Free Entertainment While Sheltering

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  • Check out the website below for links to
  • virtual visits at the San Diego Zoo
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Virtual Tour of the Louvre
  • Virtual tour of Yosemite
  • Twelve museum tour
  • Famous actors/actresses reading children’s books
  • Virtual orchestras

San Diego Zoo:  zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Monterey Aquarium:  www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Virtual Tour of the Louvre’:  www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

Virtual Tour of Yosemite:  www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

Virtual Tours of Various Locations:

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www.storylineonline.net/

Free on-line resources for families and children:

www.losaltosca.gov/citymanager/page/fun-activities-keep-you-busy-during-covid-19-shelter-place

Virtual Orchestras

 

Prediabetes

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With prediabetes, action is the best medicine.

If you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes, we know that can feel like a lot—like your life has changed and you’ll never be “normal” again. But know that that isn’t the case.

You have the power to change things.

For some people with prediabetes, early treatment can actually return blood sugar levels to a normal range. Ask plenty of questions and listen to the answers you get. Start exercising. Start eating healthy. And your life can be yours again.

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What it means and what you can do

There are no clear symptoms of prediabetes so you may have it and not know it. But before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have prediabetes—blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. You may have some of the symptoms of diabetes or even some of the complications. Check with your doctor and get tested. If you discover that you do have prediabetes, remember that it doesn’t mean you’ll develop type 2, particularly if you follow a treatment plan and a diet and exercise routine. Even small changes can have a huge impact on managing this disease or preventing it all together.

www.diabetes.org/diabetes-risk/prediabetes

Need Some Support?

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We have access to a free emotional support line through Butler University.  No insurance is required for this service.

Optum Public Crisis Line: Toll-free emotional support helpline at (866) 342-6892 is free of charge and available to anyone, so you can share it with family and friends.  Counselors are standing by.

Mini Marathon Triumph Through Corona Storm

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Butler staff member, Juan Buitron, has been working out in readiness for the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon. He recently received unwelcome news of the event’s cancellation.  Juan was informed officials would award shirts and medals to registrants who completed the race on their own.  He decided to make the attempt right then, right there in Fishers, IN. Taking matters into his own hands, he experienced his own neighborhood “Mini” including a cheering section and finish line.  Juan triumphed, running the 13.1 miles in 2 hours and 26 minutes!  Heartiest congratulations!

Finish line fun:  MiniMarathonTriumph

 

 

 

 

The Uncharted Parenting Journey: COVID-19

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Join Jonathan Purvis and Brittany Turner Purvis as they share how to reframe the narrative, right size expectations, process the Big Feelings, and ultimately focus on feelings of safety and connection…all with the intention of building resiliency in ourselves and in our children.

 

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Home Workout Routines – No Equipment Needed

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Below you will find several home equipment-free workout suggestions. For information on specific exercises check here.

For a conditioning circuit, try four sets of the following exercises back-to-back for 45 seconds each. When you’ve finished a set, rest as needed before beginning the next set.

  • Jumping jacks
  • Mountain climbers
  • Plank
  • High knees

For a resistance/strength circuit and depending on your fitness level, try doing three to four sets, with 8 to 20 reps each, of the following:

  • Body weight dips
  • Body weight squats
  • Push-ups
  • Lunges