Upcoming Lessons for Living, co-sponsored by the Prairie Association of Home and Community Education (PAHCE) will include:

"Digital Cameras" - Tuesday, October 13 at 9:00 a.m.

"All About Pasta" - as a package lesson available after November 9

"Memory Fitness" - Monday, January 11 at 9:00 a.m.

All lessons will be held at the Moultrie-Douglas Extension Unit at 122 S. Walnut in Arthur. No pre-registration is necessary. If you would like to know more about PAHCE membership, please contact the Extension office at 543-3755.

The highlight of the PAHCE Co-County meetings this year will be a lesson on Brazilian culture and cuisine. Lucia Roney of Bethany, will be sharing her experience as someone who grew up in Brazil, and has continued to visit this beautiful country.

These meetings will be held at: Sullivan Senior Center on October 27 at 7:00 p.m.; Moultrie-Douglas Extension Unit on October 28 at 9:00 a.m.; and, Douglas County Ag Building on October 29 at 7:00 p.m. There is no pre-registration required and everyone is welcome.

Helping Children Succeed in School (http://urbanext.illinois.edu/succeed/

Offers parents and caregivers practical steps to help children be successful in school and have good studying skills. In addition, it suggests ways for parents to communicate effectively with teachers and school personnel.

The "Live Well, Be Well" program is a Chronic Disease Self Management Program that is open to all who have a chronic long term condition such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis (and many others) or are a caregiver of someone with these conditions. The program consists of 2 hour, once a week sessions, for six weeks, in a friendly and comfortable environment. Participants will learn to manage their symptoms by learning to:

• better communicate with doctors, dieticians and nurses
• reduce frustration
• fight pain and fatigue
• make daily tasks easier
• reduce stress and anxiety
• make informed treatment decisions
• manage medications
• break the symptom cycle - take back control of your condition

Participants will learn a healthy way to live with their chronic conditions.

The Extension office would like to know who would be interested in taking this workshop, and then will try to schedule the sessions at everyone's convenience.

If interested, please contact the Extension office at 543-3755 or e-mail Cheri Burcham (cburcham@illinois.edu) with your name and contact information. This is a very valuable program and it would be great to get it off the ground!