Health & Wellness
Stress Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month happens each year in April and shows the importance of being able to manage stress, especially when we don’t always notice it’s happening to us. Stress can be tiring and can cause health problems, which is why...
Healthy Athletes – Healthy Hearing
The Healthy Hearing discipline of Healthy Athletes provides comprehensive hearing screenings and follow-up recommendations. The main goals of this program are to inform athletes, parents, coaches or caregivers about the detection of possible ear and hearing problems, recommend follow-up as...
Healthy Athletes – Fit Feet
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90 Day Fit 5 Challenge Recap
Special Olympics Maryland Challenges you to a 90 Day Fit 5 Fitness Challenge designed to encourage athletes to create a healthier lifestyle by meeting their physical activity, nutrition, and hydration goals for 90 days. Participants will track their progress using the above-linked activity logs...
Maintaining Mental Health During the Holidays
A National Alliance of Mental Illness study showed that 64% of people with mental illness report holidays make their conditions worse. “For many people, the holiday season is not always the most wonderful time of the year,” said NAMI medical...
National Eat a Red Apple Day
National Eat a Red Apple Day encourages everyone to eat a red apple on December 1st! As the saying goes, “an apple a day, keeps the doctor away,” so put that theory to the taste and eat a red apple!...
National Play Outside Day
National Play Outside Day is the first Saturday of every month. Kids, parents, adults, families, and grandparents are encouraged to go outside and do something fun! It’s easy to stay inside and get caught up with today’s advanced technology, but...
World Smile Day
World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in October each year. In 1963, Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts, created the smiley face. The smiley face went on to be a recognizable symbol of goodwill and...
World Heart Day
World Heart Day, created by the World Heart Foundation, informs people around the globe that CVD, including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of death claiming 18.6 million lives each year, and highlights the actions that individuals...
90 Day Fit 5 Fitness Challenge
Did you know that it takes 21 days to make a habit and 90 days to make it a permanent lifestyle change? The 21/90 rule states that once you have established a habit, you can turn it into a lifestyle...