2018 Wellness Expo

2018 Wellness Expo LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Page 5 drug addiction, escape addiction to tobacco, escape addiction to alcohol, exercise to have a fit body, and engage intellectually to have a fit mind, to name a few. Nutritionists provide guidance for a balanced diet which provides all you need to maintain wellness. Pharmacies look after your health and dispense life saving and life enhancing drugs which help you to avoid life-degrading and painful symptoms, and control disease. Police and firemen are there in the community to help protect and save your life and health when it is threatened. And there are many more examples of how the community helps protect, direct and maintain your wellness. This issue of Wellness Magazine tells a few of those stories, stories of programs and struggles and successes and experiences in our community. It also tells about the 2018 Wellness Expo put on by ALMH Community Health Collaborative, Logan County Department of Public Health and the Lincoln Park District, three important partners in helping people maintain their wellness. We hope you find direction and value in the articles in this edition. [LDN]