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Mar 16

Futures preparing to ‘Get UP and Get Moving’ – Bradford Era

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It will be a day of doing simple yet effective exercises and learning the benefits of drinking water when individuals at Futures Rehabilitation Center in Bradford participate in the Celebrating Abilities! event March 22.

The event, slated for 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is sponsored by Futures, Evergreen Elm, the YWCA Bradford and Northwest Health Connections. Activities are open to all individuals and staff at Futures and Evergreen Elm and will include training in dental hygiene, self breast exams and diabetes information. Give-aways and drawings will also take place.

Debbie Price, executive director of Evergreen Elm, a residential agency for people with mental disabilities, said the theme of this years celebration is Get Up and Get Moving. The focus will not only be on exercise but also on drinking healthy beverages. This will be carried out in the celebration when fresh, cold water is served with the pizza and cake lunch.

Our motivation is to get up and moving, but were also hosting a nurse (Tim Juliano) from Warren who will do a big segment during two morning sessions on not drinking soda pop, Price said. So were giving them water this time; that will be an interesting lunch.

Jason Nuzzo, exercise physiologist at Bradford Regional Medical Centers Upbeat, said he will lead low-impact exercise during an afternoon session. The demonstrations will include arm movements that can be done sitting in a chair or marching-in-place regimens that can be conducted anywhere.

They want me to do some chair exercises with some of the individuals, Nuzzo said. Ive been looking at some routines they can do. You can actually get a pretty good workout depending on how much marching in place and how much arm movement you do.

Nuzzo said individuals can do all of his exercises or marching in place to upbeat music.

They can also do it to the pace of a slower song, he added.

Nuzzo said he knows a number of people who work at Futures or live at Evergreen Elm as many of them attend Upbeat for exercise programs.

Were looking forward to having a lot of fun, Nuzzo remarked.

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Pat Ryan, director of operations at Futures, said the event, which celebrates the abilities of everyone at the sheltered workshop, is very much anticipated by the individuals and staff.

Our awareness day is a celebration of abilities and a reminder that people with disabilities are an integral part of our community, Ryan said. People with disabilities are neighbors, volunteers, parishioners, workers, customers just like everyone else. This years event is centered around healthy living and safety awareness.

On an unrelated topic, Price gave an update on plans that are underway for the Elm Street group home rebuilding project. The historic home was destroyed by fire last April due to an

to an electric malfunction with wiring. Price said groundbreaking for the construction of a new home is expected to take place in the near future.

Were finishing up with the zoning requirements and as soon as thats done well be groundbreaking in May, Price said. We have architectural renderings on Facebook. We expect it will be a good six-month process to complete and we hope to be in by fall.

Everybody has been so kind and generous, but the project is so expensive because of the handicapped accessibility I want to do, Price added. It will be about $1.2 million for just the building.

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