Page 6 - First Quarter News Letter - March 2018

THE JUDSON FIVE

This year our Judson house men participated in the PJs 4
X-Mas annual Christmas program, founded and organized by
Camille (19) and Abigail (16) Marshall of Ogdensburg.

The program serves children in the North Country by reaching
out to the community to collect pajamas for children in need.
Since its
inception, 10,916 children have been provided with pajamas.

This was the second year the Judson house men participated in
the program—setting up donation boxes at all of the IRAs, and
even spending their own money.

The men were working on beating their previous collection of 40
pairs of pajamas.

The Judson house men had a very busy year volunteering.
Committed to volunteering twice a week, the men took turns go-
Congress Woman Elise Stefanik visited us at our ing to Walmart and Price Chopper to collect food for the Feed
Gouverneur health center to learn more about
the impact Federally Qualified Health Centers
have on the North County. She later
cosponsored a bill to renew funding for Federal-
ly Qualified Health Centers. Featured Above
(from left to right): Ray Babowicz, Director of
Marketing and Communications, Congress
Woman Elise Stefanik, Dave Bender, CEO of
Gouverneur Hospital and Anne Richey, Execu-
tive Director

WIC Launches 2017
Healthy Life Styles Initiative

We have launched a
new Healthy Lifestyles
initiative for our Watertown staff members celebrate the holidays with an
participants. As part of Ugly Sweater Christmas party. Pictured above (from left
the initiative, we are to right): Doty Stevens, Kim Parker, Jeff Sero, Morgan
encouraging parents to Burris, Jennifer Side and Karen Schneebeli.
introduce a sippy cup
to their children be-
tween 4-6 months to
support development
and avoid baby bottle
tooth decay. To promote this
initiative, we are giving our families free hard WIC (Women,
top, non-spill proof sippy cups and educating Infant and Children)
them about the importance of weening their
children is a nutrition program that improves the health of preg-
off the bottle. nant women, new mothers, infants, and children. WIC
provides families with nutritious food, nutritional advice,
Additionally, we are focusing on older tips for staying healthy, recipes, and resources for grow-
children by educating our parents ing families.
about the harm sugary drinks can
have on the health and teeth. As part The program team includes nutritionists and nurse
of this initiative, we are providing educators who evaluate the nutritional needs of
our families with fruit infuser water participants and provide vouchers to them for specific
bottles to encourage older children food items that can be used at many local grocery stores.
to drink more water and not just WIC is located in St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties.
milk and sweetened beverages.
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