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Printer Friendly Schedule - Spring 2012               

Free Diabetes Self-Care Skills Workshops

  Speaker: Diane Hagen, RN BSN CDE

Topics to be covered throughout the sessions include: Carbohydrate counting, how to read a food label, blood glucose monitoring, physical activity, treatment of high and low blood sugars, sick day care and how does good control help. 

NO RESERVATION REQUIRED

Workshops will be held at the following places:

 

TACID (Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities)      

       6315 South 19th Street; Tacoma, WA 98466

       First & Third Tuesday, February 7 & 21, March 6 & 20, 2012 

       Workshop runs from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

       For Directions to the facility, please call

                          TACID at: 253-565-9000

 

Shaklee Distributors

       7516 Grange Street West; Lakewood, WA 98499

       Second Tuesday, February 14, March 13, April 10, May 8, 2012 

       Workshop runs from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

       For Directions to the facility, please call

                          Shaklee at: 253-473-2030

 

Mountain View Community Center    

       3505 - 122nd Avenue East; Edgewood, WA 98372

       Third Thursday, February 16, March 15, April 19, May 17, 2012 

       Workshop runs from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

       For Directions to the facility, please call

                          Mt View Community Center at: 253-826-4329

 

   Puyallup Eagles #2308

            Carbohydrate Counting and How to Read a Food Label

          202 - 5th Street NW; Puyallup, WA 98371

            Saturday, March 24, 2012

            Workshop runs from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

            Enter the building using the back door

                               (service delivery entrance located in the parking lot)

            For directions to the facility, please call the

                               Puyallup Eagles #2308 at: 253-845-5021

 

    South Prairie Community Center (Fire Department Building)    

           Carbohydrate Counting and How to Read a Food Label

           350 Highway 162 East;  South Prairie, WA 98385

           Saturday, April 21, 2012 

           Workshop runs from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

           For Directions to the facility, please call

                              South Prairie Town Clerk at: 360-897-8878

 

 

Eat, Play, Live Together

 

Presented by Mindy Nichols RD, CD, CDE

 

       FAMILY EATING EDUCATION

Eat Together: Food Labels, Balancing the diet and meal plates, Healthy Snacks, Grocery Shopping

Play Together Television Time, Movement Time

Live Together Maintain Healthy Weight, Keep your Heart Young

 

       Healthy Families and Healthy Kids

               What does healthy eating for my child mean?

               As a family, YOU ARE the most important influence in developing

                           eating and exercise habits for your children.

               Enroll in a FREE workshop on food, nutrition, and exercise,

                           for families with children, toddlers, and pregnant women.

 

       Reservation Required, please call

                          Diabetes Association of Pierce County at: 253-272-5134

                                                                     

 

SPANISH WORKSHOP

 

ˇAPRENDA A VIVIR SANO-CONTROLE SU DIABETES!

                    Fecha:                  Spring 2012

                    Lugar:           Eastside Tanbara Health Center

                                                 1708 East 44th Street

                                                 Tacoma, WA  98404

                    Hora:                    6:30-7:30 PM

 

Venga a una clase para  aprender los pasos básicos para controlar su diabetes.

 Patrocinado por:  Pierce County Diabetes Association y Community Health Care.

 Se servirán refrescos

 

                                        ˇVive la vida sana, vive la vida sana, vive la vida sana, vive la vida sana!

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