This session will offer participants ideas and ways to implement healthy eating and lifetime fitness in their 4-H, Camping, After-School, EFNEP or ESNY Youth Programs.
Thursday 9:15 - 10:45AM
Presenters - Mary Breyette, Tim Davis.

The Parent Partner Program (TM) addresses disordered eating at multiple levels: family and friends' knowledge and coping skills, community-level peer supports and professonal development, and regional networks.
Thursday 9:15 - 10:45AM
Presenters - Nancy Potter, Chris Haltom, Susan Travis, Margaurite Uphoff, Sue Kiner

How does the work place environment support healthful eating and active living? During this session, participants will be introduced to the Small Steps are Easier Together project developed by the Cornell Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) and pilot tested in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware and Chautauqua counties. This environmental intervention focuses on prevention of obesity among adults in the workplace. Obesity is the strongest modifiable risk factor for many chronic diseases including breast cancer, a cancer that affects one third of U.S. women. Using tested tools and strategies, participants will learn about taking an ecological approach to identify opportunities to promote healthful eating and physical activity at work.
Thrusday 11:15AM - 12:45PM
Presenter Mary Maley and Jeanne Darling

Strong communications in general and effective business writing in particular depend on solid language usage and take into consideration audience, tone, clarity, style, good manners, and good humor. This workshop will focus on communicating more effectively in all your business correspondence from traditional letters to electronic mail and beyond.
Thursday 2:00 -3:30PM
Presenter - Jacqueline Dowdell

Cornell Cooperative Extension has been developing a system-wide Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative that involves a true campus-county partnership. Substantial funding is beign sought from a variety of potential sources. This highly interactive session will provide participants with a progress report on the initiative, as well as opportunity to share thoughts and ideas on moving forward.
Friday - 10:30AM-Noon
Presenter - Charles Fausold