Luckily, Lethbridge College’s Massage Therapy students need some hands-on experience, so they are running massage clinics three days a week this semester, from 5:30-8PM Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30AM-noon and 1-3:30PM on Saturdays. Twenty dollars gets you an hour, while $10 for 30-min.

What they lack in experience they make up for in fervour, so treat yourself and go for a massage! Call Joanna at 403-320-3211 to set up an appointment.

With that said, the H1N1 and seasonal flu clinics begin today. All the clinics are drop-in and being held in the West Pavilion at Exhibition Park. The pregnant or infirm are urged to get immunized. If you are not pregnant, you can still get poked.

Here’s a schedule of the upcoming clinics:

• Oct. 27, 2009 – 12:00PM to 6:00PM
• Oct. 28, 2009 – 12:00PM to 6:00PM
• Nov. 03, 2009 – 12:00PM to 7:00PM
• Nov. 04, 2009 – 12:00PM to 7:00PM
• Nov. 05, 2009 – 12:00PM to 7:00PM
• Nov. 06, 2009 – 12:00PM to 6:00PM
• Nov. 12, 2009 – 12:00PM to 6:00PM

(You might want to double-check that schedule before attending.)

Alberta Health Services

International No Diet Day aims to raise public awareness of the dangers of improper dieting, weight loss and weight obsession. INDD is an annual celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity. This day is also dedicated to raise awareness of the dangers in diets. There are several goals to the INDD:

• Doubt the idea of one “right” body shape.
• Raise awareness to weight discrimination, size bias and fatphobia.
• Declare a free day from diets and obsessions to body weight.
• etc.

I guess I forgot about the twigs out there. Let’s go to Red Dog for some poutine and hot dogs. We can go back to eating healthy tomorrow.

International No Diet Day

In 2007, 1,055 workplace deaths were recorded in Canada – up from 976 the previous year. This represents almost 3 (2.89) deaths every single day. Another 972,407 were injured or become ill.

Thankfully, I work in a relatively safe job, sitting all day behind a computer. That is, unless a chair explodes up my ass. But since I don’t know the true risk of on-the-job accidents, this video will suffice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAnAaFgjiiA

If that didn’t scare you, you might also want to take a look at Prevent-It.ca’s workplace safety commercials.

National Day of Mourning

Many people have worked very hard on getting this project underway in the past two years and it is great to see something this positive bringing so many groups from around the campus together. Now, a campus wide composting project perhaps?

Since pictures are better then words:

CCG Site

Campus Community Garden

Individual Plots

Communal Plot

Hopefully you can grasp that, as all citizens are encouraged to take 20 minutes out of their day to pick up some litter and make Lethbridge livable agin, especially after this long winter.

Pitch-In Canada is a non-profit and charitable organization that sponsors projects aimed at improving communities and the environment.  One of Pitch-In Canada’s many campaigns is the “20 Minute Makeover“.  The campaign encourages people of all ages, organizations, businesses and neighbourhoods to take at least 20 minutes out of their day during Pitch-In week (April 20 – 26 in 2009) to pick up litter on school grounds or in business, commercial and residential areas.

If memory serves me correct, I once participated in this week as a youngster. We were split into teams and told whoever picks up the most trash wins a prize. I stuffed all my bags with tumbleweeds, so naturally my team won. The prize was pretty lame – a tin of stale cookies, that the entire class then shared. So much for teamwork. Though I learned an important lesson that day, and that was to never pick up used condoms. Not that I did it, but my stupid classmate did.

Anyway, events are planned over the course of the entire week. Do something.

Pitch-In Canada Week

The money raised during Daffodil Month makes a real difference. It helps the Canadian Cancer Society fund life-saving cancer research, provide up-to-date and reliable information about cancer to the public and deliver community support services.

Help brighten up you home and the lives of those affected by cancer!

April is Daffodil Month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjOLYhnXe8

Speaking of creme, it’s also National Oral Health Month. Make sure to take care of those teeth and gums, especially if you partake in oral pleasures. But if you’re pure like me, you have nothing to worry about.

April is National Oral Health Month