Tips on making
healthier choices for
you and your family.
 
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healthier place to live.
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Request a showing of
the "Unnatural Causes:
Is Inequality Making Us
Sick?" documentary for
your group.
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Summer is farmers' market time!   
Eating fresh food is a great way to stay healthy and
prevent obesity.  Support our local economy by
buying fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers
at one of many markets in our community.  For more
information on local markets and fresh food, visit
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.
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Check out The
Community Guide to
Obesity Prevention
to
learn about programs
that work.
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The new Commission
for a Healthier
America
has issued
its top 10 steps for the
nation - and they
might not be what you
think.
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Bagels and Banter. Thursday, July
30th
.  8-9 am. YMCA - Woodfin. $10 (FREE
to Chamber of Commerce members).

Get tips for making healthy meals, enjoy
breakfast, and tour the new Woodfin
YMCA.
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YWCA offers Commuter
Pass to cyclists.
You, too,
can bike to work.
The YWCA's
new Commuter Pass will allow
those who want to bike to work
in downtown Asheville access
to the showers, locker room,
and a locker each day without
having to purchase a full YW
membership.
The Commuter
Pass is $50 for June-August.

Sponsored by the City of
Asheville and the YWCA.
Call  
254-7206
for more information.
CDC releases new
worksite wellness tool -
LEAN Works! The free of
charge LEAN
Works! Web site
features tools and resources to
help businesses implement an
effective worksite obesity
prevention and weight control
program.
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Be inspired! Learn
how we can become
the healthiest nation
in 1 generation.
Watch the 2 minute
video>>
Health System Reform film and
forum - showing
Critical
Condition
. Wednesday, July 8th. 6:15 -
8 pm
.  URTV studio at 31 College Street,
Suite 20-A. FREE.
Come be part of a live
studio audience and watch this PBS
documentary.  Learn about the plight of
people without health insurance in
America.  Audience discussion
immediately following film.  Sponsored by
the Carolina Center for Conflict Resolution
and Creative Leadership

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Being an effective advocate.
Wednesday, July 22nd. 6:15 - 8 pm.  
URTV studio at 31 College Street, Suite
20-A. FREE.
Improve your advocacy skills
so you can effectively advocate for the
version of health care reform that YOU
would like.  Be part of the live studio
audience in this presentation by Ken
Patterson of RESULTS.
For more information,
e-mail here>>
Diversity Lunch-n-learn - film
showing of
Unnatural Causes: Is
Inequality Making Us Sick?

W
ednesday, July 15th. Noon - 1:30 pm.
MAHEC at 501 Biltmore Avenue. FREE.
Bring your own lunch.
Watch episodes on
diabetes and how remaking our
environment can improve health.
Discussion following.
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Lunch with the Funders:
Strengthening your organization
and services for the future
.
M
onday, July 13th.  Noon - 2 pm. FREE.
Registration required by July 8th.
 (This
session available for health-focused
non-profit organizations)
.  Meet the
funders and get updates on grants and
resource opportunities.
To register,
Click Here>>
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F as in Fat - North
Carolinians gaining
weight
.  The Trust for
America;s Health recently
released its assessment of
obesity nationwide and North
Carolina is moving in the wrong
direction.
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Healthy aging - can we learn to
live longer?
Friday, July 17th.  9:30
am to 5 pm
. MAHEC. $115 Learn about
natural perspectives on healthy aging.
  
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1 million H1N1 flu cases
in America.
The CDC has
announced that the H1N1 virus
has now infected as many as
one million Americans. A
vaccine is in development and
all residents are urged to focus
on prevention.

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Buncombe County flu update>>
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