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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 11, 2010
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah-Chatham County Public
Schools Awarded $4.2 Million Learning
Center Grants
Savannah-Chatham
County Public School
System is proud to
announce that the Georgia
Department of Education
has awarded its 21st
C entury C ommunity
Learning Center Program
$1,457,600 for the 2010-
2011 school year. ‘
The grant, which will
cover the next three years of
programming, provides a
total of $4,257,600.
SCCPSS received four
grants out of the 27 awarded
by the GDOE.
The grant applica
tion which was made in
partnership with the YMCA
of Coastal Georgia and the
Chatham-Savannah Youth
Futures Authority, will
establish eight new sites in
addition to the eight cur
rently in operation. The
new sites are Butler
Elementary, Juliette Low
Elementary, Myers Middle,
Southwest Elementary,
Southwest Middle,
Thunderbolt Elementary,
West Chatham Elementary,
and West Chatham Middle.
Seven criteria were
used to evaluate applica
tions for funding: need for
project, quality of project
design, adequacy of
resources, quality of man
agement plan, quality of
project evaluation and qual
ity of partnerships and col
laboration. Reviewers inde
pendently rated each appli
cation. The funds were
awarded based on highest
ranking scores.
The Title IV, Part
B, 21st CCLC Program’s
purpose is to provide oppor
tunities for academic enrich
ment and tutorial services to
help students meet state and
local performance standards
in core academic subjects; to
offer students a broad array
of additional services, pro
gram and activities to rein
force and complement the
regular academic program
of participating students;
and to offer families of 21st
CCLC students opportuni
ties for literacy and related
educational development.
For more information
on this grant or the 21st
Century Community
Learning Centers, contact
Program Director, Aldric
Dekle at (912) 395-5686.
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Save Your Heart, Save Your Life
The goal of this series of arti
cles and the goal of the Health
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to help you maximize your
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Today, heart disease is
the leading cause of death for
women, especially black
women. But, that doesn't
mean you have to accept it as
your fate.
It is true, there are risk
factors we all have, family
history or age, that we can
not change, ( but, the factors
that weigh more heavily, are
within our management.
Here are the key heart disease
prevention steps we can con
trol.
1. Don't smoke or use tobac
co products. Smoking, and
exposure to secondhand
smoke, increases one’s risk
significantly for developing
heart disease.
Tobacco smoke con
tains more than 4,800 chemi
cals, many of which can
damage the heart and blood
vessels, causing narrowing of
the arteries (atherosclerosis),
which leads to heart attack.
Cigarette smoking
makes your heart work hard
er, narrowing your blood ves
sels increases the heart rate
and blood pressure. Carbon
monoxide in cigarette smoke
suppresses the blood’s oxy
gen level, further increasing
the blood pressure by forcing
your heart to work still hard
er to supply enough oxygen.
Women who smoke
and take hormone based birth
control are at greater risk for
a heart attack or stroke.
However, when you quit
smoking, your heart attack
risk drops immediately, and
within a one year is near nor
mal.
2. Get active Regular exer
cise, participating in moder
ately vigorous physical activ
ity can reduce your risk of
fatal heart disease. And when
Carolyn Guilford, CNC
you combine physical activi
ty with other lifestyle meas
ures, such as maintaining a
healthy weight, the payoff is
even greater.
Physical activity helps to
manage stress, builds muscle,
strength, helps control
weight, keeps circulation
swift, reduces high blood
pressure, high cholesterol
and can help control diabetes.
All greatly benefit the heart.
We believe that 30 to 60 min
utes of moderately intense
physical activity most days of
the week, is easy and appro
priate for almost everyone.
Consistency is important. It
is important to start, and con
tinue at whatever level you
can manage. Remember that
all activity counts, gardening,
housekeeping, taking the
stairs and walking with
friends.
3. Eat a heart-healthy diet. A
diet that is rich in fresh fruits,
vegetables, 100% whole
grains and low in dairy prod
ucts and animal fats, is the
best way to protect your
heart. Leafy green veggies,
legumes, in season fruits,
lean protein and fatty fish are
the best to feed the heart, and
reduce risk of heart disease
and stroke.
Watch out for saturated
fat and trans fats. The trans
fats include deep-fried fast
foods, bakery products, pack
aged snack foods, margarines
and crackers. Read labels for
"partially hydrogenated" to
avoid trans fats, which will
increase the risk of coronary
artery disease by raising cho
lesterol levels.
Major sources of saturated
fat include pork, beef, mar
garine, cheese, milk, and
palm oils. Heart-healthy eat
ing means making good food
choices. Don’t think you
have to go hungry, just add
more fruits, vegetables and
salads, to your menu. Eating
more fruits and vegetables
will help prevent heart dis
ease, and cancer.
Regular health screenings
will tell if you are doing it
right, or doing enough. But,
don’t over do the screenings,
either, try to have them done
at the same place.
• Blood pressure. Have your
blood pressure checked at the
same place. Best possible
blood pressure is not greater
than 120/80mm.
• Cholesterol levels. Be sure
to have your cholesterol
checked at least once every
five years. Total cholesterol
should be under 220, with the
LDL under 120, and HDL
above 60, for optimum heart
health, (without drugs).
Heart disease, as with
all chronic disease, is avoid
able.
Following a heart-healthy
lifestyle really is easy, once
you know how. To avoid
heart disease in the future,
start today by creating a
healthy lifestyle.
Don't smoke, get regu
lar exercise, drink lots of
water, and eat clean, healthy
foods.
Make your health a priority
today, and you will enjoy a
healthier life for many, many
years, barring accident.
Remember, Health is a
Choice. If you have any com
ments or questions about
health issues covered in this
column, or an issue you’d
like addressed, please call
or write to:
Carolyn Guilford
www.HealthRestorationl 0
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P.O. Box 2814, Savannah,
GA 31402
912) 236-8987
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