Portage Pointe Health Fair!

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.” - Mark Twain

All joking aside, having good health is important at any age. So why not join us in the Community Center on Saturday, October 1st from 2PM - 6PM for our first ever Portage Pointe Health Fair!

Come visit us at the Community Center for a variety of health-related activities and services! We will have volunteers from The American Red Cross along with a Bloodmobile Bus taking blood donations. A pharmacist from Walgreens will be here distributing flu shots. Representatives from Comfort Keepers in collaboration with Accessible Home Health Care will be on hand doing blood pressure checks as well as glucose screening. Giant Eagle will be here sampling products from their "Nature's Bin" organic line of foods. A representative from the organic line of beauty products Miessence will be demonstrating how their products work.  All that and much, much more!

What a great opportunity to spend the afternoon being healthy. Do not miss this awesome event! (Charges may apply for some services listed.)

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Happy Fall “Egg”-uinox

 

Today is the first official day of Fall!  Have you heard about the myth that on the fall and spring equinox, you can balance an egg on its end? The Chinese are thought to have originated this practice, and modern superstition because of a more “equalized” gravitational pull on this day. 

It turns out this is not true according to snopes.com, the internet rumor buster.  You can balance and egg on any day if you are skilled enough!  Why not put your skills to the test today!

Check out some real-time myth busting here: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-busting-the-egguinox-myth.html

Happy Autumn, everyone!

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KidSafe ID Event this Saturday!

 

Just a reminder: we are holding our KidSafe ID event this Saturday at 2pm in the Community Center!   Kurt Dickinson from Nationwide Insurance is offering complimentary KIDSAFE ID to all of our little ones at Portage Pointe Apartments.  Join us to get yours and learn some valuable safety information!

And in honor of our KidSafe ID Event , here are a few safety tips for your family:

1.  Help your children memorize their full names, address and telephone number.

2.  Teach your children how and when to use emergency telephone numbers such as 911.

3. Insist that your children don't talk to strangers or accept food or rides.

4. Instruct your children never to tell anyone that they are home alone.

5. Go over the safest routes between school and home. Point out safe places en route as well as spots to avoid.

6. Point out the signs to your children and explain their significance…

7. Point out the homes of trusted neighbors to which your kids can go in an emergency if you are away.

8. Talk to your kids about violence, and teach them to settle arguments with words or to walk away from a fight.

9. Have open discussions with your children about drugs and their dangers.

10. Encourage your children to speak to a trusted adult if something doesn't seem right.

 

You can find the whole article here.  And to learn more about our upcoming KidSafe event, check us out on Facebook!

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Get Your Gold On!

College football season is here!  On Saturday, September 10th, at 7 p.m., the Kent State University Golden Flashes, along with new head football coach Darrell Hazell, host their first home game of the season versus Louisiana!  So get your Gold on and come down to the Dix Stadium.  For tickets and more information, check out the Kent State FanZone. 

Check out this video of the team gearing up for their winning season!

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What Is Labor Day?

 

Labor Day is this Monday, September 5th.  But do you know why we celebrate it?  Check out this historical tidbit:

Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Founder of Labor Day

More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."

But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.

The First Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

Check out the full story here.

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