• Think About Your Drink

Beverage consumption should be a part of food and calorie intake everyday. However some beverages are better choices than others. Making simple changes in a beverage selection can make significant changes in calorie intake.

• Cooking for One or Two

One and two person households are the fastest growing segment of the population. If you are in this category and looking for some ideas, Cooking for One or Two can help with planning and preparing nutritious, yet tasty meals that are quick and easy.

• Planning Healthy Meals for Meetings

Think of the last meeting you attended.  What types of foods were served for meals and breaks?  Were there healthy food choices available?  Planning Healthy Meals for Meetings is available to help address concerns of obesity including health concerns and lack of exercise by focusing on healthy alternatives for choosing food for meetings.

• Stress Management

People experience stress everyday. However some things are more stressful and require more techniques to successfully manage the stressors. Stress management will allow participants to identify their stressors and ways to manage them.

• Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Maintaining a healthy weight is important for improvement and prevention of many physical conditions. Maintaining a Healthy Weight will give you sensible tips and tools that you can use to help reach your goals toward a healthy weight. You will learn about portion sizes, the importance of eating a variety of foods, and how physical activity can lead you to success.

• Physical Activity:  A Good Fit

Exercise…most of us know what we should do to take better care of ourselves. But, we don’t always do it.  Physical Activity:  A Good Fit will help you learn how to use information about physical activity to make good choices in improving your health.

• Exercise is not a Puzzle

Maintaining or increasing activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle.  What is the best way to do that?  Knowing the basics of fitness, how to exercise, the different types of machines available and their purpose can help you get started. Exercise is Not a Puzzle will give you the tools you need to cerate a healthy lifestyle and make choices about what fitness program will meet your individual needs and get maximum results.

• To Salt or Not to Salt

 Choosing and preparing foods with less salt and sodium can affect blood pressure levels. By reducing the risk for high blood pressure, this also reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke. Participants will learn how small changes in sodium intake can make large changes in blood pressure.

• Budgeting

No one likes to plan a budget or stick to it. However everyone needs to plan a budget with guidelines and some flexibility no matter what there income level to be financially successful. This takes knowledge, time, and effort. It can be a very simple process of living within your income, paying bills on time, and saving a little for your future.

•  Goal Setting

Making a road map or setting goals is an important process for everyone. Identifying specific goals and making plans are necessary for financial success and personal satisfaction. Goals give targets for different periods in the future including short-term, intermediate and long-term goals.

• Decision Making

Decisions, decisions, decisions. It seems like very money we are making decisions. The question is, “Are you a good decision maker?” Wise decisions are made using a definite process. They are based on values and perceptions of the decision maker and include carefully considered alternatives and options.

• Retirement Under Construction

Most of us will spend many years in retirement. The quality of those years will depend on several factors. Planning ahead is one of them. Retirement Under Construction will include items to consider to help pave the way to a retirement fitting individual needs.

• Rain Barrels

We all know that when it rains, it pours; and with the right rain barrel, all that rainwater can be saved. Rain water harvesting is important because it decreases the high demand for domestic water in which residential irrigation can account for up to 40% of consumption. By collecting rain water and storing it a rain barrel you’ll have water for future use, whether it’s for watering the garden or just keeping it handy for emergency situations.

• Composting

Composting is the way to recycle your yard and kitchen wastes, and is a critical step in reducing the volume of garbage needlessly sent to landfills for disposal. It's easy to learn how to compost. Today, the use of composting to turn organic wastes into a valuable resource is expanding rapidly in the United States and in other countries, as landfill space becomes scarce and expensive, and as people become more aware of the impacts they have on the environment. Utilizing yard and kitchen wastes (which make up about 30% of the waste stream in the USA is a big part of the plan to minimize waste overall.

• Worm Composting

Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and worms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost.

• Pest Control Around the Home

Everything you need to know about pests will be available from the expert whether the pests are inside or outside...termites, ants, bees, fleas, moths, pantry pest, powder post beetles, roaches, rodents, rats, mice, spiders or out door pests….skunks, opossums, bats.

• Lawn Care

Knowing how to care for your lawn during the different seasons will save you time, money, and hassle throughout the growing season.  Lawn Care will provide some tips to selecting products and maintaining a healthy lawn that you will be happy with in the long term. 

• Weed Care

Weeds are plants out of place. A plant may be desirable in one situation and a weed in another. Weeds detract from the beauty of lawns due to the contrast in color and texture between the desired grass plants and the weeds. In addition, weeds compete with the desired grass plants for available water and nutrients, usually resulting in thinning of desirable plant cover.