Health Tips for a Safe and Healthy Holiday

The holidays are a great opportunity to enjoy time with family and friends, to celebrate life, to be grateful, and to reflect on what’s important. They are also a time to appreciate – and safeguard – the gift of health.

Tip #3: Food Safety

Food poisoning can ruin even the most festive celebrations. Each year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans get sick from eating contaminated food.

Take simple steps to protect your family’s health when you prepare and serve holiday meals such as:

- Wash your hands and work surfaces before, during, and after preparing food, and before eating.

- Keep raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs separated during preparation.

- Cook food at the right internal temperature to kill harmful germs. Use a food thermometer to check.

- Refrigerate perishable foods, including leftovers, within two hours of buying or cooking.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Speaker Series was originally created to bring communities together to address pressing health issues, and this year for the second time, we’re focusing on youth empowerment with the Speaker Series: School Assembly.

We’ve partnered with schools in Muncie and Richmond to host Fabian Ramirez, a motivational speaker who uses comedy, storytelling, and real-life experience to connect with students on bullying, peer pressure, and self-worth.
Through these assemblies and our School-Based Health Clinics, our goal is to help students feel seen, heard, and supported.

This event is a school function and is NOT open to the public.

Learn More: https://bit.ly/4oCNnu3

Health Tips for a Safe and Healthy Holiday

The holidays are a great opportunity to enjoy time with family and friends, to celebrate life, to be grateful, and to reflect on what’s important. They are also a time to appreciate – and safeguard – the gift of health.

Tip #2: Get Your Flu Vaccination

Influenza (flu) is more than a cold, or even a “bad cold.” It can result in serious health complications like pneumonia, bacterial infections, hospitalization, or death. Few people get vaccinated against flu after the end of November even though flu activity peaks between December and February and can last as late as May. If you didn’t yet get a flu vaccination this season, it’s not too late! CDC recommends that everyone age 6 months and older get vaccinated now if they have not already been vaccinated this season.

Flu vaccination can reduce your risk of getting sick with flu and can prevent serious flu complications. Flu vaccine has other benefits, too, including being life saving for children, protecting pregnant women and their babies, and reducing the risk of heart attack in people with heart disease.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention