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March: Colon Cancer Awareness Month

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Colon Cancer Awareness Month

Last year, Healthy Horizons received a grant to provide colon cancer prevention and screening recommendations in the workplace. Therefore, we have a whole month of activities planned for March in observance of Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

Lunch and Learn Series

Faculty and Staff who attend the “Ask the Doctor” Lunch and Learn on March 17th and at least one other Lunch and Learn during the month of March will receive a prize!  Prizes include a $75 gift card to Dream Dinners, the New American Heart Association Cookbook, the Deceptively Delicious Cookbook, portion control cooking utensils, exercise bands,  and other great prizes!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED:  Please register by emailing healthyhorizons@butler.edu or by calling extension 8143

Thursday, March 6th:  Preventing Cancer presented by Angie Scheetz from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports

  • Noon-1pm in Atherton 326
  • Explore the relationship between your nutrition habits and your risk for developing cancer.

Monday, March 17th:  Ask the Doctor: Colon Cancer Screening and Prevention presented by Dr. Patel, a local Gastroenterologist

  • Noon-1pm in Atherton 326
  • Dr. Patel will discuss colon cancer screening options and answer any questions you may have.

Thursday, March 27th:  Cooking Demonstration presented by Carol Hagans Wroblewski

  • 11:00am-12:00pm in Atherton 326
  • Join us for hands on cooking demonstration as Carol shows us how to incorporate more fiber and less saturated fat in our diets.

Please REGISTER for any or all of the programs by emailing healthyhorizons@butler.edu or by calling extension 8143.

 ***Faculty and Staff who attend the “Ask the Doctor” Lunch and Learn on March 17th and at least one other Lunch and Learn during the month of March will receive a prize!***

Healthier BU Blog

Don’t forget to check out the Healthier BU Blog. Every post during the month of March will be dedicated to Colon Cancer awareness and prevention. You can even subscribe to the blog to make sure daily posts are delivered right to your inbox! Every new subscription during the month of March will be entered to win a $75 Dream Dinners gift card!

Questions?  Contact Healthy Horizons at healthyhorizons@butler.edu or extension 8143.

 

A Tip From Pete the Planner: Budgeting

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osherov-3995-2Our plan to be healthy is so often reactive. We wait until we get a bad diagnosis to start exercising and eating healthier. It’s the same with our finances.

Budgeting doesn’t become a priority until we’ve forced ourselves into a corner with debt. Playing defense is our default mode. So what will motivate us to be proactive instead of reactive? We need to motivate ourselves by building momentum.

If you start out with the goal of exercising every day you will probably fail at some point. But if your goal is to exercise once a week then it will be easily accomplished and you can move up to two times a week. You might think accomplishing a large goal would reap the most reward but if you never achieve it there is no reward.

Set yourself up for success by lining up your health goals from easiest to hardest to accomplish and then start working your way up to the harder goals. This method builds momentum. I give the same advice for paying off debt. Paying off the smaller debts first and then moving your way up to the bigger debts works every time. In this scenario momentum is motivation.

And, don’t forget, as faculty or staff of Butler University, you have FREE access to all of Pete the Planner’s financial resources from GreenCandy.com!

GC_PTPThis site is the comprehensive home to all of Pete the Planner’s financial wellness guides, videos, worksheets, calculators, and all other resources needed to make significant financial change.

In order to access the site, you will need to follow the steps below:

Step 1: Visit http://greencandy.com

Step 2: Look for the word “Register” at the top of the page and click it.

Step 3: Enter the following registration code: bulldogs

*Please note, this resource is for Butler faculty and staff only.*