It is cold outside these days but a warming trend is on theway!! Some of the Board were talking
about how they do not recall such a long stretch of cold weather. We do enjoy the sun and blue skies and white
mountain tops, though we do say, looking out your window, is definitely preferred
by many.
Our first Board meeting
for 2017 was a busy one and we met a new person to our community who has now
volunteered to be on our Health Fair Committee and will allow her name to stand
for becoming a Board member!!
Jacqueline Carr, the
Executive Director and Patient Navigator for Rise Above Pain Society gave the
board a great presentation on a new society that will work with Rise BC
Wellness Centre and Dr. Joel Kalia and staff, to support those living with
chronic pain.
The program being offered in Nelson and area is a 3-pronged
approach - Chronic Pain workshops- Self
Management – Movement/Support classes. The 8-week program will begin on
February 8,2017 for 10 participants, as a pilot project. There are spaces
available for 2 more participants. You must commit to 2 hours a week, and some
homework to be involved. There is no cost to the program and it will run out
the Rise BC Wellness Centre at the Community First Health Co-op. The workshops will focus on the emotional,
physical, and science of living with chronic pain. Jacqueline reminded us the 22,000 people in
the Southern Interior live with chronic pain.
The Lake Street Housing Committee is holding a Community
Planning Meeting at CFHC, February 17,2017 from 4:00- 5:00 pm in the Resource Room. The meeting is to hear about the plans for
the units and commercial space. We know
from the plans that there are 42 units of space available. This is a project
that has been in the works for many years and we are excited that we may be
able to move forward.
We would like to Welcome T.O.P. S. as a corporate member of
CFHC and a partner in the building. Check them out TOPS and How It Works
| First Community Health Co-op (TOPS BC 1705) 518 Lake St Room 204 Nelson, BC V1L 4C6 Canada Mondays: 5:45/6:30 PM |
We encourage groups that take care of their
health and support others to do the same.
The first two Health Fairs have been amazing!
So, do not forget to mark April 8, 2017 as a date to take part
in our 3rd Passport to Wellness Health Fair, with a focus on Mental
Health.
From all of us, be careful out there, we have heard of several
people with broken hips and legs and arms from an ice related fall.
Our fellow blogger Erin is taking a break, so we wish her the
best and we sign off for January 2017
Eric and Marion
