Welcome to THRIVE! Videos
Through sounds and images, and with experts in nutrition, fitness and social/emotional counseling, we’re here to help you on your journey to better health!
|
Want to learn more about healthy eating, preventing substance use, pre-diabetes and the latest innovative solutions for Wellington schools? Look no further than The Mind, Body, Spirit Project (MBS), a series of educational videos involving leading local support organizations.
THRIVE! Southern Lorain County teamed up with Educational Service Center and The LCADA Way’s Rural Response Network to provide vital information to help residents improve their emotional, physical and nutritional health. |
|
Spotlight on ...
Lauren Ksiazek, MSW, LSW
Executive Director Lorain County Office on Aging Website: www.lcooa.org 320 North Gateway Blvd. Elyria, OH 44035 Tel.: 440-326-4822 Email: lksiazek@lcooa.org In March 2023, residents of Ohio will see a reduction of Emergency Allotments of SNAP Benefits, post-COVID. SNAP refers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Lauren talks about the impact of the reduction on the 35,000 residents who receive benefits in Lorain County alone. Lauren provides information about local agencies that fill in the food gap for those in need. (Also see a list of THRIVE! resources here.) |
Lauren Ksiazek (right) of Lorain County Office on Aging talks about the reduction of SNAP benefits with THRIVE!'s Margaret Swendseid.
|
Our Video Gallery ...
|
"Don't hibernate in the winter," says Bill Berger with Carol Burke, offering tips on winter exercise.
Libby Showalter of THRIVE! and the YMCA; cooking demo. Go to our Recipes page for the recipe!
|
Liz Wolanski of Educational Service Center
Jenny Arntz of Main Street Wellington talks about the importance of volunteering for non-profits. (See THRIVE!'s page on the benefits of volunteering here.)
|
Debbie Kelley of The LCADA Way/Rural Response Network
Debbie Kelley and Liz Wolanski with WHS student
Baron Turner, discussing the dangers of substance abuse. |
Carol Burke of THRIVE!
Carole Klingler of LIFE: A Dementia Friendly Foundation and host of the weekly Memory Cafe in Wellington.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark Johnson, Chief of Behavioral Health Services, MHARS, talking about
underage drinking. |
Lisa Goodwin, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist,
The LCADA Way, talks about peer pressure and substance abuse. |
Nicole Poynter, Social Worker of Wellington Schools, provides resources for parents and helps children adjust in school.
|
Andrea Rutger, Director
of Nutrition Services, Wellington Schools, talks about MyPlate.gov and what's in a nutrition label. Part I. |
|
Andrea Rutger, Part II.
|
Liz Wolanski, Educational Service Center: "School: Not Just Academics, But Social and Emotional Health"
|
Bill Berger and Carol Burke of THRIVE! discuss the new turnstile at the Football Stadium
|
School Social Worker Emily Medves talks about which resources are available to students and families alike.
|
|
Sarah Papesh, Counselor,
New Care Behavioral Health |
Carole Klingler, CEO of LIFE: A Dementia Friendly Foundation, talks about Memory Cafes for those with dementia.
|
Betsy Neubauer of Mercy Health Faith-Based Community Nursing, talks about the "Combating Metabolic Syndrome" Program
|
|
Wellington High School's Dave Conklin
and His Digital Media Students What makes the MBS Project so exciting is that the videos are all taped and edited by students of teacher Dave Conklin’s Digital Media class at Wellington High School. Dave then posts the edited videos to the school’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSPKmVhI3wjVHhZikfuZog?view_as=subscriber). |
|
Meet the MBS Team!
|
Rural Response Network (RRN)
Debbie Kelley, LISW-S LICDC-CS, is with The LCADA Way and is Grant Project Coordinator, Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). Debbie works with partners on the Rural Response Network grant to bring education, awareness and services to help decrease the impact of substance abuse in the Wellington and Oberlin communities. From 2018 through August 2021, for instance, there were 43 overdoses in the area (OD Maps). One of Debbie’s key objectives in the video series is to decrease the shame and stigma of those with substance abuse disorder (SUD) by providing education on the brain and the disease of addiction. |
|
Educational Service Center (ESC)
Liz Wolanski is Wellness and Success Coordinator of ESC of Lorain County for North Ridgeville and Wellington schools. The ESC is a premier provider of professional development opportunities striving to meet the ever-changing needs of administrators, service providers, teachers and classified staff serving children. Along with rolling out mandatory trainings from Ohio Department of Education to meet state requirements, ESC also provides customized trainings. In the MBS videos Liz will explore such topics as: what is the ESC and what services does it provide to Wellington Exempted Village schools; a Yoga for Classrooms (Y4C) Demo; and what is “Social Emotional Learning”? |
|
|
THRIVE! Southern Lorain County
Carol Burke is Facilitator of THRIVE!, whose mission is to reduce Metabolic Syndrome – a cluster of conditions involving obesity, heart disease and diabetes – in the southern part of Lorain County. THRIVE! is focused on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and providing social/emotional support among three target areas: Workplace, Schools and Community. In the MBS video series THRIVE! will feature experts from Mercy Health to talk about pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes; our dietitian Libby Showalter will do cooking demos with healthy, mouth-watering recipes; and fitness experts who will demonstrate exercises. |