Healthy Carolinians of Pender
www.pender-county.com

• Chronic Disease/ Diabetes Support Groups: started support groups in Hampstead and Burgaw. Each month there is a guest speaker. Some of the topics covered are foot care, eye care, nutrition, medication, exercise, and general well being.
  
  

• Chronic Disease/Diabetes Awareness Day: A one-day event to educate children and adults on how to control their diabetes. Topics covered are foot care, eye care, nutrition, exercise, and living with diabetes. Lunch and snacks are provided
  

• Chronic Disease/Smoking Cessation: Work with the area businesses and community groups to provide smoke cessation classes.

• Wellness/Nutrition: Train key church members on new recipes, new foods, and new cooking techniques resulting in healthier eating for the entire family. They in turn, with the help from the HC committee, will teach church members on health eating.

• Wellness/Obesity: Countywide project to educate the residents of Pender County on making healthy lifestyle changes. These changes will include healthy eating and physical activity.

• Community Awareness/Community Resource Booklet: This is the first all-inclusive booklet for Pender County containing health and community resources. There will be a Spanish version coming out late in 2005.

• Community Awareness/Health Fairs: Held throughout the county on an ongoing basis.
  

1. Diabetic Support Groups on both sides of the county
2. Annual Diabetes Awareness Day
3. Cookin With Pizzazz Program in area churches on healthy cooking
4. Smoke Cessation Program consisting of an 8 session series
5. Produced a comprehensive Community Resource Booklet
6. Holding Bike Rodeos throughout the county
7. Setting up walking tracks for the Head Start facilities
8. Holding a Health Fair for the 8th graders at all Pender High Schools
9. Hispanic Diabetes Education Night

• Community Assessment
• Historical Facts
• Demographic Information
• NC County Website

content updated: tml-10/25/05