Growing Healthy Families Series at The Marsh

In collaboration with the Integrative Medicine Program at Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota and The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Allina Health, The Marsh hosts Growing Healthy Families, a whole family approach to health and wellness. It's purpose is to provide whole families, not just the individual members and not just adults, with information and experiences that support the development and sustenance of healthy lifestyle choices and routines, thus engaging the power and synergy of the entire family system. In addition to expert and engaging presenters who will deliver a presentation for adults, we offer age-appropriate interactive activies for children as young as age five, and childcare for younger children and infants as young as six months. While we encourage the entire family to attend, we certainly do not require it.

The following programs remain on the 2010 Summer Series. All programs begin at 6:00 p.m. and run for two hours.

Tuesday, July 13
Get Moving: A Whole Family Approach to Physical Activity
Presenters: Joel French, PhD, Director of Health Services at The Marsh
Chris Coffey, MS, Exercise Physiologist with Kohl's Power^3 Exercise Medicine Center
Activities: Yoga, Taekwondo and other fun fitness activites
Sponsors: Me Moves and Lakewinds Natural Foods

July 20
Bedtime Stories: A Whole Family Approach to Peaceful Sleep
Presenter: Gary Carlson, MD, Family and Holistic Medicine, Penny George Institute
Gerald Rosen, MD, Sleep Disorders Medicine, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics
Activities: Music and Aromatherapy
Sponsors: Wyndmere Naturals and Lakewinds

August 10
Don't Worry, Be Happy: A Whole Family Approach to Balancing Emotions
Presenter: Henry Emmons, MD, Psychiatrist at the Allina Medical Clinic in Northfield
Read Sulik, MD, Assistant Commissioner for the Chemical and Mental Health Services
Administration with the Minnesota Department of Human Services
Activities: Music and Aromatherapy
Sponsors:: Wyndmere Naturals and Lakewinds

Register to attend by calling The Marsh at 952-935-2202. Registration fee is $20 per family ($15 for Marsh members). Age appropriate activities are available for children age 5 and up. To reserve childcare for children under age 5 call the Kids Club at The Marsh at 952-930-8520.

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