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Teddy Bear Drive at Bel-Air
Elementary - Jen Thomas and
Sherriff Craig Robertson
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The overall goals of STEP are to educate, connect, strengthen, and empower women regarding the risks associated with opioids, and to encourage a healthy lifestyle in which participants take ownership of their own well-being as well as their family's.
The inaugural STEP programs were held at Grande View Apartments in Westernport, and Jane Frazier Village and Queen City Towers in Cumberland.
A session in Frostburg is scheduled to beg
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n on July 10 and will run through September 11, 2018.
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sessions begin with 30 minutes of education featuring topics like how to talk to your doctor, "food as medicine," mindfulness, and stress reduction, followed by a 60-minute yoga class. P
articipants have self-reported feeling more "connected" to their neighbors, being empowered through knowledge about opioids and other self-care topics, and achieving physical improvements through their participation in weekly yoga.
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Mini Mindfulness and Yoga lesson
at South Penn PreK
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Other exciting developments
happening in and around STEP include:
- Partnership with Health Quality Innovators "Blue Bag Initiative" to promote medication safety
- Mini-mindfulness and yoga lessons for South Penn PreK students
- Mindfulness presentations at local schools to promote testing success
- Participation and promotion of STEP at a Community Baby Shower
- STEP website development in the works
- Women's retreat days, resistance band exercise classes, and cooking demos coming soon
- Empowered Health Consciousness Facilitator training underway
- In collaboration with local law enforcement offices -- which are agency partners in STEP -- a Teddy Bear Drive for the youngest victims of opioids, to raise awareness and provide hope
Program Coordinator: Jen Thomas
301-777-9150 x109
