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Lake Stevens Journal September 21, 2011
Falls prevention signs to be
installed at Hawkin’s House
JOURNAL STAFF
Falling is a common and serious problem
among older adults, however not an inevi-
table one. Simple steps taken now to im-
prove your strength and balance will help
you avoid falls now and into the future.
On Friday, Sept. 16, Lake Stevens Fire
and Snohomish County Falls Prevention
Coalition partnered to hostaribbon cutting
celebration for newly developed “Keeping
Your Balance" signs at senior living facility,
Hawkin’s House. This celebration came
one week before National Falls Prevention
Awareness Week.
Lake Stevens Fire Public EducatorAlison
Caton explained, “The ‘Keeping Your Bal-
ance’ signs illustrate simple exercises that
can be done quickly and easily A handrail
installed directly under the posted signs
will encourage persons to actually perform
the exercises right then and there.”
“Our hope is that people will make use
of the signs to help build strength and bal-
ance thus decreasing the number of falls in
our communities," said Tim Mierau, Chair
of the Snohomish County Falls Prevention
Coalition.
Signs are lightweight, easily installed
and cost effective. Anyone interested in
attending the event or interested in how
they might be able to get a set of “Keeping
Your Balance” signs for a senior complex
can contact Jan Skidmore at jskidmore@
sssc.org.
For more information on preventing
falls, visit www.sssc.org/fall_preven-
tion_coalition.
Photo By Keicey Hatch
Senior citizens try out excercises that will help them to keep their
balance and avoid falls.
Boy Scout Troop 41 of Lake Stevens collects food outside of Jay's
Market.
Contributed Photo
Local Boy Scouts hold food
drive for peOple and pets
JOURNAL STAFF
Boy Scout Troop #41 of Lake Stevens
collected 330 pounds of food and pet
food during the “Scouting for Food”
drive on Saturday, Sept. 10 in front of
Jay’s Market.
The troop, chartered by the Kiwanis,
donated all of the food to the Lake Ste—
vens Food Bank.
Scouting for Food was started in 1988
and has resulted in the largest collection
and donation of food ever experienced
in the United States.
The troop would like to thanklay’s Mar-
ket for their assistance, the Kiwanis, and
the giving citizens of Lake Stevens that
made this such a successful event.
For more information about the troop
check out their website at http:/ /www.
klahaya.org/troop4l.
“ ‘tlsi Jr, .,
and Vicki
