We've aggregated some great resources to help you on your health journey this August. Check them out!
Beat the Heat: Preventing Heat Stroke and Other Illnesses (Kettering Adventist Health)
Set Your Family Up For Back to School Success (Adventist HealthCare)
What’s the Right Exercise for Your Personality? (Vibrant Life)
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the Visitor magazine, join the Visitor staff in continuing to make 2020 healthy. Register for the virtual Visitor 5K, to take place September 20–26.
Participants may walk/run at the time and place of their choice. Registration fees will include a bib, medal, tech shirt, mask and donation to Adventist Community Services.
Find more information and register at runsignup.com/race/md/columbia/visitor5K.
According to a study from Harvard University, having no friends can be as deadly as smoking! The social support that comes with friendship reduces stress, increases sense of purpose, improves self-confidence, promotes healthy habits, aids in coping with trauma and may even help you live longer.
5 Tips for Creating a Visitor-Friendly Church
Story by Visitor Staff
Besides taking care of the physical needs of COVID-19 patients, nurse Crystal Lubis has the privilege of virtually connecting patients to family members during some of their most intimate moments.
Lubis, who frequently attends Potomac Conference’s Capital Chinese church in Silver Spring, Md., is a bedside nurse in the adult intensive care unit at a hospital in suburban Maryland. A nurse for 12 years, she’s frequently on the dedicated COVID-19 ICU section.
