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Books We Like

  • DASH Diet for Hypertension
    “More than 50 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure, and most of them control it by taking prescription drugs with potentially dangerous side effects; and nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes. But there is a natural and affordable alternative for managing these potentially deadly conditions, reducing your risk of heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease, and achieving the best health of your life: the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet.”
  • The 36-Hour Day
    “Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs.”
  • The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD
    “What are ADHD? What does it mean to have ADHD? How can kids diagnosed with ADHD help themselves succeed in school, get along better at home, and form healthy, enjoyable relationships with peers? In kid-friendly language and a format that welcomes reluctant and easily distracted readers, this book helps kids know they’re not alone and offers practical strategies for taking care of oneself, modifying behavior, enjoying school, having fun, and dealing with doctors, counselors, and medication. Includes real-life scenarios, quizzes, and a special message for parents.”
  • The Happiness Trap
    “Are you, like millions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) a revolutionary new psychotherapy based on cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life.”
  • Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)
    “With Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan, one of Google’s earliest engineers and personal growth pioneer, offers a proven method for enhancing mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work. Meng’s job is to teach Google’s best and brightest how to apply mindfulness techniques in the office and beyond; now, readers everywhere can get insider access to one of the most sought after classes in the country, a course in health, happiness and creativity that is improving the livelihood and productivity of those responsible for one of the most successful businesses in the world.”

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Local Food & Clothing Resources

  • The Corners of the Field. Free (Food & Clothing Ministry) – Porter’s Grove Baptist Church
    478 Connelly Rd. Rising Sun, MD
    (410) 658-5972
    Pastor Steve Dixon Jr.
    Open Every Thursday from 2-4 pm. (food/clothing pantry)
  • Lunch at Mary Randall
    Lunch served Monday – Thursday. Free
    Mary Randall Center
    401 North St., Elkton, MD 21921
    (410) 620-4701
  • The Paris Foundation (Meal & clothing)
    Dinner nightly 4:30-5:30pm. Free.
    Pickup at 200 Road B in Hollingsworth Manor.
    Mike Brandon – executive director
    (484) 459-1288
  • Meeting Ground
    Wayfarer’s House
    107 Delaware Ave., Elkton, MD 21921
    (410) 398-4381
  • Ray of Hope Mission Center
    Director – Courtney Barrett (410) 378-9800
    960 Craigtown Rd., Port Deposit, MD 21904
    Food pantry open Fridays 9:30-3:00 for clients.
    Thrift store, furniture, pet food pantry & outreach services available.
  • Elkton Community Kitchen
    Elkton Presbyterian Church
    209 East Main Street, Elkton, MD 21921
    Free Meal, every Friday 12 noon

Local Health Resources

Local Shelters

Nutrition

Physical Activity

Smartphone Apps

  • Couch to 5K 
    Eight-week training program for beginners to run a distance of 3.1 miles.
  • Fast Food Nutrition
    Not an app, but a mobile-optimized website that provides nutritional values of menu items at many popular restaurant chains.
  • Kegel Trainer (Android)
    Reminder app for Kegel exercises.
  • Lose It! 
    Calorie counting and exercise tracking app.
  • Map My Run 
    Track your runs, walks, hikes, etc. MapMyRun uses GPS to track your distance and pace, and see what routes others in your community use.
  • My Fitness Pal 
    Calorie counting and exercise tracking app.
  • Blue Star (Android/iPhone)
    The first prescription-app for managing diabetes. Ask your provider about it at your next visit.
  • Other Health and Fitness apps:
    Google Play 
    App Store 

Smoking Cessation

Transportation

  • Cecil Transit
    (410) 996-5295, opt. 2
    • Taxi Voucher Program
      Available to Cecil County Residents who are 60 years or older, people with disabilities, or low-income individuals.
      Application online here.
    • Fixed Route Bus
      Various Routes between Perryville, North East, Elkton, Newark, Glasgow. View routes online at www.ccgov.org.
      (410) 996-5295 ext. 2 or (410) 658-5574.
  • Other Services –
    • Uber – Must use Uber app on smartphone.
      Service subject to driver availability.
    • Lyft – Must use Lyft app on smartphone.
      Service subject to driver availability.
    • Key Lime – (410) 996-4950
      No wheelchair accessible vans available.
    • Friendly Taxi/Transportation – (443) 907-3922
      Handicap van available.
  • Medical Transportation – Cecil County Health Department
    (410) 996-5171
    For qualified Medicaid recipients only.
    Mon-Fri 8am to 4:30pm. Non-emergency for appointments.
    https://cecilcountyhealth.org/medical-transportation/

Travel

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Travel
    Information regarding traveling (vaccinations, diseases, etc). Check this site out before your physical.
  • Passport Health Travel Clinics
    Passport Health provides travel vaccines and other travel services.
    240 N. James St, Ste 206, Newport, DE 19804
    (302) 633-5782

    7939 Honeygo Blvd, Ste 218, Nottingham, MD 21236
    (410) 453-8650

    200 Butler Ave, Ste 103, Lancaster, PA 17601
    (800) 839-4007

    2205 York Rd, Ste 12, Timonium, MD, 21093
    (410) 628-1434

Weight

  • Am I Hungry?
    Improve your eating habits; eat both the right foods and the right amount of foods to manage your weight.
  • A Better Weigh
    Weight loss through eating plans and personal coaching. With offices in Lutherville and Catonsville.
  • Bright Line Eating
    A weight loss plan grounded in psychology and neuroscience. Offers an evaluation quiz to measure your susceptibility to addictive foods.
  • Dash Diet Shopping List
    A list of DASH diet-appropriate foods.
  • End Mindless Eating (pdf)
    Look at why people eat mindlessly, and how to stop it.
  • How To Measure Your Meal (pdf)
    Get an idea of what a healthy meal with correctly-sized portions looks like.
  • Think Your Drink! (pdf)
    Compares common drinks and how they measure up nutritionally.
  • TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
    A weight-loss support group that meets weekly for help and encouragement. For more information about the Rising Sun chapter contact topsrisingsunmd@gmail.com. They meet on Tuesdays at Rosebank UMC, 1734 Telegraph Rd, Rising Sun, MD 21911.

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