The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

MSU Extension Chouteau County is partnering with the Big Sandy Medical Center and the Big Sandy Senior Citizens to provide a series of six FREE sessions on diabetes. The Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) is sponsored by Mountain Pacific Quality Health. The series is open to anyone. You do not have to have diabetes to attend. We encourage those who have diabetes (type 1, type 2 or both) but also people who have been diagnosed as pre-diabetes, family members or co-workers of individuals with diabetes and anyone else who wants to learn more about diabetes.

The sessions will focus on helping people live healthy with diabetes. They will provide information and skills to making the many choices a person with diabetes is faced with every day. The sessions are informal to provide a comfortable setting for people to learn through hands on activities, ask questions or share their experiences. Some of the topic areas include: basic understanding of what diabetes is and how it affects the body, food choices, self-management, medications, physical activity and stress management.

If you are interested, please contact Janell at the contact information below on or before October 3, 2016. We will be setting the dates and time based on the census of the group interested in having the series of sessions. We hope to get started by mid-October.

To get on the list or if you have any questions, please contact Janell Barber at 406-622-3036, janellb@montana.edu or stop by the Chouteau County Courthouse at 1308 Franklin St in Fort Benton.

Montana State University, US Department of Agriculture and Montana Counties Cooperating. MSU Extension is an equal opportunity/affirmative action provider of educational outreach.