Wellness Trainings - Roanoke

Three Wellness Trainings sponsored by the CHAMPION program at VDH will be held at the Brambleton Recreation Center in Roanoke in May. For for full event details, contact Heidi Hertz, VDH Obesity Prevention Coordinator at 804-864-7836 or visit: http://www.vahealth.org/WIC/Champion


Monday May 10th 9am-4pm: BODY WORKS Train the Trainer session - participants receive a toolkit and training materials to educate and prepare the parents and caregivers of adolescent boys and girls to be role models for good nutrition and physical activity.


Tuesday May 11th 9am-12 noon: Personal Empowerment - participants will review this worksite wellness program complete with CD-Rom and reproducible handouts, logos and evaluation tools.


Tuesday May 11 1pm-4pm: Creating Communities for Active Aging - training participants will learn how to improve the walkability of their communities, especially for older adults. Participants will identify challenges to safe physical activity and work on a plan to address these issues.

And feel free to forward these announcements along to

any other individuals or groups

working on obesity prevention/wellness initiatives

in your community!