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Want to learn more from Children's Hospital experts about how to keep your child a Healthy Kid? Here is a series of articles on a variety of topics. Select the links below to view the lists of topics.
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Health and Wellness features a variety of general pediatric health information from Children’s Hospital physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
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Safety offers tips for making every day safer for children, as well as news about the Risk Watch program offered in area schools throughout Tennessee.
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Upcoming Community Education Classes
and Special Events
JULY
Infant and Child CPR Plus (for child care
workers)
- Time: Monday, July 23, 6-9 p.m.
- Place: Children's Hospital
- Cost: $20
- Instructors: certified pediatric staff
from Children's Hospital
- This class will instruct child care
workers on lifesaving techniques for children ages 8 and younger. This
class will certify participants in CPR.
A Grand Event
- Children's Hospital and Baptist Health
System's Senior Services have teamed up for the second year to present
"A Grand Event," a series of recreational and educational activities
for grandparents who are involved in raising their grandchildren.
- Events include seminars in various
locations in Knox County and surrounding counties, as well as a fun day
at the Knoxville Zoo.
- Click here for the full
schedule of events.
- For more information, call Children's
Hospital's Community Relations Department at (865) 541-8165.
AUGUST
Infant and Child CPR
- Time: Monday, August 6, 6-9 p.m.
- Place: Children's Hospital
- Cost: $18
- Instructors: certified pediatric staff
from Children's Hospital
- This class will instruct parents and
other care givers on lifesaving techniques for children ages 8 and younger.
A Grand Event
- Children's Hospital and Baptist Health
System's Senior Services have teamed up for the second year to present
"A Grand Event," a series of recreational and educational activities
for grandparents who are involved in raising their grandchildren.
- Events include seminars in various
locations in Knox County and surrounding counties, as well as a fun day
at the Knoxville Zoo.
- Click here for the full
schedule of events.
- For more information, call Children's
Hospital's Community Relations Department at (865) 541-8165.
Infant and Child CPR
- Time: Monday, August 27, 6-9 p.m.
- Place: Children's Hospital
- Cost: $18
- Instructors: certified pediatric staff
from Children's Hospital
- This class will instruct parents and
other care givers on lifesaving techniques for children ages 8 and younger.
Scrapbooking Fun with Your Family
- Time: Wednesday, August 29, 10-11
a.m.
- Place: Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville
- Cost: Free
- Childhood is filled with great memories!
From your child's first steps to the first day of school, this class offer
tips for fun ways to create scrapbooks which celebrate your relationship
with your child.
- Children are welcome to attend this
class with their parents.
SEPTEMBER
A Grand Event
- Children's Hospital and Baptist Health
System's Senior Services have teamed up for the second year to present
"A Grand Event," a series of recreational and educational activities
for grandparents who are involved in raising their grandchildren.
- Events include seminars in various
locations in Knox County and surrounding counties, as well as a fun day
at the Knoxville Zoo.
- Click here for the full
schedule of events.
- For more information, call Children's
Hospital's Community Relations Department at (865) 541-8165.
OCTOBER
A Grand Event
- Children's Hospital and Baptist Health
System's Senior Services have teamed up for the second year to present
"A Grand Event," a series of recreational and educational activities
for grandparents who are involved in raising their grandchildren.
- Events include seminars in various
locations in Knox County and surrounding counties, as well as a fun day
at the Knoxville Zoo.
- Click here for the full
schedule of events.
- For more information, call Children's
Hospital's Community Relations Department at (865) 541-8165.
Safe Snacks for Halloween
- Time: Wednesday, October 31, 10-11
a.m.
- Place: Barnes and Noble Booksellers,
8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville
- Cost: Free
- Make sure your kids and their friends
can safely enjoy the fun of Halloween by treating them to special Halloween
snacks.
- Children are welcome to attend this
class with their parents.
If you would
like to be added to Children's Hospital's Healthy Kids Campaign mailing
list to receive announcements of upcoming classes, please call (865) 541-8262.
You may print out recent issues of
the Healthy Kids parenting newsletter. The preschool version is for parents
of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The early elementary version is for
parents of children in kindergarten through second grade. The grandparents' version is especially for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Click on the links
below to open and print recent issues of the newsletter (requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader). The issues are
listed from newest (at the top) to oldest (at the bottom):
Preschool version
Early elementary version
Grandparents' version
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Children's Hospital's Healthy Kids
Campaign is a community education initiative of the hospital's Community
Relations Department to help parents keep their children healthy.
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