Parish offers Hispanic education
on diabetes

	LEARNING LESSONS: Participants in the Si Se Puede (Yes You Can) diabetes education program at St. Willebrord Parish, Green Bay. The program has graduated its first group. (Submitted photo)

By Brian Kohls
Compass Correspondent

The piñata sways back and forth. One more blow should shower down its treasures. Whack! Here they come!

Dental floss, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand lotion, lip balm, foot powder and containers to organize prescriptions?

Where's the candy? It wasn't at St. Willebrord Parish this Sunday afternoon at a celebration for 19 Hispanics who completed the first Si Se Puede (Yes You Can) diabetes program for Hispanic adults at the Green Bay parish.

The graduates had attended two-hour classes for six weeks where they learned about diabetes, its effects on the body, diabetes testing, nutrition, stress management and exercise.

Katie Dykes, parish nurse, organized and ran the parish-sponsored classes with the help of Idorine Hernandez, lead community health worker, and Fernando Bacelis and Blanca Ramos, community health workers, with the assistance of several school and community organizations.   Full story ...

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