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Teaching Healthy Living

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Easterseals New Jersey cares about our This was a wonderful opportunity for all to
program participants’ wellbeing above and learn how to live a better life, which enables
beyond the services we provide. This is why them to participate more in their community.
we had the New Jersey Self-Advocacy Project As a program that is dedicated to ensuring
stop by our Sayerville Day Program site to give our program participants have access to their
a presentation about living a healthier lifestyle. local community, we feel this kind of training
In the first workshop, "Small Changes for a is vital. What’s more, all those who attended
Healthier Life," our participants were involved the workshop thought it was a fun experience
in discussions on ways to make healthier food on top of being educational for everyone. That
choices that would help improve their body, includes the staff! It was a great reminder that
soul, and mind. we all need to take care of ourselves if we
hope to live our lives to the fullest.
The second workshop was on adaptive fitness.
Participants were involved in physical activities - Mary Bori, Senior Direct Support Professional
and were shown simple exercises which could Sayerville Day Program
help enhance their lifestyle. They learned that
a healthy body can lead to a healthy mind. By
keeping fit, we can live longer, happier lives.

LIVE · LEARN · WORK · PLAY Easterseals New Jersey Success Story Newsletter 2019 15