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The YMCA of Southwestern Indiana is offering a seven week training program for individuals who are interested in beginning a workout program. The ultimate goal is to help people of all fitness levels complete the Evansville Half Marathon presented by German American on Saturday, October 5, 2013.

Free program to YMCA members and community members May 21 through July 6 Registration includes training sessions, camaraderie, support and much more!

Trainings will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 pm and on Saturdays at 7:00 am. All trainings will begin from the Downtown YMCA. An informational meeting will be held at 6:00 pm on Monday, May 20. A schedule of mileage and cross training sugges-tions will be provided upon registration. For more information, please contact Sally Kroeger at 426-6210 ext. 3331.

The Mission of Grace, the outreach ministry of Grace and Peace Lutheran Church, will be holding their May meal on the corner of Gum and Elliott streets on the lawn of the old Grace Lutheran Church grounds, where My Father's Fellowship worships.  Now that the weather has warmed up we are moving back outside for an old fashioned summer picnic with hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, chips, desserts and beverages.  Please make plans to join us for the FREE MEAL in the neighborhood.  Drive up or walk up.  Bring the whole family.  This is our gift to the community; a free meal on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.  As we get more sponsorships we hope to make this a weekly meal.  Everyone is welcome!  If you would like to help prepare, serve, clean up or sponsor a meal, please come by at 5:30 PM on Tuesday evening May 21st.

For additional information or for sponsorship please call Grace and Peace Lutheran church at 200 S Boeke Road at 476-8201.  Thank you.

“4th Annual Golf Scramble for Riley’s Type I Diabetes Research”

Green River Kiwanis will hold it’s 4th Annual Golf Scramble for Riley’s Hospital for Children’s Type I (Juvenile on Set) Diabetes Research.  It will be held on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Cambridge Golf Course.  A lunch will be served at 11:00 AM with a 12 Noon shotgun start.  Indiana Kiwanis has pledge $1 million to the research efforts at Riley over four years.  This is the forth and final year of the pledge.

Diabetes is a top killer disease and causes blindness, kidney disease, heart disease and amputations.  It has taken the likes of Johnny Cash and Bernie Mac long before their time.  Type I Diabetes was formally known as Juvenile on Set and insulin dependent.

Diabetes Statistics

• 6.9 out of every 100 adults in Indiana has diabetes, ranking it 18th highest in the nation for the ratio of people with diabetes to the general population.
• 27.5 out of every adult 100,000 deaths in Indiana are due to diabetes; ranking the 18th highest in the nation for deaths due to diabetes.
• In 2005, 373,000 Indiana adults were diagnosed with diabetes and by 2007 9% of the total adult population had been diagnosed with diabetes

Diagnosed: 18.8 million people

Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people

Prediabetes: 79 million people*

New Cases: 1.9 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010.

* In contrast to the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, which used fasting glucose data to estimate undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes, the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet uses both fasting glucose and A1C levels to derive estimates for undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes. These tests were chosen because they are most frequently used in clinical practice.
 

Every Saturday. Our Farmers Market is more of a happening than just a market. Not only do we have fresh local produce, we have grass fed beef and pork. There will be artists, flowers, plants, & honey. Many Saturdays we will have live music to complete the festive atmosphere.