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Free Online Course from the Greater Good Science Center

The Greater Good Science Center focuses on research surrounding Positive Psychology and other issues that lead to a flourishing and happy life. Every year they offer a free online course that covers the science and the practical applications that diminish stress and improve the quality of our lives. The course can be engaged in individually but is even more powerful in a group. The online course begins on September 4

A study group facilitated by Bob Martin JD, MSW, CMF will be meeting at Elon Community Church on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 PM, beginning September 5. There is no fee. If interested, please check the course out at the link and RSVP to Bob at bmartin23@elon.edu.

Here is the link to the Science of Happiness course by The Greater Good Science Center

https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/event/the_science_of_happiness

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Being Mortal – PBS Program

You’re invited to a free screening and discussion of the PBS program “Being Mortal” on June 13th, 11:30-1:30pm at the JR Kernodle Senior Center ( 1535 S. Mebane Street, Burlington NC) or June 14th 6:00-7:30pm at Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell (914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215). You will be part of a national dialog taking place in our community that asks “Have you and your family had the tough conversations and planned ahead?” “Being Mortal” delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he shares stories from the people and families he encounters. When Dr. Gawande’s own father gets cancer, his search for answers about how to best care for the dying becomes a personal quest.

Watch a short trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkr09ZMI3w After the screening, you can participate in a guided conversation on how to take concrete steps to identify and communicate wishes about end-of-life goals and preferences. See this moving documentary, join the conversation, and explore what matters to you.

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Free Skin Cancer Screening at ARMC

Skin Cancer Screening
Monday, June 5 • 6-8 p.m.
Cone Health Cancer Center at Alamance Regional
Skin Cancer has a better than 98% cure rate if detected and treated early. All ages and races can get skin cancer making it a condition that needs greater awareness. This free skin screening is open to anyone who has not seen a Dermatologist or participated in another skin screening within the last year. This free screening is open to men, women and children of all ages. Registration is required. Call 336-832-8000.

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Elon University Health and Wellness Fair

This year’s Elon Community Wellness Fair will take place on May 2nd from 11-2pm in Koury Campus Recreation. We hope that you will joins us for a special event to help you discover the many ways in which Elon can help you focus on your personal and professional wellbeing. Come ready to participate and find new and exciting ways to MOVE!!wellnessfair

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FREE DANCE APRIL 21

Get an energizing workout and challenge your brain with a fun-filled evening of square dancing. Try it FREE on Friday, April 21 from 8-10 pm at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill! Learn a lot, laugh a lot! Make new friends! If you enjoy it, ten sessions (Fridays, 7:00-8:30pm April 28-June 30) cost just $40 per person! No experience necessary, but a partner is encouraged. Wear comfortable shoes and a smile! Questions? Ask Rebekah 919-542-3708 or gunnhsd@embarqmail.com or visit www.squareheels.org

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Benevolence Farm CSA

csa1Join the Benevolence Farm CSA this fall and support formerly incarcerated women as they transition into our community. Benevolence Farm is an innovative social enterprise non-profit located in Graham, NC. Our mission is to provide women leaving prison with the opportunity to live and work on a farm where they grow food, nourish self, and foster community. Our CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is one way to support residents and their re-entry process.

Instead of buying produce at a farmers’ market or a grocery store, CSA members purchase a share of a farm’s harvest up-front. This model is beneficial to farmers because they can use CSA profit to purchase supplies, make plans for crops before the season unfolds, and anticipate harvest yields. Once Benevolence Farm residents move in and take ownership of the farm enterprise, the CSA will be a way for them to practice business management, customer relations, and a number of other transferrable business skills that they can apply to future careers. By becoming a Benevolence Farm CSA member you are not only purchasing fresh, locally grown produce but also supporting residents in their re-entry journies.

The fall CSA season runs from approximately September 19-November 21. A full share costs $250 ($25 of produce/week for 10 weeks) and a half share is $150 ($15 of produce/week for 10 weeks) Pick up locations in Graham, Elon, Burlington, Durham, and Chapel Hill available. More information and CSA sign up can be found here.

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Be Grateful All Year

Be Grateful All Year: Good For the Heart, Good For Your Health

The holidays are a time of giving and thankfulness, something we keep in mind from November through the New Year. But what happens when the season ends?
Well, keep thinking gratefully! As it turns out, science has proven that thankfulness is good for you no matter what the season.
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First-Ever Cooks for Kids Benefits Needy School Children

First-ever Cooks for Kids benefits needy schoolchildren

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Randy Orwig, senior pastor at Elon Community Church, is painfully aware of the fact there are children who go without proper nutrition when school’s out of session.

Randy’s wife, Beverly, is a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Turrentine Middle School and she has seen firsthand how a few days off can impact children who receive free and/or reduced lunch.

“Following the bad winter we had, a lot of kids were out of school and some of these kids, we discovered, went without meals,” he said.

Sixty percent of the 23,000 students enrolled in the Alamance-Burlington School System (ABSS) are enrolled in the free and/ or reduced lunch plan this year; that’s a 3 percent increase from last year, said Danielle Woodall, lead school social worker for ABSS.

“As a community, we can do better than this,” Orwig added.

The Alamance County Backpack Program provides nonperishable meals to schoolchildren on the weekends, holidays and other days when they may not be able to receive a hot meal. Elon Community Church is involved in the program but Orwig said, “we had some church members who were very moved by the fact this is a real need in our community and they wanted to do something.”

Bob Martin, May’s Cook of the Month and an area attorney, attends Elon Community Church and pitched the idea to the Times-News of uniting the Cooks of the Month for an event to benefit the Alamance County Backpack Program.

Cooks For Kids will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Community Life Center at Elon Community Church, 271 N. Williamson Ave., Elon, and is presented by the church and the Times-News.

Food will be prepared by current and former Cooks of the Month including Eddie Boswell, Anita Davis, Times-News $2 Dinners columnist Penny Hawkins, Rebekah Barringer Kaczmarek, Times-News classified inside sales consultant Angel Little, Bob and Connie Martin, Susan Osborne, Debbi Kennerson-Webb and members of the Alamance Community College Culinary Department.

The Haw River Pleasure and Social Club will perform and Martin said “there will be presenters and videos about the problem of food insecurity in Alamance County.”

Tickets are $14 (pays for one weekend of food for two children); $28 (pays for a month of food for one child) and $56 (pays for a month of food for two children). Tickets can be purchased at Fired Up Pizza, 3243 S. Church St., Burlington; Roasted Coffee Depot, 131 W. Elm St., Graham; Tickle My Ribs, 1183 University Drive, Burlington and the Times-News, 707 S. Main St., Burlington.

Woodall said the selection process for participants in the backpack program is done in a discreet and confidential way.

“There’s a lot of need,” Woodall said.

Funds, Orwig said, will go to seed money for churches to establish their own backpack ministries for area schoolchildren.

“This is a community-wide event and we welcome support from other churches and the community,” he said. “This city and area is a patchwork of care and we’re getting the chance to come together and help each other. We’re hoping this seed money will help us get full coverage of as many schools as we can.”

For more details on Cooks For Kids, call (336) 584-0391 or text “KIDS” to (336) 656-2022.

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Weight Watchers Open House at Faculty Wellness Center

Unknown-1Looking to lose some weight before the hot summer months, but don’t know where to start? Join us for the Weight Watchers open house at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29 at 301 South O’Kelly Ave. This event is free for all faculty and staff. Contact Belinda Day with any questions.

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Neuroscience Day at Elon

images-1Join the Neuroscience Club for an exciting day of neuroscience-themed events around Elon’s campus on Monday, May 4.

Students and faculty will have the opportunity to engage Dr. Adam Kaplin, a scientist and physician visiting from Johns Hopkins, during the day on Monday.

Later on, be sure to visit a meet and greet in the LaRose Digital Theater followed by two guest speakers on health and neurological disease, Craig Edwards of Burlington and Dr. Kaplin from Hopkins.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn about the biggest mystery of all – the human brain.

 

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