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It's Time For Walk Kansas!
Walk Kansas 2013

Captain Packet
Welcome
Guide and Role for Team Captain
Team Registration Form
Team Captains Log
Tips for Success

Participant Packet
Welcome
Individual Registration Form
Physical Activity Guide
Be Active Your Way
Daily Log/Fruit and Vegetable Chart
FAQ's


Complimentary programs for Walk Kansas:

1. Gage Park Audiocast
Click here to listen to the Gage Park Audiocast or download to an MP3 player. The 38-minute narration is a walking tour of Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas. Right-click and "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." to download file. To print Gage Park Map click here.


 

2. Healthy Eating for Life Videos
http://www.walkkansas.org/Healthy_Eating.aspx
Click on the link to select demonstration videos of Stir-fry, Lighter Cheeseburger Soup or Crispy Baked Chicken Strips and more.  Downloadable recipes.

Visit our Program Library and Useful Links for program related documents and websites.

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Shawnee Summer Scorecard—

Food, Fitness and Fun!!!

Calling all kids, ages 8 to 15:

This summer you could win great prizes like a Wii, fitness membership

or sports equipment gift card. How??????????

Over the summer, be physically active, try new fruits and vegetables, and drink healthier drinks.

What's your favorite physical activity? Maybe, it’s a team sport – like soccer or baseball. Maybe it’s an individual activity, such as hiking or skateboarding. Or, maybe it’s something different, perhaps yoga or martial arts. Add in lots of fruits and vegetables, and healthy drinks, and Shawnee Summer Scorecard is your ticket to fun.

Track your fitness and nutrition activities on your Shawnee Summer Scorecard and turn it in for great prizes. Completed summer scorecards will be entered into grand prize drawings.

*Choose To Move

*Enjoy Moving

*Kids Activity Pyramid

*Eat More Fruits and Veggies

*Healthy Drinks

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Family Mealtime
Family meals help improve your child's diet, school performance and mental health.  If your busy family is missing out on family mealtime, click here for more information.

 

Healthy Choices When Eating Out
Your time is valuable so eating out is often a necessity.  But supersizing your meals and drinks can add on the pounds.  Click here to learn how to make healthier choices when eating out.

 

Eating Well But Cooking Less
Many healthy convenience foods are now available at the grocery store.  With a little planning, meals can be on the table within 30 minutes.  To download a copy of the Eating Well But Cooking Less cookbook, click here.


Seasoning with Herbs and Spices
Herbs and spices have been used for centuries to flavor foods, but recent studies show many popular herbs and spices are also sources of natural antioxidants that can reduce cancer risk.  This lesson covers guidelines for using seasonings, preserving herbs, food safety issues and proper storage of herbs and spices.

 

To schedule one of these programs, contact Lisa Martin at 785-232-0062, extension 119 or ljmartin@ksu.edu .

  
At-home safe food handling is in your hands when it comes to protecting you and your family against foodborne illnesses.  Food safety begins with grocery shopping, and continues with food preparation and the safe use of leftovers.  Follow these steps of Cleaning, Chilling, Separating and Cooking foods safely in all areas of handling your family's food.

Be Food Safe!  Prepare with care:

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The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program's (EFNEP) mission is to assist families and youth with limited resources in making simple changes in eating behaviors so that over time, healthy choices become healthy habits.   

Adult Nutrition Education Program

Adult clients meet with EFNEP nutrition educators in individual or group lessons.  You will learn about basic nutrition, food preparation, budgeting and shopping, and food safety.  To learn more about EFNEP, click here .  (Neighbor, Did You Know brochure).

Here is a list of lessons:

                           MyPyramid Basics                         Grains
                           Vegetables                                  Fruits
                           Dairy                                          Meat and Beans
                           Fats and Cholesterol                     Sugar
                           Stretching Your Food Dollar            Menu Planning
                           Feeding Young Children                  Food Safety

Youth Nutrition Education

Young Kansans in Shawnee County learn how to eat a healthy diet by participating in EFNEP youth programs.  Nutrition education lessons are taught in your classroom by EFNEP Nutrition Assistant Kendra Stover at NO CHARGE.

Click here for a list of programs .
For more information or to schedule a program, contact:

Kendra Stover
Shawnee County Extension Office
1740 SW Western Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66604
(785) 232-0062, ext. 114
(785) 232-0093
kstover@ksu.edu

 You can also print the request for lessons order form (pdf) and fax it to our office at (785) 232-0093, or download and fill it out in fillable (Word) and submit it via e-mail to kstover@ksu.edu. 

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Food Preservation

Whether you' re canning tomatoes, freezing peaches or making jelly, you' ll find resources and standardized recipes at the K-State Research and Extension web site to help you preserve your product safely.

Food Preservation

Food Preservation Links

Check out this site for more information about canning products from Presto, Mirro, Mrs. Wages, Sure-Jell and more.

Food Preservation Links

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Kansans Optimizing Health Program (KOHP)

KOHP is an evidence-based program developed at Stanford University for individuals who want to manage their chronic condition and improve their health.

KOHP is a highly interactive program where people of various chronic conditions come together to learn and practice new skills over a six week period.  Participants meet once a week for 2 1/2 hous to discuss and problem solve a variety of topics relevant to coping with chronic conditions.

Subjects covered include:

• techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation
• appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and endurance
• appropriate use of medications
• communicating effectively with family, friends and health professionals
• nutrition
• how to evaluate new treatments
  
  
  KOHP is offered twice a year - in the fall and spring.  For more information or to participate in our next class, contact Lisa Martin, 785-232-0062, ext. 119, ljmartin@ksu.edu or Laurie Chandler, 785-232-0062, ext. 110, lchandle@ksu.edu.
  
  
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