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Fitness and Older Adults
As we age, medical studies prove again and again that remaining active in our later years
is the key to staying healthy. Being active also has been linked to longevity.
Diakon emphasizes the “living” part of senior living. As such, Diakon senior living communities
promote a variety of social and exercise programs as well as health-focused educational events
targeted to older adults to help them achieve and maintain good health. Fitness professionals
administer these programs and could provide tips on diet information or developing an exercise
program for the older adult, as well as information on how fitness plays a vital role in
leading a quality lifestyle in later years.
Using Nature to Help Redirect Youths Who Have Taken the Wrong Path
The Diakon Youth Center accepts youths from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who have
been adjudicated by either the court system or county-based children and youth services. The
site and its related programs, located on 170-forested acres in rural Cumberland County, Pa.,
utilize tools such as a 50-foot Alpine climbing tower, high- and low-ropes courses, 48-hour
camping experience, and more to direct youths toward the path to personal growth and
development, providing opportunities to overcome natural and self-made barriers.
Diakon Youth Center administration and staff members can provide insight into how nature
can help to turn a child’s life around.
Many Hands. One Heart.
Diakon has recently adopted “Many Hands. One Heart.” as the organization's tagline. In doing
this, Diakon has launched a wide-scale broadcast and print advertising and educational effort
designed to highlight the ways the organization’s staff members annually touch the lives of
more than 70,000 persons. The campaign’s individual stories are true and shared by Diakon
residents and clients from throughout the organization.
In one spot there's Marvin, once a truant youth who turned his life around at a Diakon Youth
Services residential program, and later became a Diakon Youth Center counselor. In another,
viewers meet Jim and Brenda-two loving foster and adoptive parents who have welcomed four
children into their family through Diakon Adoption & Foster Care. And in yet another
story, viewers or readers will meet Madeline and Victoria, two girls who coped with numerous
losses with the help of a Diakon children's bereavement program.
The campaign features three additional stories of how Diakon helped people cope, learn, and
live life to the fullest.
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