New Wellness Programming in 2023

New Wellness Programming in 2023

Wednesday, 28 December 2022 07:27

We all need eight dimensions of wellness for a balanced life.   Each month the library will be holding programs with an emphasis on a dimension from the wellness wheel.  These will be presented in collaboration with community partners and bring encouragement, motivation, and accountability for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  Be sure to check out the monthly displays for books related to our featured wellness topic.  There will also be activities for families and children of all ages. 

When setting New Year’s resolutions, many thoughts go to diet, exercise, and money management.   Therefore, with the first quarter of the year, the programs’ focus is on Physical and Financial Wellness. 

Take Control, a series of fitness and nutrition classes, offered by NC Cooperative Ext. will be held at the library every Thursday evening (5:30), beginning on January 5, during January and February.   This program teaches strategies for participants to develop and implement lifelong habits that include healthy eating and physical activity as part of chronic disease prevention.

Take Control encourages participants toward a healthy lifestyle through goal setting, planning, taking, action, tracking and reflection. Each 1-hour session include a sample of a recipe that reinforces the topic of the week. 

Register for this free program on the NC Cooperative Ext.   website, or through the library’s wellness program  guide:https://arlibrary.libguides.com/wilkescountywellness/januaryprograms

Everyone deserves good things in life and each day is a new beginning.  Time to get the wellness wheel rolling . . . it is going to be a great year!