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B e f o r e & A f t e r S c h o o l e n r i c h m e n t P r o g r A m S !
Join us for another exciting year of before and after school enrichment! WFC
Before School Programs will begin at 7am and run until school starts. At their home away
from home, students are welcome to bring their breakfast, finish homework and engage in
other fun activities while preparing to start their school day. WFC After School Programs
will begin at dismissal and run as late as 6:30 pm. On a daily basis we offer healthy snacks,
homework club, FUN enrichment activities built around the students' interests, various
clubs (Cooking Club, Sports Club, Arts & Crafts Club, to name a few), outside play and
much more! With flexible scheduling of one, to five, days per week and various pick up
times (4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm or 6:30 pm), you only pay for the amount of care that
you need! Register today at www.WorkFamily.org.
P A r t n e r S h i P f o r h e A l t h
Previously, we introduced the idea of a self-care plan as a means to enhance your overall
well-being. Start your plan by assessing what you already do to take care of your physical,
psychological, emotional, spiritual and social needs currently. Self-care assessments are
available online. Take one to gauge where you are at in each area and get ideas of things
that sound appealing to improve in areas you may be neglecting. Now you are ready to
make your "maintenance self-care plan"; the plan for activities that help your well-
being and that you are committed to doing on a regular basis. Worksheets are available
online to help you identify and write down your plan. An excellent one can be found at:
www.socialwork.buffalo.edu by searching "maintenance self-care worksheet". You
will write down the activities you will engage in regularly and also identify obstacles that
may get in the way so you can be ready to address them. For example, you may identify
that exercise five times a week is in your plan, but may realize your busy life may get
in the way of this plan. You can then come up with a plan to make sure your exercise
is scheduled in your week. Your plan can also include limiting any negative coping
strategies (such as overeating or alcohol consumption) you have identified. The act of
writing down your plan is very powerful in helping you commit. You may not be able
to stick to all parts of your plan at first but, be kind to yourself, work at it, and
your well-being will benefit.
"If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn
that life is short and there is no time for hate."
~ Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl
