Happy holidays from Ever green Park & Recreation District! We know holidays are a difficult time to maintain healthy habits -- with holiday chores and work keeping you from working out, and holiday festivities filling your body with sweet, delicious treats. So indulge a little -- remembering that Jan. 1, 2016 brings an opportunity to start fresh!

EPRD is offering two Fitness Challenges in January and February to jump-start your winter fitness and help you start the year healthy in body and mind. Join us in the Rec Centers!
Fitness challenges
Healthy Exercising
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Thriving Through Winter
It seems that as days get shorter and colder, our bodies want to slow down, store up fat, and take a long winter's nap. Here are strategies for overcoming the hibernation instinct, from US Masters Swimming.
Healthy Eating
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12 Days of Fitmas
As the holidays arrive, oftentimes so do the pounds. Here are 12 tips from  Dr. Caroline Cederquist, M.D.  on how to eat healthy this holiday season.
Healthy Aging
For most of us, the holiday season is a joyful time spent with family and friends. But for others, it is a time of year when feelings of loneliness can reach their peak. Here's how to cope, from Medical News Today.
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Healthy Parenting
Turn your kids from greedy to giving
At Christmas time we are bombarded with toy advertisements and kids screaming "I want this!" As parents, we want to give to our children, but we also want to instill values and a sense of what the holidays are really about. How do you find the balance? Ask Doctor G helps sort it out.
Healthy Planet
Ice Safety brochure Ice Safety on Evergreen Lake
Evergreen Lake is open for ice skating, and EPRD's Parks crews are working hard to maintain the ice all season and keep it safe. We measure a number of spots all over the maintained rink to ensure a 12-inch ice depth to safely support skaters and grooming equipment. 

B ut EPRD does not monitor any other place on the lake, so please use common sense if you're ice fishing or walking on the ice -- you do this at your own risk! Check out EPRD's new ice safety brochure for advice on how to stay safe on the frozen lake. 
Healthy Giving
How do you know when you are giving the right amount, or when you are giving so much that you are losing yourself in the process? Heathy Living magazine helps us understand the difference. 
EPRD has a large variety of classes at Buchanan and Wulf Rec Centers to help you meet your healthy goals!

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Lisa Hamm-Greenaawalt
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Evergreen Park & Recreation District (EPRD)

Coming in January

30-Day Yoga Challenge
Start the year off building strength and flexibility while discovering the benefits of Yoga. Challenge yourself to participate in 20 yoga classes in 30 days during the month of January. Who knows how you will benefit?
Yoga Challenge