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Assistive Technology, What Is It
and How Do You Pay For It?
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Assistive technology is any tool or technology that helps a person complete functional tasks with ease and efficiency. Assistive technology is beneficial for people with disabilities or older adults, but most people use assistive technology every day. Do you wear glasses? Have you ever used a step stool? If you said yes, then you have used assistive technology.
Assistive technology can be low-tech or high-tech, inexpensive, or expensive, something tiny or a large machine. Assistive technology can range from a rubber grip that helps you open a jar to high-tech computers that help people communicate using only their eyes. Read More
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Walk With Ease is a 6-week program and is offered to you FREE by SNAP-Ed starting April 1, 2024. Walking, like many other forms of exercise, offers many benefits for your body and spirit. Besides being inexpensive, convenient, and fun, walking can help to strengthen the heart and lungs, nourish joints, build bones, fight osteoporosis, burn calories, control weight, reduce stress, improve mood, and boost energy.
Each session provides educational information, followed by a walk. All participants will receive a Walk with Ease guidebook.
Dates: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from April 1, 2024 - May 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Sedgwick County Extension Office, Chisholm Room, 7001 W 21st St N, Wichita, KS 67205
Space is limited to 15 participants. Please call Laurie at 316-660-0133 or click here to reserve your spot today!
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Get your walking shoes ready – it’s time for Walk Kansas 2024! Walk Kansas is an 8-week healthy lifestyle challenge. Gather your team of six or go solo this year. Registration is $10 per participant and will be open March 4th – April 13th at www.walkkansasonline.org. Learn more about Walk Kansas 2024 here.
How to register:
· Put together a team or decide to participate individually. (Team members do not have to live in the same town, county, state, or country!)
· If participating as a team, select a team captain. The captain will register and pay for the whole team on the Walk Kansas website.
· If you're registering as a team captain, you’ll need the names and emails of your team members. If any of your team members don't have email, you'll need their mailing address. Team members will then receive an invitation to join the team.
· If you're registering as an individual to join a team and want to join a specific team, you’ll need the name of that team or captain (optional).
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Many different types of fruit can be grown in Kansas, however its critical to select the best varieties in order to have the largest crops with the least amount of work. Join fruit tree experts, Rebecca McMahon and Anthony Reardon, as they present on “Selecting and Planting Fruit Trees for Kansas”. Learn about the best varieties for our area, and how to plant and care for them in order to have a successful fruit tree. This month’s presentation will be live from Noon to 1pm on Wednesday, March 6, and will also be recorded and posted online. Register for upcoming webinars or find past recordings online at: www.ksre-learn.com/KStateGardenHour | |
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Every year in the US, an average of 8,500 kids are treated in Emergency Rooms for lawn mower related accidents. Right here in Sedgwick County, Wesley Children’s Hospital sees an average of 2-3 kids each year with lawn mower related injury. Help educate and protect area youth through proper lawn mower safety and education.
Youth grades 5-9 are invited to participate in the 2024 Youth Lawn Mowing Clinic. This event will familiarize youth with knowledge of lawn mower safety, lawn mower maintenance, and the business skills necessary in order to run their own successful lawn mowing business. Participants will also learn about the different types of lawn grasses that grow in our area and how to properly care for each type.
Two sessions of the Youth Lawn Mowing Clinic will be held on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024:
· The morning session will run from 9:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Check-in starts at 9:00 a.m.
· The afternoon session will run from 1:20-3:30 p.m.; Check-in starts at 1:00 p.m.
Learn more and register online Here.
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Trail Talk Tuesdays March 12 | |
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Join our Community Vitality team on March 12th for our fifth Trail Talk Tuesday webinar for public trail enthusiasts in Kansas who want the opportunity to network with each other and learn more about building and maintaining trails. The topic for this month's call is "Trail Sustainability."
Register Here
Questions? Contact Nancy Daniels at nkdaniels@ksu.edu
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“Time is the one thing that can never be recovered. One may lose and regain a friend; one may lose and retrieve money; opportunity once spurned may come again, but the hours that are lost in inactivity can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits.” C.R. Lawton
According to a new Pew Research Center survey, Americans overwhelmingly view spending time with family as one of the most essential things in their life, far outranking other personal priorities.
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 |  | Over Presidents' Day weekend, six Sedgwick County 4-H members attended the annual state 4-H event "Citizenship in Action" at the Capitol in Topeka. This event allows youth to have a variety of different experiences. The main part of the weekend involves the exploring and discussion of an active house bill. This year HB 2475 was chosen, which proposes that public school may not begin before the Labor Day holiday. Our 4-H members had strong opinions they were able to explore and share with others from all across the state of Kansas. Sunday evening, they took to the Senate and House floors, borrowing the seats of our elected representatives, to actually discuss, debate, and vote on HB 2475. In the mock vote, the bill failed by a high percentage. We also got to speak with a few of our representatives, discussing the experience with them as well as the 4-H program. Another highlight of the weekend was touring the Capitol building and climbing the steps to the top of the dome. This event is a fantastic opportunity for our youth to learn more about the civic process and grow their leadership skills!
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Have you ever thought to yourself that healthy eating takes too much work and that healthy food just doesn’t taste good? We can help! The foods you eat directly affect your heart health. Improving your diet can help manage current health conditions like hypertension and diabetes and can prevent additional health problems. Join us to learn tips and tricks for making healthy eating simple and delicious while sampling some tasty recipes!
The Nutrition Education Workshops will be held at the Sedgwick County Health Department at 1900 E. 9th St. Wichita, KS 67214 in the Fredrickson Auditorium from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm.
February 20th – Feeding Your Heart Healthy Fats
· Healthy fats add flavor, and texture, and help with nutrient absorption. Come learn which fats are heart-healthy and which to decrease. (Although this workshop is over, you can still receive the handouts from this class. Just ask!)
March 12th – Shake Off the Excess Sodium
· Decreasing your sodium intake is one of the best things you can do for your heart! Come learn which foods are high in sodium and which are heart-healthy.
April 9th – Cooking with Herbs and Spices
· Healthy cooking can be quick, easy, and fun. Come learn healthy cooking skills to enhance flavor without added salt.
May 7th – Heart-Smart Eating When You Are Out & About
· Making heart-healthy choices when you can’t cook at home can be a challenge. Come learn how to make healthier choices when eating out.
The workshops are FREE, but you must register to attend. Please visit https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMvYTwnRHtOFLxA or call 316.660.0143.
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K-State Celebrates $2.3 Billion
Economic Impact in Kansas,
Launches All Things Kansas Dashboard
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Kansas State University made a significant contribution of $2.3 billion in economic impact to the state of Kansas in fiscal year 2023, according to the university's latest Economic and Community Impact report.
K-State President Richard Linton shared this announcement during K-State Impact Day in February at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. At the event, K-State also introduced All Things Kansas, a free, interactive tool featuring data-driven mapping, reports and insights for all 105 counties in the Sunflower State.
All Things Kansas is a project launched by the K-State 105 initiative. The website includes access to more than 30,000 data layers and uses more than 120 national, state and local data sources to analyze and visualize data across Kansas communities.
Learn more about the Economic and Community Impact report and All Things Kansas.
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Looking for an
event space?
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Consider having your next event at the Extension Education Center!
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Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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This monthly e-newsletter is intended to inform citizens of events, activities and research-based information from K-State Research and Extension Center - Sedgwick County
7001 W. 21st St. N., Wichita, Kansas 67205
K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer. K-State Research and Extension is committed to making its services, activities, and programs accessible to all participants. If you have special requirements due to a physical, vision or hearing disability, please contact:
Dr. Brantley, PhD, Extension Director, Sedgwick County 316-660-0105
K State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county extension offices, experiment fields, area extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K State campus in Manhattan. For more information, visit www.ksre.ksu.edu
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