Today, we deleted all links to this Health Ministry Blog, which were on the main St. Francis Parish pages:
http://stfrancisa2.com/church-community/service-cc/health-ministry
http://stfrancisa2.com/church-community/service-cc/health-ministry/blood-drive
http://stfrancisa2.com/church-community/service-cc/health-ministry/health-fair
Why? Because the information does not need to be duplicated on this blog any longer.
Find these same announcements in our parish bulletin Forum at: http://stfrancisa2.com/bulletin
or, at:
http://stfrancisa2.com/church-community/service-cc/health-ministry
Blood Drive at St. Francis Gym
St. Francis Parish is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive
On Sunday, November 8, 2015
from 8:00-2:00 pm
On Sunday, November 8, 2015
from 8:00-2:00 pm
in the St. Francis GYM
Volunteer to help with the Blood Drive here!
Sign up to give blood at www.givelife.org and
enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment or call 734-769-2550
Sign up to give blood at www.givelife.org and
enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment or call 734-769-2550
When you donate blood through the American Red Cross in the next few weeks, you can help save the lives of up to three people. See Madeline's story. Your donation, too, can help offset the slump in blood collections that typically occurs around this time of year.
Blood donations can taper off during the fall and winter when people are busy with planning festivities, community and family activities, parties or travel. Regardless of the season, more than 39,000 pints of blood are needed every day across the nation to help patients beat serious diseases or survive accidents or trauma.
The time to give is now. Please take the time to give someone the greatest gift: the gift of life.
Please make and keep your appointment to donate blood, and encourage others to give at the drive, too. You can sign up at www.givelife.org and enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment.
Thank you for all you do, from your St. Francis Healthcare Ministry and The American Red Cross.
Mother’s Day
St. Francis Health Ministry
Mother’s Day
Thanks to all of the mothers everywhere who love us, raise us, and work to keep us safe and healthy! Health starts at home, and whether our mothers are biological, step, foster, or otherwise, they teach us everything from washing our hands to staying out of the street. When it comes to health and safety, remember what our mothers always said and the science that supports them!
Mother’s Day
Thanks to all of the mothers everywhere who love us, raise us, and work to keep us safe and healthy! Health starts at home, and whether our mothers are biological, step, foster, or otherwise, they teach us everything from washing our hands to staying out of the street. When it comes to health and safety, remember what our mothers always said and the science that supports them!
Children's Health Fair Thanks - March 2015
The St. Francis Health Ministry had the opportunity to partner with The St. Francis School, to help provide a health education day. Topics included hand hygiene, healthy nutrition, fire safety, first aid safety and exercise and movement.
Kindergartners through 3rd graders were invited to experience an afternoon of fun and learning. We are so thankful for the many parent volunteers, the PTG planning committee, St. Joseph Mercy Shape Up Program, Huron Valley Ambulance, Ann Arbor Fire Department and Wildly Fit. It was a great afternoon of health and wellness!
Understanding and Managing your Stress
St. Francis Health Ministry Topic of the Month
Understanding and Managing your Stress
Our world is full of constant noise, needs, emails, phone calls, work deadlines, texts, tweets, things that stress us out. The question is how do we manage stress and how does it affect our bodies? Stress releases a hormone in our body called cortisol which in turn causes a response that triggers our body to act. Maybe you have experienced disruptions in your sleep, mood changes, short term memory deficits, headaches or migraines. Clenching your jaw, grinding your teeth, dry mouth all signs of stress. Have you ever experienced muscle tension, shakiness, have you had a tight chest pain and or increased heartbeat. The urge to overeat or loss of appetite all are your body's response to stress. So now you have identified what is causing your heart to thump in your chest and why your mouth is so dry, what do you do to help relieve stress?
Regular exercise and physical activity are the platforms to stress reduction. A well balanced diet, a good nights' sleep, staying organized and learning to say no also are stress relievers. A positive outlook helps, instead of saying it is so cold out, say I can wear my warm sweaters and make soup. Take a walk everyday with friends, sit down and enjoy that cup of tea, make time to enjoy your children, your spouse, and practice random acts of kindness. These healthy activities will release the naturally occurring "pain relievers" in your body called Endorphins. Endorphins make us happy, well balanced, in addition to decreased feelings of pain, secretion of endorphins leads to feelings of euphoria, modulation of appetite, release of sex hormones, and enhancement of the immune response. With high endorphin levels, we feel less pain and fewer negative effects of stress. Endorphins have been suggested as modulators of the so-called "runner's high" that athletes achieve with prolonged exercise. While the role of endorphins and other compounds as potential triggers of this euphoric response has been debated extensively by doctors and scientists, it is at least known that the body does produce endorphins in response to prolonged, continuous exercise.
So if you want less stress move more, do things you enjoy and spend time with those you love! The phone calls can wait, the laundry will still be in the basket, the e mails will get responded to, but your child will treasure the time you spent building the Lego, your friend will enjoy the cup of tea you shared with him/her , and your spouse will appreciate the time you had on your date night!
For more information on stress reduction join us at our upcoming Health Expo
March 15, 2015 presented by The St. Francis Health Ministry.
Blood Drive at St. Francis Gym
St. Francis Parish is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive
On Sunday, November 9, 2014
from 8:00-2:00 pm
On Sunday, November 9, 2014
from 8:00-2:00 pm
in the St. Francis GYM
Sign up at www.givelife.org and
enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment or call 734-769-2550
enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment or call 734-769-2550
When you donate blood through the American Red Cross in the next few weeks, you can help save the lives of up to three people. See Madeline's story. Your donation, too, can help offset the slump in blood collections that typically occurs around this time of year.
Blood donations can taper off during the fall and winter when people are busy with planning festivities, community and family activities, parties or travel. Regardless of the season, more than 39,000 pints of blood are needed every day across the nation to help patients beat serious diseases or survive accidents or trauma.
The time to give is now. Please take the time to give someone the greatest gift: the gift of life.
Please make and keep your appointment to donate blood, and encourage others to give at the drive, too. You can sign up at www.givelife.org and enter sponsor code stfranciscc to schedule an appointment.
Thank you for all you do, from your St. Francis Healthcare Ministry and The American Red Cross.
Celebrate back to school with the gift of life!!
The American Red Cross is in very short supply of life saving blood and only has enough for a 12 day supply. If you have donated blood before, thank you! If you haven't this could be your chance to make a difference and save a life. We are calling on your help now during a very critical blood shortage. St.Francis is hosting a blood drive September 15th from 8:00-2:00pm in St. Francis Gym. We are in need of volunteers to help with this drive and in need of blood donors. You can sign up at www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code stfranciscc or email danaica@umich.edu or call the parish office at 734-769-2550 Thank you for your support.
Your St. Francis Health Ministry
Danaica Watson BSN RN
Danaica Watson BSN RN
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