Back to School Health Fair

The flyer can downloaded for printing here.

Register for the Healthy Living Program

The Healthy Living Program is a free six week self-management workshop designed to help participants with a chronic disease or condition build skills and gain self-confidence in their ability to manage their condition and learn how health conditions affect their lives. Anyone with a chronic condition such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, asthma, or any other ongoing health problem should participate. Caregivers or family members who serve as caregivers are also welcome.

Subjects covered in the workshop:

Dealing with difficult emotions
Managing symptoms
Goal settings
Problem solving
Nutrition
Understanding medications
Making informed treatment decisions
Increasing strength and stamina through better fitness

The Healthy Living Program meets once a week from 1:00-3:30pm beginning August 19th in Flagstaff and August 18th in St. Johns. Each workshop is facilitated by two trained leaders following an established curriculum. To register for the class in Flagstaff, please call Chet at 928-213-6110. To register in St. Johns, please call Nayeli at 928-337-3705 ext. 3810.

Invitation to attend the 11th Annual Arizona Highlands Garden Conference

Sustainable Gardening for Homes and Communities is the theme for the garden conference in Payson, August 27-28, 2010 at the Mazatzal Casino on Highway 87. Attendees may choose from fifteen presentations, demonstrations and site visits on aspects of sustainable gardening.

Morning keynote address:

"My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard!" by Greg Peterson

Discovering the Garden beyond your Garden. In so many ways our gardens have been relegated to the 10x10 plot in the back corner of our yards. Join Greg as he explores our gardens beyond the plot and then beyond our yard into the world. Greg shares how his Urban Farm has impacted the community and shows you how you can begin creating your own urban farm.

Afternoon keynote address:

"Why We Garden" by David Wann

Gardening reconnects and heals. In the garden, life’s struggles, snags and snafus decompose into rich, black earth as we touch, smell, see, and taste where we live. The good news is that the insights and strengths we gain while planting a tomato seedling can also help us create more sustainable communities, policies, and designs.

For registration information please go to http://extension.arizona.edu/gila/horticulture or call 928-402-8589. Registration by July 30 is recommended; credit cards accepted!

Free Webinar Event

The Arizona Public Health Association invites you to participate in an informative webinar about ways in which you can help uninsured Arizona individuals gain better access to prescription medicines. Jennifer Bonnett, Executive Director of the Arizona Public Health Association, invites Amy Niles, Chair Medical Relations/Advocacy of Together Rx Access, to discuss the impact of being uninsured and how Together Rx Access, a prescription savings program, can help eligible uninsured individuals gain immediate and meaningful savings on hundreds of brand-name prescription products right at their neighborhood pharmacies. Savings on thousands of generics are also available with the Card, which is free to get and free to use.

By participating, you will learn:

• Facts about the uninsured population of Arizona.
• How Together Rx Access can help individuals better access the prescription medicines they need to stay healthy and to treat disease.
• About resources available to you.
• Ways to get involved to help spread the word about Together Rx Access.

Date & Time: August 10, 2010 from 10:00-11:00am, Mountain Time.

Visit www.TogetherRxAccessOnline.com to register for this free event.

A Healthy Life is a Beautiful Life

A Beautiful Life is a planning process that will address healthy living in Flagstaff’s Sunnyside Neighborhood. Together with the community’s input, they will build a strategy to benefit the health of the youth within our community.

North Country HealthCare has been funded by the Kresge Foundation for a nine month planning period to create a program to benefit the health of Flagstaff’s Sunnyside Neighborhood. Through Asset Based Community Development they are approaching the community. They believe the people that live here are cultural experts and a strategy will only work if it's one that the community is open to.

Would you like to be part of their planning process? They are currently looking for people to participate in interviews, discussion groups, and surveys. Your opinions are greatly appreciated. Help them create A Beautiful Life in Flagstaff’s Sunnyside Neighborhood. Please contact Julio Quezada at 928-525-6060 if you would like participate.

Experienced leaders wanted to help Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run of Northern Arizona is recruiting new volunteer members for their Board of Directors. They desire applicants who: currently support Girls on the Run as a volunteer, parent, donor or in another capacity; have prior leadership experience on a Board of Directors, organizational committee, or in a related setting; have skills and experience in fundraising, marketing, public relations, strategic planning, business management, grant writing, finance, or event planning; and are willing to significantly commit their time, energy, skill, and resources to supporting Girls on the Run.

After two successful start-up years, during which over 250 girls participated in their life-changing programs, Girls on the Run aims to expand their programs throughout their four-county program territory in Northern Arizona. They are seeking Board Members who can provide strategic direction, and help secure the resources needed, to accomplish this goal while providing oversight to the organization.

Download a volunteer Board Member application at http://www.gotrcoconino.org/getinvolved

Movies on the Square

Brings the kids (and any Oompa Loompas you might know) to Heritage Square tonight for a free screening of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. FlagCHAN will have a split the pot raffle as well as spin the wheel for prizes. Music starts at 6:00 pm with the movie beginning at dark.