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Heart Healthy ambassadors from the
YMCA will take participants’ blood pressure
during face-to-face meetings and will train
participants to take their own blood pressure
accurately using the American Heart
Association ABCD protocol.
In addition, the YMCA will offer a nutrition
education seminar each month.
For more information, email the
Healthy Living Director at the Rose
Family YMCA in Cranberry Township
at [email protected].
ROSE YMCA BLOOD
PRESSURE MONITORING
PROGRAM
The Million Hearts campaign was launched
in 2012 by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services with the goal of preventing
one million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
As part of this effort to prevent
cardiovascular disease, the Y-USA designed
a program to reduce participants’ blood
pressure based on the successful “Check It,
Change It” research study. The YMCA’s Blood
Pressure Self-Monitoring Program supports
adults with high blood pressure in developing
the habit of self-monitoring blood pressure
and understanding the role nutrition plays in
pressure management through personalized
support.
The BPSM evidence-based program is a
four-month program designed to help adults
with high blood pressure develop the habit of
routine blood pressure monitoring.
The goals of the program are:
1) Reduce blood pressure.
2) Develop new skills for managing
blood pressure.
3) Gain the ability to identify and control
triggers that raise blood pressure.
4) Increase confidence in adopting
healthier eating habits.
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SISTERS OF DIVINE
PROVIDENCE 2017
SUMMER SWEEPSTAKES
The Sisters of Divine Providence are
currently offering the 2017 Sisters’ Summer
Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes offers the
chance to win cash prizes of $2,000, $500
and $100.
WELCOME TO THE CARING
CIRCLE
This year the Plum Community Center is
aiming to enhance and grow its ongoing
Caregivers Support Group, now called “The
Caring Circle.” The goal of The Caring Circle
is to encourage and engage the caregiver
who is feeling overwhelmed, overworked
and stressed or who just needs to talk with
someone who understands. The new and
enhanced Caring Circle provides a sanctuary
as well as a place to learn and grow in the role
of caregiver.
To enter, visit cdpsisters.org/
SummerSweeps. Proceeds benefit the
ministries and mission of the Sisters of Divine
Providence. No purchase is necessary to enter
and the winner need not be present to win.
Sweepstakes ends Sept. 1.
About Sisters of Divine Providence
Founded in Finthen, Germany, in 1851,
the Sisters of Divine Providence is an
international congregation of three provinces
(Germany, United States-Caribbean, Korea)
and one mission (Peru) with approximately
400 vowed members and 1,000 Associates.
The Sisters are women of varied and diverse
backgrounds and talents, united in their
deep trust in a Provident God who loves and
cares for all creation. The Congregation has
expanded its ministries to meet the needs
of the times in education, campus ministry,
health care, pastoral care, social work, peace
and justice concerns, as well as serving the
poor and homeless and those who are
seeking asylum. n