Opportunities and Connections for All
The School District of Menomonee Falls, Community Education & Recreation Department will use this blog to share information relative to upcoming events, classes, programs, workshops and seminars for people of all ages, from preschool to older adults. Jason Husslein, Recreation Supervisor, will post information and maintain this blog, along with contributions from other staff members. Residents are encouraged to e-mail questions of interest to hussjas@sdmf.k12.wi.us. Your questions may be answered in our blog.
Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Is your New Year's resolution to lose weight? If so, this course will help make it easier for you to stick to your resolution! You will discover how to establish a healthy approach to weight loss and weight maintenance and how to set and achieve weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals.
You will gain an understanding of:
- How to weigh and measure food to track calories and portion size
- Interactive tools used to measure body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and personal daily calorie estimation
- Differences between cardiorespiratory exercise, strength training, and lifestyle activities
- The roles that water and sleep play in weight loss
Students and Older Adults Walk Hand in Hand to Benefit Food Pantry
Students from Riverside School, and the Quest alternative high school program, teamed up with over 100 adults who included older adult volunteers, teachers, parents and grandparents in an intergenerational program to raise money and awareness for the Menomonee Falls Food Pantry. On January 25 & 27, students gathered in the Community Center gym to walk side by side with an adult to a variety of Big Band era tunes. The “entry fee” for the walk was a non-perishable item or monetary donation to the Menomonee Falls Food Pantry. Five hundred pounds of food and over $200 was collected. Intergenerational chats, laughter, exercise and warm feelings were the highlights of the day.
The event was hosted by Menomonee Falls Community Education & Recreation in addition to Riverside Elementary School.
