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EVENT{FULL}Monthly updates from your {FULL} Life community

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Each year, Touchmark celebrates Active Aging Week the last week of the month. Promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, the week focuses on the many positive things that people can do to change the way they age. The community’s theme this year: Experiencing the Full Life.

Monday, 2 pm: Changing the Way We Age—Discover the Full Life, presentation by Life Enrichment/Wellness Director Brenda Edmonds.

Tuesday: Annual CNIB Walk & Barbecue supporting CNIB. Our goal this year is to raise $3,500.

• Registration is 10:30 – 11• Walking clinic and warm-up with marathoner Liz Ettinger starts at 11 am with the walk starting at 11:15 am• Barbecue begins at noon• Presentation to CNIB is at 1

Wednesday, 8 pm:Klondike Melodrama. This fully narrated production features costumes, music, and popcorn (for eating and throwing)!

Thursday: 10 am: Fall Prevention 11 am: Benefits of Massage Therapy presented by massage therapist Emely Corral.

Friday: 2 pm: The 10 Steps to Whole-Person Wellness 5:30 pm: Harvest Dinner Buffet. 7 pm: Dance, featuring the popular band Plamondon.

Please RSVP; and see you there!

Let’s move. Join us for Active Aging Week.

Sustainable Food Edmonton sponsored the contest, and Touchmark received the most online votes. Touchmark gardeners and friends gathered at City Hall for a ceremony, where they received the award. Touchmark also made a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank.

Touchmark Garden wins 2013 Community Garden Award

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Start your active, full life With September’s focus on active aging, we encourage you to visit Touchmark and see how a community of friends and helpful amenities can infuse your lifestyle with fulfillment. Also, check out the comfortable homes—and the available fitness classes!

UK Day celebrates royal babyDuring UK Day, which happened to be the prince’s birth, residents wore red, white, and blue as they enjoyed the musical duo Britz, which honored 50 years of British Rock & Roll. To start the show, performers Howard and Sheelagh Roberts sang “Hip hip hooray. The royal baby is born today”. The song was followed by the crowd giving three cheers!

Local media also covered the event. Check out the video on the Touchmark Facebook page.

In the recent past, residents have celebrated the Royal Wedding and Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. This year—a Royal Baby Shower.

Before Prince George was born, residents guessed the name and signed and sent a card and lovely Canada pin to the royal family.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Contact a Full Life team member for additional details, including registration, transportation information, and participation requirement.

Tuesday, Sept. 3, 11:30 am The Brenda Edmonds Show with mayoral candidate Karen Leibovici. Marquis Room.

Thursday, Sept. 5, 9:30 am - 4 pm Day trip to Peaceful Valley with barbecue lunch.

Monday, Sept. 9, 2 pm Birthday & Anniversary Party with entertainment by The McGarrigles. Marquis Room.

Thursday, Sept. 12, noonHarvest Soup Luncheon hosted by the Touchmark Garden Club. Marquis Room.

Monday, Sept. 23, 2 pm Active Aging Week starts. See page one for more information.

See the full calendar of events online:TouchmarkEdmonton.com/pdf/

community-event-calendar.pdf

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It’s gold!

The Touchmark Drama & Glee clubs joined together to celebrate the return of Edmonton Klondike K Days!

They performed a Klondike Melodrama to a sold-out crowd, who sighed, cheered, booed, and tossed popcorn at the performers, which was all welcomed and encouraged.

The show was so popular that two encore performances will be held during Active Aging Week.

“I have not laughed that hard in years,” says Glee Club member Pearl Warshwaski.

Other K Days events included a panning for gold demonstration by Touchmark manager and gold miner Glen Anderson. Glen invited anyone interested to join him for a trip to the North Saskatchewan River for a picnic and day of panning for gold. He shared that a university study showed the Alberta riverbanks have the most concentrated gold.

Friday evening fun included entertainment by Klondike Colleen (Lazoruk).

TOUCHMARK AT WEDGEWOOD 18333 Lessard Road NW • Edmonton, AB T6M 2Y5

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MargeCoalman, EdDVice Presidentof Wellness &Programs

Eat less. Eat better. Move more. “Unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity in the US cause more health loss than smoking, alcohol, or drug use.”

– Ali Mokdad, PhD, director of Middle Eastern Initiatives and professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

The United States has made significant health improvements over the last two decades, including:

• Lower disease burden rates since 1990 of nearly all childhood conditions and diseases

• Lower mortality rates for people at every age since 1990

• Significant reduction in death and disability from HIV/AIDS

But Canada and other countries in Europe and Asia are improving at a faster rate.

Why is the US less healthy than other countries? The researchers point to poor dietary practices and inadequate physical activity as two of the driving forces. In fact, dietary risks moved ahead of smoking as the leading cause of disability and death in the study released recently in the American Journal of Medicine.

Christopher Murray, MD, DPhil, is a professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and director of the IHME. He presented the findings of the study at an event hosted by First Lady

Michelle Obama as part of her Let’s Move! campaign.

Bad choices and risky behaviors fall in the category of “lifestyle-related risk factors”. Genetics are important but not as important as lifestyle practices. Touchmark recognizes the importance of providing healthy lifestyle options in its 11 communities in the US and Canada.

To find out more about the Full Life Wellness & Life Enrichment offerings at Touchmark, contact any member of the Full Life team. And ask about Touchmark’s celebration of Active Aging Week, coming up in September. It’s never too late to gain the benefits of eating better and moving more!

BRAIN BUILDERS

Grab some paper. Write the letters of the alphabet vertically down one side. Now, think of a word that begins with each letter. The category is: Animals.

Example:

A: Anteater B: Buffalo