TWIV Community Education Programs
Reservations required for programs. Please call 646-4677 to make reservations. A minimum of 5 attendees necessary.
July 2008
MRSA: Question and Answers From the Layperson About this Emerging Infection
Tuesday, July 22
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
MRSA has captured headlines as an emerging infectious disease that impacts persons in community and healthcare settings. Where does it come from? Who is at risk for getting it? How can it be prevented? Join us, as Thomas Safranek, MD, Nebraska State Health Department will answer these questions about this bacterial infection.
August 2008
Understanding Cholestrerol and How Nutrition Can Change Your Numbers
Tuesday, August 26
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Due Dorn and Katie Walz from LifePointe will discuss the various sources and aspects of cholesterol, guidelines for testing,
and how nutrition can affect your cholesterol. As well as foods that can improve your numbers and foods to avoid if you need to lower your numbers.
September 2008
Freezing Foods for Future Use
Thursday, September 11
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
How would you like to come hoome and have most of your meal already prepared? Or, perhaps, you'd like to avoid staying up late or getting up early to fix food for a special event? Alice Henneman, extension educator and registered dietitian with UNL Lancaster County Extension, will teach you how to freeze foods for future use. Plus, you'll receive several receipe ideas for make-ahead foods.