Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Bicycle rentals, a youth substance prevention coalition, and healthy cooking classes are part of a comprehensive plan for funding from the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation.
If your New Year's resolution is to exercise and improve your fitness in 2013, you may get a little help from an unlikely source: The Dexter Community Wellness Initiative. After more than a year of planning, the coalition's comprehensive wellness plan was approved for funding by the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation, and will be phased in beginning this year. The plan includes 21 program interventions designed to promote healthy eating, moving more, avoiding unhealthy substances, and connecting with others in healthy ways in the Dexter community. "The Dexter Wellness Coalition’s ultimate goal is to create a culture of wellness in Dexter and help individuals, families, organizations, and businesses promote healthy lifestyle choices," the …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The coalition will develop programs targeted to prevent substance abuse among children and teens in Dexter.
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Thursday, January 24
Submitted by: Reiley Curran With a grant from the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation, and support from Chelsea Community Hospital, the Dexter Wellness Coalition is gearing up to launch SRSLY Dexter. SRSLY (texting jargon for seriously) is a youth substance abuse prevention coalition that started in Chelsea five years ago. Through community collaboration and youth leadership, Chelsea has seen teen drug and alcohol use drop by more than 30 percent since 2007, according to Reiley Curran, director of SRSRLY Chelsea. “It has worked in Chelsea, and it can work here,” Dexter resident Paul Cousins said. “The great part is we don’t have to start from scratch. It’s already been developed, and it is ready to go.” According to the 2010 Michigan Profile …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Patch and the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation provide readers a first glimpse inside the wellness center on Baker Road in Dexter.
Dexter-area residents of all ages will soon have more opportunities to get in shape when the family-friendly Dexter Wellness Center opens this summer. The 48,000 square foot facility is located at 2810 Baker Road in the village of Dexter and will be a full-service facility with a swimming pool, therapy pool, gym, and state-of-the-art strength and aerobic conditioning equipment. The facility will also be staffed by trained fitness professionals, offering more than 40 classes each week, including Pilates and yoga, and massage therapy. The Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation (CWF) will operate the center as one of two primary strategies as part of its Five Healthy Towns Initiative that promotes the importance of healthy living in its five member…
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Here are some tips to lose weight and keep your New Year's resolution in 2013.
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Tuesday, January 1
Submitted by Amy Heydlauff It is traditional to make a commitment to lose weight beginning in the New Year. Some of us are compelled by a recent health scare or a long-standing need to shed some pounds while others are reacting to an indulgent holiday season. There is a good chance you’ve been contemplating weight loss for some time. If only you could find the perfect motivation, partner, enough time, a diet that isn’t tasteless or a form of exercise that isn’t too hard. There is so much science about weight loss I hardly know where to begin. But here are a few tips – some of which are just games we play with ourselves. I hope one of them helps you. • Find your motivation. Big event coming up this summer? Bad news about your blood sugar or…
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Enroll in a year-long membership for a chance to win a $500 Apple gift card.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
The grand opening of the Stockbridge Wellness Center (SWC) will take place Jan. 5. The center will be open for public tours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The grand opening features membership enrollment, tours of the facility, opportunities to meet the SWC staff, along with prizes and giveaways. To celebrate, SWC is offering a chance to win a $500 Apple gift card to anyone who enrolls for a full year’s membership during January. The 5,400 square foot facility, located in Lantis Plaza, 5116 S. M-106, will provide residents living in the Stockbridge area access to a wellness facility featuring state-of-the-art cardio equipment, group exercise classes, fitness assessments, and more. Memberships are currently available. Those interested in enrolling …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The CWF is partnering with the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan to offer preventive classes for area residents.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
By Amy Heydlauff Sometimes you can get something for nothing. This column is about something that’s free. You’ve probably heard all the stunning information about the huge number of Americans who have diabetes. Or the even larger numbers of Americans with pre-diabetes – about 90 percent who don’t even know they are at risk. In Michigan pre-diabetics amount to over 2 million people. A month or so ago I had a call from a past associate who now works for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (NKFM). The connection between the large number of Americans with pre-diabetes and the NKFM is the strong link between kidney failure and diabetes. With this background, I’ll circle back to the free part. The NKFM has a program that is uniquely …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Parents and community leaders will outline goals to promote safe walking programs in the Village of Dexter.
The Dexter Wellness Coalition has joined forces with the Chelsea Area Wellness Foundation and Michigan State University's Small Town Design Initiative to launch the Safe Routes to School Program in Dexter. Dexter's Safe Routes to School Program will encourage children to embark on a healthier lifestyle by providing increased safety education, enforcement, and infrastructure improvements that will help keep children safer when walking or biking to school. The coalition will hold a kick-off meeting on Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Creekside Intermediate School to gather input from community members on the current barriers to safe walking and biking in the village. In addition to gathering input from the community, a multidisciplinary team from MSU…
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Eight local restaurants will highlight healthy menu items for customers during the week of Oct. 1-6.
Chelsea residents usually think of Restaurant Week, which kicks off on Oct. 1 and runs through Oct. 6, as a temporary passport into the city’s temples of decadent, expensive cuisine. But what if patrons can enjoy dining out without the stick of butter and poultry slathered in sauce? Enter the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation (CWF). The local nonprofit is teaming up with eight local restaurants to highlight the importance of eating healthy without the added pressure of counting carbs. "Throughout the week, the participating restaurants will highlight either something new or an existing health menu item for customers ot try," Matt Pegouskie, CWF program and community resource manager said. Participating restaurants include Back to the Roots…
Friday, September 21, 2012
Find a way to exercise a little more than you do now and keep increasing until you are engaging in regular exercise.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
By Amy Heydlauff Recent research that considers fitness as well as weight shows overweight and fit is better than overweight and unfit. It’s also better than thin and unfit. Being thin or obese and unfit are about equally unhealthy. A decade or so ago a well-publicized study said mice who are fed one-third fewer calories than a control group of mice lived longer. It is true of certain insects, too. Some well-meaning people assumed the same was true for you and me. Recently research on primates (monkeys) was released and it said just the opposite for monkeys. Monkeys who were underfed fared poorly. On the heel of the ‘hungry monkey’ study comes research from a multitude of reputable institutions, including Northwestern University, UCLA and …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Libraries in Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Stockbridge and Manchester will distribute copies of the book 'In Defense of Food' for residents to read for free.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Chelsea District Library and the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation (CWF) have partnered together to once again offer the library's annual "Chelsea Reads Together" program, a month-long community project taking place in September. Each year library staff, local teachers, business owners and community members come together to read and discuss one book to promote literacy. This year the the project is expanding into Stockbridge, Dexter, Manchester and Grass Lake as part of the "5 Healthy Towns Community Read." The library plans to highlight one of the Five Healthy Towns Project’s core elements: eat better, move more, connect with others in healthy ways, and avoid unhealthy substances, over the course of the next five years. In 2011, the …
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12:10 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
"Sales Office" is a curious name for the place you register to be members. It sounds like a time-share. It's also curious that no prices are posted on their website. That's really not acceptable these days. People comparison shop on the web, and they might as well just tell us. It puts me off to go to the website and only see sales pitches with no useful details. And by useful, I mean the actual … more ›