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December 15, 2008
2009 Keep the Beat Calendar

A Heart Healthy Holiday Bonus

March: Portion Distortion As a member of the Health Information Network, you have probably heard about the NHLBI 2009 Keep the Beat wall calendar. But what you probably haven't heard are the many ways you can use this fun, educational tool for yourself or your organization. More than a calendar to mark the days, it includes seasonally themed health and wellness tips and simple steps every month to reach heart health by year end.

If you have employees, work in education, or work in a health, hospital, or medical environment, see if one of the following uses for the Keep the Beat Wall Calendar might just work for you!

  • Wellness Program and Employee Offering
    Give the gift of health to your co-workers, members, or clients or add the calendar to your employee wellness program. Help your team stay healthy one day at a time in 2009.

  • Educator and Dietitian Tool
    Are you a nurse, nurse practitioner, dietitian, health educator, teacher, or education program coordinator? Use the Keep the Beat Wall Calendar year round to motivate patients and students.

    Find ideas for teaching portion control, heart healthy eating and recipes, and fun family physical activity. Handy tools to measure progress include an "active today" check box for physical activity and weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar trackers.

  • Waiting Room Resource
    Need to spruce up your clinic, waiting rooms, occupational health unit, or community health center?  Find cheerful, attractive, and positive artwork on the theme pages of the 2009 Keep the Beat Wall Calendar. For less than 85 cents per picture, receive 12 eye-catching visuals that are educational and motivational.

  • Web Site Resource
    Does your organization have a Web site? Try a link to http://emall.nhlbihin.net/ktbcalendar. Your Web site readers can peek at some of the interior pages and decide if the 2009 Keep the Beat Wall Calendar is useful for themselves, their family, or their friends.

December: Reflect on Your Goals, Reward Your Success Order item # 09-5721 at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/ktbcalendar/ for ONLY  $10.00 for a single copy order.

Discounted pricing for 2 or more copies extended!

2-99 copies: $7.50 each (normally $8.50)
100-499 copies:   $5.00 each (normally $ 7.00)
500+ copies: Click here to learn more or call 301-592-8573.
Order item # 09-5721 at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/ktbcalendar


Page 42 of the NHLBI Educational Materials Print CatalogGet a f|r|e|e copy of the new Educational Materials Print Catalog

New! The 54-page Fall/Winter 2008-2009 NHLBI Educational Materials Print Catalog is now available.

Check out the new community heart health education materials for African Americans, Latino Americans, Filipino Americans, and American Indians on pages 41-49. For healthy weight education materials see pages 35-39, including the childhood healthy weight materials from the We Can! program.

Visit http://emall.nhlbihin.net/product2.asp?sku=08-3085B to request your f|r|e|e copy.

 

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