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Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Anita L. Sherman NEW PROGRAM: With funds received from the Culpeper Regional Educational Foundation, Dr. Gail Dofan has launched a new program to help educate children on the benefits of healthy eating and staying fit.
equals a cup or a piece of fruit. Your thumb is about two servings of peanut butter or two tablespoons. An open palm equates to a serving of meat or chicken.
Optimistic that Steps for Healthier Living is going to be a winner in the battle of the bulge among her young clientele, Dolan is grateful to have received the grant. Donors to the Culpeper Regional Educational Foundation can specify that money be put in an undesignated fund for areas of greatest need. A three-member panel consisting of Dr. Morton Chiles, Janice Suter, vice-president of nursing and Mary Jane Glass, a foundation board member, awarded Dolan the grant from more than a dozen applications.
Aimed at youngsters 10 and over, the program has been in place since September and several are already enrolled at no cost to the patient. “Society works against us," said Dolan. “So much is auto mated...we just need to get more active. Walking is free.”
“We need to look at root causes and work collaboratively with parents,” Dolan said. “How can we improve healthy habits? The time to take those first steps is now. . .when they are young.”
For more information on the work of the Culpeper Regional Educational Foundation, contact Executive Director Cyndv Colson at (540) 829-8812 or ccolson@culpeperhospital.com
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