Healthy Living
Programs & Activities
The Lennox Island Health Centre, in collaboration with community partners, offers several programs/activities that promote healthy lifestyle choices and support active living and family fun to prevent or reduce chronic disease.
All programs are available to on-reserve band members.
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Wellness Promotion
Contact Name: Dietitian/Health Promotion Coordinator
Contact Number: 902-831-2711
Contact Email: leeanne.yeo@lennoxisland.com
Location(s): LIHC
The health centre offers community members access to wellness sessions and other supports designed to promote healthy living.
Wellness sessions focus on topics including, but not limited to:
- diabetes,
- cancer awareness,
- heart health,
- women’s health,
- men’s health,
- sexual health,
- label reading,
- cholesterol and blood pressure,
- healthy eating on a budget,
- bone health,
- menopause,
- digestive health
Food in the Community
Contact Name: Dietitian/Health Promotion Coordinator
Contact Number: 902-831-2711
Contact Email: leeanne.yeo@lennoxisland.com
Location(s): LIHC
The health centre, in partnership with the community dietitian, offers a variety of cooking classes, including baby food-making, ‘Meal Bag’, slow cooker meals, and freezer meals.
The health centre also supports and promotes other food programming offered in the community, including the School Food Lunch/Milk Program and the soup kitchen at The Shoppe (Sweetgrass).
Physical Activity
Contact Name: Leeanne Yeo or April Perry
Contact Number: 902-831-2711
Contact Email: leeanne.yeo@lennoxisland.com or april.perry@lennoxisland.com
Several fitness activities are offered in the community throughout the year, depending on the availability of instructors and demand. These include, but are not limited to:
- Theraband exercise
- Movement for Arthritis
- Mom and Baby Walk & Talk
- Skate/Walk & Health Talks
- walking groups
- fitness classes
- yoga sessions
The Eagle Nest Gym
Contact Name: Mary Ann Lewis (for FOB key access)
Contact Number: 902-831-2711
Contact Email: maryann.lewis@lennoxisland.com
The Eagles Nest Gym is open to all community members free of charge. It is well-equipped with treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical and strength training equipment and uses a FOB key system. There is a $10 deposit for the FOB.