Help your child or grandchild
stay active this summer through a variety of programs offered by the AmeriCorps
Healthy Readers Program. Join the Grinnell Regional Medical Center’s Senior
Education Program on Monday, May 16, to hear Melissa Berman, Grinnell healthy
readers’ taskforce coordinator, present information about the success of the
new Wellness Wednesdays program at Bailey Park and Fairview Elementary Schools
and upcoming opportunities to promoting wellness throughout the summer.
The Wellness Wednesdays program has local community
volunteers who read stories to elementary students related to a variety of
wellness topics; everything from meditation and relaxation to exercise can be
covered during the program. The volunteers also provide students with a fruit
or vegetable taste test challenge.
Wellness at the Market will held on the second Saturday and
third Thursday every month during the Grinnell farmers’ market. Children can
come for story time at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays and 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and
then stay for an interactive activity, such as “Planting a Pizza” or kids’ yoga.
Berman attended and integrative nutrition program for two
years to receive her wellness certification. After completing the training,
Berman had done health coaching for community members before joining the AmeriCorps
program last fall.
This program is free and open to the public. It will be held at 10 a.m. in the Drake Community Library, with refreshments beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Parking is available at the Drake Community Library, along
Park Street, on Fifth Avenue, and in the First Presbyterian Church parking lot.
Seniors needing transportation may call GRMC Communications and Development at
641-236-2593 by the Thursday before the program.
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