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Tell a friend about WIC!

Park County Public Health
Women, Infants & Childrens Program (WIC)
Is designed to help WORKING families.
Tell someone you know!

The WIC program serves pregnant women and children (under age 5). WIC…

Connects people to community resources

Provides nutrition info and free recipes

Gives supplemental healthy food to help make ends meet. Many working families qualify!

Park County WIC: 303/816-5974

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT WIC

Park County Public Health’s Women, Infant and Children’s Program (WIC) is a nutrition education and free food program that might help you or a family you know.

WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding education, health referrals and supplemental foods for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, as well as infants and children. And you might be surprised! Many working families qualify for WIC. The income requirements are higher than in many government programs and the paperwork is pretty short and simple.

Who can qualify? Individuals must have a nutritional need (almost everybody does), live in Colorado and meet income guidelines. Also, you must be pregnant, a new mother, or apply for a child under five years of age.

For a general idea of income guidelines, consider that a family of 3 can make up to $2,560/month; family of 4 can make up to $3,084/month; family of 5 can make up to $3,608/month. Call to check on any size family!

What do you get?
·     Great health and nutrition advice through each stage of your pregnancy or your child’s growth.
·     Free supplemental food including items such as cereal, eggs, cheese, milk, beans, juice and peanut butter
·     Referrals to other community programs or health services if you need them

Tell a friend about WIC! Clinics are held both in Fairplay and Bailey. Call 303-816-5974 for more information.

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MAKE QUITTING SMOKING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: TEN TIPS ON HOW TO QUIT

SECONDHAND SMOKE & HEART DISEASE
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COLORADO QUITLINE OFFERS FREE

NICOTINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM!Are you, or someone you know, considering making the resolution to quit smoking in the New Year? If so, the time to quit has never been easier. The Colorado QuitLine, a free telephone service that helps callers quit smoking and using tobacco, is now offering free nicotine replacement therapy in the form of patches to anyone who enrolls in the cessation program. The patch is considered to be one of the most effective cessation treatment options for addicted smokers and tobacco users.

The Colorado QuitLine [1 800 QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669)] is a toll-free, telephone counseling service that connects people who want to quit smoking with trained counselors who can guide and support them through the quitting process. This service is free and available to Colorado residents in both English and Spanish, seven days a week. The service also is available for the deaf and hard-of-hearing at TTY: 800-659-2656.

Callers will receive free support and advice from a specialist experienced in counseling on quitting smoking; a personalized quit plan and self-help materials; and a four-week supply of nicotine patches, which will be delivered to their homes by mail. An additional four-week supply of the patches can be obtained, provided callers remain in the Colorado QuitLine cessation program. To be eligible for nicotine replacement therapy, callers must be at least 18 years of age.

MAKE QUITTING SMOKING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION:

TEN TIPS ON HOW TO QUIT

One great reason to quit besides your health:

For an average pack-a-day smoker, the price of smoking is about $1,365, or $115 per month.

Imagine what you could do with that money!

Here is a top ten list with concrete tips on how to try to quit smoking.

1. Call the Colorado QuitLine at [1 800 QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669)] to talk to a counselor who will help you set a quit plan. Services available in English and Spanish.

2. Visit Colorado QuitNet at www.coquitline.org to meet former smokers and people trying to quit as well as find information about medications and the harmful effects of tobacco. Services available in English and Spanish.

3. Enlist your family, friends and co-workers in your fight against tobacco. Tell them you are trying to quit and need their support.

4. Talk to your doctor. S/he can give you more information about the benefits of quitting and even prescribe medications that can help you quit.

5. Envision yourself smoke-free and living a long, healthy life with your family and friends.

6. Write your goals down on paper. Tape your goals on your doors, mirrors, refrigerators and in your car to remind you why you are quitting and to help keep you motivated.

7. Throw away all your tobacco products including ashtrays, items with tobacco logos, and lighters.

8. Go for a walk outside every day. Exercise will help lower your stress, increase your endurance and can prevent the weight gain that often occurs when people stop smoking.

9. Reward yourself for every day that you do not smoke. Buy yourself a favorite CD, rent a movie, get a massage, take a friend to lunch and remember your success.

10. Understand that you might relapse, but that does not make you a failure. Keep trying because quitting tobacco is a difficult process and it may take you several serious attempts in order to succeed.

For more information, contact Park County Public Health, High Country STEPP, 719/836-4154.

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