A Matter of Balance is an eight-session fall prevention program to help older adults reduce their likelihood and fear of falling. Participants learn exercises that increase muscle mass, improve balance, and reduce falls. Behavior-change and goal-setting strategies are also taught. Finally, participants will also learn how to create a home-environment that supports healthy aging and changing physical needs. 

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Dining with Diabetes is a program comprised of 4 weekly classes that provide participants with nutrition education, social/peer support, meal planning strategies, and proper cooking practices that help to manage diabetes. Classes include classroom-style education, food demonstrations/samples, hands-on cooking practice, and physical activity tips.

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Across the Northeast region, Family and Consumer Science specialists deliver various food preservation courses. Contact your local Extension office to learn more about what is being provided in the area. 

Join Meal Planning with Confidence to learn about planning meals to save time and money while benefiting health. In this class we will review the many benefits of meal planning. We’ll discuss the basic steps for creating and organizing a meal plan and create a customized one-week menu and shopping list based on your meal plan. Class handouts include a meal planning and shopping list template and five master recipe guides for pasta, frittata, soup, casserole and stir-fry meals. 

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ServSafe is a food safety training put on several times throughout the year, all across the northeast region. There are two types of trainings; Manager and Handlers. The Manager class includes a certification exam which is accredited by the American national Standards Institute. The Handlers does not include the certification, but still includes a lot of the food safety information from the Managers class.