ATTICA — Though Attica Central College District Social Employee Tricia Janes envisions the upcoming Stay Lengthy, Keep Sturdy Wellness Truthful as a “one-stop store” for native households, she additionally desires it to be a enjoyable evening out for households.
Friday’s occasion will assist folks study extra about how businesses, companies and distributors in Wyoming County might help on their journey to improved wellness — and there can be enjoyable actions moreover.
“It’s going to be a good way for households to unplug, spend high quality time collectively along with your kids, join with our group and get to see the superb issues we now have proper right here in our group,” stated Janes, one of many truthful’s organizers.
Funded by a portion of a $25,000 grant from New York’s Workplace of Psychological Well being allotted to Wyoming County earlier this 12 months, the wellness truthful is a collaboration between the Attica Central College District and the county’s Psychological Well being Division and Youth Bureau.
Attendees will be capable of stroll Attica’s campus and study what sources the completely different businesses and companies in Wyoming County can supply to assist enhance one’s wellness bodily, mentally or in any other case.
“It’s not simply social providers or county businesses,” Janes stated. “I reached out to all of the native distributors right here in Attica — Palms of Time Therapeutic massage Remedy, Physique Sense Healthcare and Diet, Classic Cow, Merle’s Produce, Invictus Barber. All the issues proper right here in our village. Anybody that has to do with well being, psychological well being, wellness received an invitation and we’re hoping every enterprise is ready to showcase their position and duty inside our county.”
Meals can be obtainable from Attica’s Positiv Cafe and Bakery and C&G Praller’s. Yummies, the favored Warsaw ice cream store, can be providing $1 ice cream cones.
Representatives from the county’s Youth Bureau may even be internet hosting a household recreation evening, stated Janes.
“So when the children are available, they’re going to get a passport and for those who go to a sure variety of completely different cubicles, on the finish of the evening you’re going to get a board recreation for you and your loved ones to take house,” she stated.
Karen Feustel, assistant director for youngster and household providers for Wyoming County, stated representatives from the Attica Police Division and Wyoming County Sheriff’s Workplace can be on the truthful to do automobile seat security checks and create youngster ID kits.
“The Attica Police Division — one of many actions they’re doing is a coloring contest and the winner will get a present card to Classic Cow with a police escort, in order that’s fairly cool,” she stated. “We’re going to be doing excursions of the health middle, as a result of there’s a grant that enables that to be free for the group proper now. The basketball coach goes to be there doing a little expertise stuff within the auxiliary gymnasium for youthful children — there’s simply lots of issues which can be going to be occurring.
Feustel stated she hopes attendees come away from the truthful with motivation to enhance their household’s wellness in addition to their very own.
She’s additionally hoping the truthful helps dispel the notion that as a result of Attica and Wyoming County are largely rural, there’s nowhere to show for assist.
“One of many stuff you hear usually in a small city or rural space is the restrictions when it comes to providers and availability of issues,” she stated. “Nonetheless, one of many advantages, as I see it not less than, is you do get that group. There’s folks which can be actually dedicated to the wellness of their group as an entire.”
Along with exterior companies and businesses, a handful of Attica pupil golf equipment may even attend the truthful to talk with attendees about what they do of their respective golf equipment.
Many of those pupil golf equipment are made attainable by the $2.8 million College Local weather Grant the U.S. Division of Training awarded the district in 2019 to assist it implement a “Entire College, Entire Group, Entire Little one” as a method of accelerating pupil engagement, enhancing out-of-school helps and actions and decreasing drug and alcohol use amongst college students.
“Now we have labored laborious to realize this purpose and aims within the first three years of the grant, and it will not be attainable with out the assist of our stakeholders,” stated Center College Assistant Principal Sherry Bennett. “We noticed what an awesome alternative this might be to indicate off the time, effort, and alternatives that college and college students have been concerned on this 12 months.”
Janes and Feustel each expressed the hope that the truthful will proceed in future years, although maybe at completely different places.
“We’re hoping every year to have the truthful at completely different districts in Wyoming County, transfer it round somewhat bit,” stated Janes. “Perhaps subsequent 12 months it’ll be in Letchworth, then Perry, then again to Attica.”
Added Feustel: “Have been thrilled with the way it’s coming collectively. I believe it’s going to be a very enjoyable occasion for youths and households alike and the Attica group must be very pleased with not solely their college but additionally the dedication and engagement we’ve seen from your entire group.”
The truthful is scheduled for five to 7 p.m. Friday on the Attica Central College District, 3338 East Principal Avenue Rd. Choices can be unfold all through the district’s East Principal Avenue Highway campus and a few could also be exterior, relying on climate. Whereas the truthful is being held at Attica, the truthful is open to all Wyoming County residents.
The next businesses, companies and distributors have confirmed their attendance on the truthful: Wyoming County Well being Division; Tobacco Free NY; RESTORE Sexual Assault Providers; Hillside Kids’s Middle can have data on its GLOW household peer assist program; Companions for Prevention; Physique Sense Healthcare And Diet; Younger Dwelling; Attica Police Division; Stevens Memorial Group Library; Attica Pharmacy; Falling-Leaves Farm (can be bringing goats for youths to satisfy); Upstate Dairy and Milk for Well being; Perry Police K9 Unit; and the Bennington Hearth Division (can be bringing hearth vans for households to take a look at)
The next Attica pupil golf equipment and organizations can be tabling on the truthful: Nationwide Junior Honor Society; Nature Membership; Excessive College Science Membership; Elementary College STEM Membership; Center College STEM Membership; Summer season Studying Camp; Elementary Youth Empowerment Membership; Attica’s Future Farmers of America chapter (can be handing out fruit kabobs); Attica Central College District’s Basketball Program.