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Consumer,
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) -
Education and fun are available
for those who visit the Family
Room Building at Penn State’s
1999 Ag Progress Days, Aug. 17-
19.
Exhibits and demonstrations
will focus on issues of impor
tance to Pennsylvania’s families,
such as health, cooking, nutri
tion, character, safety, finances
and tobacco prevention Some
exhibits will feature puppet
shows, games and other interac
tive ways to learn In the Kids
Corner, children and parents
can take a break together and
take part m art and reading
activities.
Visitors can explore a variety
of exhibits and demonstrations -
• Aging well will introduce
extension programs aimed at
older adults and their families
with practical information on
how exercise, nutrition, and civic
involvement can help people be
productive and happy as they
age. Included is a grandparent
ing program called “Simple
Pleasures” and help for family
members caring for a disabled or
elderly person at home.
• AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians
will showcase farm safety infor
mation and equipment modifica
tions for farm families affected
by a disability.
• Better Kid Care will pro
vide information on safety
issues for children with a focus
on water safety. Child care tips
for parents will be available.
• Century of Rural Health -
the Pennsylvania Office of Rural
Health will display information
on rural health in Pennsylvania
from 1900 to 2000.
• Character Counts will focus
on helping youth exercise the
six pillars of character: trustwor
thiness, responsibility, respect,
caring, fairness, and citizenship.
• Five-A-Day For Better
Health will demonstrate the
importance of “Five-a-Day,” the
National Cancer Institute’s sug
gestion of eating at least two
servings of fruit and three of
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vegetables each day for better
health. Visitors can play the
“Serving Size Game.”
• Healthy Families, Healthy
Meals will feature daily demon
strations and focus on “100
Years of Progress With Foods.”
The demonstrations will look
back at nutrition and equipment
of the past, what we have today
and what’s in store for the
future. Demonstrations will
include “Nutrition for Today’s
Busy Families,” “Food Preparation
- Then and Now, “Food
Preservation-Then and Now”
and “Kids m the Kitchen.”
•Pennsylvania Nutrition
Education Network will provide
a forum for sharing nutrition
education resources across the
State. The network helped
establish the Pennsylvania
Nutrition Education Plan, which
provides optional funding for
nutrition and food education for
Pennsylvanians eligible for food
stamps.
• Preparing For The Future -
Emergencies; Consumers in the
Year 2000 will highlight pro
grams that teach consumers
how to prepare their homes for
emergencies that disrupt daily
routines. The focus is on taking
care of basics, such as food,
water, shelter, and medical and
safety needs. Suggestions for
handling financial matters also
will be available.
• Preparing For The Future -
Financial Needs offers sugges
tions from financial manage
ment programs. These extension
programs - such as Money 2000
- focus on such financial skills
as saving, investing and plan
ning.
• Preparing For The Future -
- Work will offer suggestions for
youth and parents about the
critical skills needed for work
today and how to prepare for
success in the world of work. 4-H
work preparation project infor
mation will be available.
• End Childhood Lead
Poisoning will teach visitors
more about this leading environ-
mental threat to children in the
United States. Information will
be provided on causes, short and
long-term impacts on human
health and simple prevention
techniques.
•The Northern Appalachia
Leadership Initiative on Cancer
will offer early detection strate
gies for breast, cervical, prostate
and skin cancer. On Aug. 18,
members of the Elk County
Cancer Coalition will present a
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