Breathing Techniques From Our GEM Curriculum
Box Breathing
Get in an upright seated position with your back straight, feet flat on the floor and roll
your shoulders back, making sure you can breathe easily.
INHALE count of 4
HOLD count of 4
EXHALE count of 4
HOLD count of 4.
Repeat 3x!
This type of breathing gives us an opportunity to relax a little bit.
Healthy Fruits and Vegetables We Should Eat
BLUEBERRIES
- Known as a superfood due to low calories and significant health benefits
- Good source of hydration as blueberries are 85% water
- Highest level of antioxidants in common fruits and vegetables – these protect your body from cell damage
- Can help reduce cholesterol and blood pressure
- Good source of fiber which benefits heart health and provides a feeling of being full
- Can help maintain brain function and improve memory
- Helps with insulin sensitivity which can lower chance of diabetes
- Full of Vitamins C and K that help the immune system, bone metabolism
The Delaware 4-H Program joins in partnership with GOLO, the pioneering wellness solutions company, to promote and provide important information on vegetables and fruits we should all eat to be healthier. We appreciate the monetary support of GOLO to our 4-H program around the initiative of Healthy Living, and their interest in the health and well being of our 4-H youth. Please take time to review this information and include more vegetables and fruits in your normal daily diets. Look for additional information we will be sharing on a quarterly basis about other vegetables and fruits to eat.
Important Research From
“Regular (particularly daily) adolescent cannabis use is associated consistently with anxiety, but not depressive disorder, in adolescence and late young adulthood, even among regular users who then cease using the drug. It is possible that early cannabis exposure causes enduring mental health risks in the general cannabis-using adolescent population.“
(Degenhardt L, Coffey C, Romaniuk H, Swift W, Carlin JB, Hall WD, Patton GC. The persistence of the association between adolescent cannabis use and common mental disorders into young adulthood. Addiction. 2013 Jan;108(1):124-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04015.x. E-pub 2012 Oct 18. PMID: 22775447.)
IASIC, the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis, are doctors who educate on marijuana. IASIC is an organization of international experts on cannabis who are guided by medicine and science to provide accurate and honest information that guides decision-making. We recognize that the use of cannabis is potentially harmful, and that policies or practices which enhance or increase the use of cannabis risk serious medical and social consequences.
Let’s Crush It!
Get Walking with Delaware 4-H
Join the Delaware 4-H weeklong walking challenge during the Delaware State Fair. The contest will officially start Thursday, July 18th and run through Saturday, July 27th. Register by Tuesday, July 16th to receive your code to submit your steps daily. Prizes will be awarded for the participant with the most steps in each age category and the most overall steps. Pedometers will be available for anyone needing one. Please contact your county 4-H office to pick up one.
Age Categories:
Cloverbud (5-7 year old)
8-10 year old
11-13 year old
14-16 year old
17-19 year old
20-39 year old
40-59 year old
60+ year old
Register today! HERE
For any questions please contact Lindsay lgooden@udel.edu or Kaitlin kklair@udel.edu
Walk With Ease Fall 2024
Walk + Roll Fall 2024
Dover Youth Committee Update
The Dover Youth Committee (DYC) met in-person at the Dover Public Library on May 9th. We enjoyed hearing from Kate Culhane-Suluai, Program Manager for UD Partnership for Healthy Communities about their mission and goals. Highlights of April’s Community Dinner were shared. The subcommittees discussed their new and revised goals and missions statements. The youth’s mental health Facebook Project was viewed.
Watch the video here:
More project opportunities for interested youth are available. Reach out for more information.
Upcoming Events:
Open group meetings to like-minded partners and interested youth; next DYC full committee meeting is Thursday, September 12th at Noon on Zoom. Contact doveryouthde@gmail.com to be added to the email list.
For more information about Dover Youth Committee or to see how you can be involved click here.
Health & Wellness Ambassadors: Now Registering!
What are Health & Wellness Ambassadors?
Delaware 4-H Health & Wellness Ambassadors are official representatives and promoters of holistic healthy living, including fitness, nutrition, mindfulness and substance use prevention.
Ultimate Goals of Health & Wellness Ambassadors:
Learn about and promote healthy lifestyle choices
Create media about healthy living
Community outreach & education
Asset building, education, and promotion
Create and facilitate community change
Who should join?
Teens ages 13-18 interested in cultivating skills of health, wellness, and leading a healthy lifestyle! If you are looking for a way to gain professional or volunteer experience in health and wellness, this is for you!
What does becoming a Health and Wellness Ambassador Entail?
Through registration you will be able to receive information on opportunities to get involved with promoting health and wellness in the Delaware community and register for our next training!
The STEAM Team is here to provide lessons, activities, curriculum support for Delaware teachers, leaders, afterschool programs and 4-H communities. Our overall goal is to teach youth leadership skills and STEAM-themed topics to bring back to their communities.
BECOME A STEAM AMBASSADOR
Joining the STEAM Team means you are a youth interested in becoming a STEAM Ambassador—learning STEAM-themed lessons to take back to your youth group, school or community. You, the “STEAM Ambassador,” will lead by teaching a STEAM-based lesson/activity to others!
Twila is your point of contact. She will guide you through becoming a STEAM Ambassador. Get you set up with lesson topics and materials and guide you through the process of taking on the role of a leader in STEAM education.
STEAM Ambassadors will meet on Zoom with Twila, learn a STEAM topic and bring it back to their youth groups, schools and communities!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Parents, grandparents, college students, high school seniors — We need you!
This STEAM Team is developed to get our Delaware youth thinking innovatively, we need youth to use their talents, and develop their intelligence working collaboratively. Are you someone who is interested in positively impacting our youth and community?
Volunteers are crucial to this program. You do not need a background in STEAM to be part of this experience. On the STEAM TEAM, youth drive their learning while volunteers offer support and guidance. If you are interested please fill in the Form linked below and we will be in touch with you shortly!
Volunteers are still needed for the same reason: Adults wanting to interact with youth and share their love for STEAM education. Volunteers will attend the same STEAM Team Ambassadors Zoom and learn a STEAM topic to take back and teach to their schools and communities.
Plogging Away
May’s $100 Amazon Plogging Gift Card Goes to…
Jacob Bradshaw!
Dates to Remember:
August 29th: Session 1 Walk + Roll & Walk with Ease Registration Deadline
September 12th: Zoom Dover Youth Committee Meeting at 12 Noon.
October 10th: Session 2 Walk + Roll & Walk with Ease Registration Deadline