Thank you for continuing to adjust to some of the changes we've made this year. Just a friendly reminder to leave enough time at the end of your sessions for surveys, and to make sure to collect them.This helps us with our reporting and program analysis. 

Some helpful ideas nurses have shared:

In February, two GrapeVine nurses, Heidi Anderson and Rosa Gomez, partnered with Casa Guadalupe in West Bend to present our Heart Health unit in Spanish. They offered healthy snacks, free blood pressure screenings, and valuable information to a population, who has a higher risk of developing heart disease.

The pair have several other Spanish sessions planned, including Bone Health, Oral Health, and Healthy Aging Brain. We thank them for their efforts in reaching out to more women and families across the state. A goal for 2017 is to have additional GrapeVine sessions translated in order to continue outreach to Spanish speakers.

Honoring Choices Wisconsin, an  initiative committed to promoting the benefits of and improving the processes for advance care planning across the state, sends out an e-newsletter every quarter. If you are interested in receiving their information, you can subscribe here. 

We are still looking for GV community partners to attend the pilot trainings for revised and new units. Attendees will then pilot their own sessions to get feedback from the community. We need your help- this is a very important step to make sure our end product is the best we have to offer. Please contact Nora if you are available to volunteer! 

Breast Cancer 

(Need 6 more to attend!)

Thursday, March 30th, 12-2 pm @ WWHF Madison Office

Self-Care 

(Need 5 more to attend!)

Monday, April 10th, 12-2 pm @ WWHF Madison Office

The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin is hosting a variety of FREE educational programs in March for Kidney Health Month. All are available to attend in-person or online. Register on their website.

On April 29th, Marshfield Clinic is hosting a free wellness event for men and women in the community who have an interest in healthy lifestyle management. Please review the attached flyer for more information. 

During the winter months, Ardyce McMillen may take a break from the Wisconsin weather by heading to Alamo, Texas, but that doesn't stop her from keeping up with GrapeVine. For the last four years, she has been leading GrapeVine sessions in Texas- most recently presenting Heart Health to a group of more than 30 people.

Ardyce explains that the residents within her community are all 55 years of age or older and have a variety of health concerns. Heart disease and diabetes are of special concern, so presenting the Heart Health unit just made sense. "The sessions provide information to help with questions and address the needs of the community. Much of it was information they had never heard about before".

Ardyce doesn't think she does anything out of the ordinary with her sessions, saying, "It's important to learn wherever you are". But you never know who you will be reaching out to and how that information will be shared. In Ardyce's example, her session attendees originally are from all over, including Canada! We want to thank Ardyce for her dedication to health education and for

all our GrapeVine partners for their outreach and impact.

Linda Guebert

Rosa Gomez (3)

Ardyce McMillen