carney, Wellness Project Coordinator with Legacy Training and Development Corporation.  Funded provided for the Healthy We Project by IL Department of Public Health – Minority Health Services.