MNO Community Wellness Coordinator Audrey Bayliss and MNO Métis Family Wellbeing Coordinator Layne Hoskins already plan to work on designing a similar event next winter to bring participants together during the bleak mid-winter weather and provide nutritional reminders on how to prepare and eat a holistic diet.
The event was hosted by MNO Community Wellness Program and Family Wellbeing Program. Participants were encouraged to discuss the booklet and plate with their family and friends to help spread knowledge on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.Īll participants had the opportunity to win a variety of food items to take home and prepare healthy meals for themselves or their families. Clair Regional Cancer Program called Your Health Matters. To play, participants designed their own bingo cards during a discussion on healthy food choices.Įveryone was given the Canada’s Food Guide Eat Well Plate, which shows how a healthy meal should be divided into fruits and vegetables, whole grains and protein, as well as a booklet from the Erie St. Ten people gathered to play Nutrition Bingo at the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) office in Windsor, on Jan.
Submitted by Audrey Bayliss, MNO Community Wellness Coordinator Healthy food items were the prizes for Nutrition Bingo at Wellness is the sum of many interconnected dimensions that work together to create a holistic sense of well-being and fulfillment in a persons life.