As most of you know, the Employment environment currently being experienced by those job searching is challenging to say the least. Imagine if you added barriers such as having your housing in an unstable situation (due to either threat of eviction, staying in a shelter or experiencing a challenging domestic situation at home). Those are [...]
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Post by Carrie Bonsack, CNM, MS Did you know January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month? Honor Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by educating yourself on cervical cancer and how you can help protect yourself. HealthNet Certified Nurse Midwife, Carrie Bonsack teaches you everything you need to know about cervical cancer and answers some of the most [...]
A Resolution Revolution: Musings of a Millennial
Post by Tori Kissner, Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.” –Dan Quayle, former United States Vice President Every year people make their new year’s resolutions—those secret self-promises that typically have the most positive and genuine of intentions, but somehow [...]
Got the winter blues?
So it is that time of year again during the holidays, baking, family, friends, laughter, goodies, gifts, shopping, looking for the best deals, etc. Everyone around you is happy and joyful, but you notice that you are not, and begin to wonder why. And then you think about it some more and you realize that [...]
Warm Languages: Musings of a Millennial
Post by Tori Kissner, Family Support Specialist - Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. –Nelson Mandela As a proud member of the millennial generation, the news of former South [...]
Give A Helping Hand
Now that the Holiday season is in full swing, most of us are preoccupied with the gifts that need to be purchased, decorations that need to be hung as well as meal preparation for Holiday celebrations. Consequently, as those tasks get completed it is a wonderful time to remember those in greater need than ourselves. [...]
Think Your Hands Are Clean? Think Again!
December 1-7 is officially known as National Handwashing Awareness Week. While handwashing seems like an easy task to figure out, CBS News reported that 95% of people who wash their hands are doing it wrong. You are probably thinking “there’s not a wrong way to wash your hands.” But unfortunately you’d be wrong! “The ‘right way to wash [...]
Give the Gift of Hope!
As the holiday season approaches, many of us are busy making lists of last minute ingredients we need to get for Thanksgiving dinner and preparing for the holidays. But imagine if instead of making a list of ingredients for your famous Thanksgiving pie, you were trying to find a way to buy the medicine for [...]
Be A Quitter For One Day!
Today is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout! Did you know that quitting for just one day can make a big difference in your health? HealthNet’s Tobacco Cessation Coordinator, Stacey Chappell, gives tips on quitting! What is the Great American Smokeout (GASO)? The Great American Smokeout (GASO) is a nationwide event held each year [...]
Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless Community
UPDATE: Thank you to all who volunteered! Check out the statistics from this year’s event below! 267 individuals served Over 30 volunteers 15 volunteers from the Hard Rock $1000 of gloves, hats and socks distributed to the homeless Served individuals from Wheeler’s shelters, the streets and from referrals from Horizon House Post by Matt Holland [...]
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