IotorhkÓ:wa • January Enníska • February 2020 Karihwi:iosKHC CFS Dept. Host. 4th Annual Toy & Grocery Bingo By Jadyn Lauder he Kanesatake Health Center's Child & Family TSupport department held the fourth Annual Toy & Grocery Bingo on Sunday December 1, 2019. Prior to the event, community members had to pre-register in order to ensure their place. This process helped the team to prepare accordingly for the event in terms of food, seating and space. The gym held 270+ community members including adults, children, youth and elders. The grand prize that everyone was hoping to win was a Photos: Susan Oke Christmas tree of fun for the entire family! winner received the same prize along with snowplow service for the winter season of Every child received one free a free turkey! The final game was a 3-part 2019/2020! The total funds raised this year bingo package and adults were game, 1 line/4 corners, double bingo and was approximately $3,731.50. We have given two free bingo packages. finally a full card jackpot for the Christmas decided to donate the funds back to the Each package contained 5 cards for tree and all of the gifts underneath it! The youth but we are still determining on which a total of 11 games consisting of 1 tree and prizes are worth well over $2000. department it will be allotted to. Stay tuned. line/4 corners followed by a double The ongoing fundraisers during the Before intermission, an announcement bingo. The winner of the 1 line or 4 evening were a half/half game, the elephant was made that a special guest from "Frozen" corner received a grocery bag and prize raffle, as well as, the canteen sales. had arrived for the children. Olaf showed their choice of a toy/gift item on The half-and-half game was sold separately up for a surprise visit and handed out free the prize table. The double bingo throughout the night for only 2$. The winner lollipops to all the kids. During this time we of this game received half of the sales as had some elves helping to distribute advent their prize. The canteen sold baked goods, calendars to all youth under 18 years of age. chili, meat pie, & drinks and chips. The Every child in attendance received a gift elephant raffle was a fan favorite as always, from Olaf and did not leave empty handed! but the prizes to win this year were bigger For the final jackpot game, two lucky and better! For 10$ you receive a sheet of 25 winners drew from a deck of cards. The tickets and get to choose between a variety person with the highest card (ace high) of gifts to be won, penny fair style! Some of would be taking home the Christmas the prizes included a cultural gift basket set, tree of fun! The 2nd place winner would a baby basket, and a Michael Kors purse receive 3 consolation prizes of their choice. & wallet. One prize in particular that was Congratulations to Jackie Mallette who very special, labelled as the community was this year’s jackpot winner! She took tree which included 25$ gift certificates for home the Family tree of fun and everything local businesses. These businesses included underneath it! Some of the prizes included KCF/Fuel bar, Little Tree Convenience, gift cards, a flat screen TV, a PlayStation 4/ Gas Bar, Beauty by Trina, Shand Thai, Virtual reality and much more! Bayside convenience and Mamies Kitchen. The best gift under this tree also had free Continued on page 4 Inside Karihwi:ios Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security Colorectal Cancer Among Indigenous People in Quebec ......................................................................................3 2020 Deposit Dates Social Economy in Action ..............................................................5 January 29 June 26 Christmas 2019 at Rotiwennakehte School ...................................7 Christmas at Learn and Play .........................................................8 February 26 July 29 Nutrition and Your Mental health ...................................................9 March 27 August 27 Reacustoming Ourselves to Onkwehonwehnéha ........................12 Over $56,000 raised April 28 September 28 for radio station ............................................................................13 May 27 Whole Wheat Biscuits taken from diabetes.ca ...............13 History of Kaniatarak'ta Riverside Elder's Home .........................14 Announcements ...........................................................................15 Time to Get Off the Couch and Onto the Chair! Health Center News The beautiful fall has turned to winter and great activities are happening at Kaniatarak'ta Riverside The Kanesatake Health Center welcomes Jamie Krupp to our Elders' Home. team as our new NNADAP worker. Melodie Beaudin is also a recent addition to the team. She is working as a janitor at the KYOT building, as well as, at Kaniatarak'ta Riverside Elder's Every MONDAY, there's chair exercises with Home as the activity coordinator. Stella from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. We are continuing flu vaccinations by appointment. It isn't too Every THURSDAY, chair exercises continue with late to get one. Call Diane for an appointment (450) 479-6000 Ext. 221. facilitator, Denise Greggain, from 11:00 - 11:45 am starting January 31st. If you are diabetic or suspect you are diabetic, you can have . your sugar checked on Wednesdays 2-3 hours after your last meal. Just give the nurse a heads up by phone. Kathy Skye can be reached at Ext. 299. If you are trying to reach our staff at the youth center, they now have a land line: (450) 479-6897. 2 Colorectal Cancer Among Indigenous People in Quebec By Dinah Palinkas-Routly RN, BScN, MScN low fiber/vegetable/fruit consumption; excess weight; his is part 2 in a series of information packets on cancers in sedentary behaviour; First Nations in Quebec. Two Nurses from the Kanesatake alcohol consumption; THealth Center attended a training session in October red meat/processed meat 2019 sponsored by the FNQLHSSC on Cancer Prevention and second hand smoke. Screening. The discussion focused, in part, on the 2015 Regional Recommendation is for adults from 50-74 who are asymptom- Health Survey which identified numerous general risk factors for atic and no other risk factors, is to do the FIT test Q 2 years. cancers. General risk factors: obesity/poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, smoking; Contributing community factors ie: living environment, socio- Fun Fruit Salad economic, environmental; Taken from Canada.ca Systemic factors ie: accessibility to early detection (screening), diagnosis, treatment; This flavourful fruit salad is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and makes a great, healthy snack or non-modifiable Personal factors ( ) ie: age, genetics, family history; dessert. It was noted that there are higher incidence and mortality rates for lung and colorectal cancers, and still more cases of Prep Time: 15 minutes cervical cancers and less of breast cancers. Cook Time: 0 minutes Preventative cancer screening is vital as it may reduce the Servings: 8 number of people who develop the cancer and who die from it. The goal is to improve screening especially, for colorectal cancers. IngredientsDirections 2 apples, cored and chopped 2 oranges, peeled and chopped Roles and responsibilities of this type of screening include: 1/2 small cantaloupe, seeded and chopped • identifying risk factors. See below for modifiable and non- 2 pears modifiable risk factors; 2 tbsp lime juice, about 1 medium lime • counselling by health care professional; • explaining available screening tests ie: FIT tests; Tips • writing the prescription & signing an informed consent form; • performing the screening test; • referring when necessary. Get creative with this recipe! Substitute with any fruit you have on hand. If using frozen fruit, Non-modifiable risk factors: let it thaw in the fridge first and drain excess water before using. • age (especially after 50); This is a fun recipe to make with the kids. • having polyps; • family history of colorectal cancer; Little chefs can help with peeling and squeezing. • inflammatory bowel diseases. Hosting dinner this week? Serve this up as a healthy dessert with a dollop of lower fat plain Modifiable risk factors: please note that about 46-percent of yogurt. colorectal cancers can be prevented if the following risk factors are addressed! tobacco use; physical activity; 3 KHC CFS Toy and Grocery Bingo continued from front page. We would like to congratulate all of the bingo winners, consolation prize winners as well as elephant prize winners! Once all of the winners had been announced we made sure to keep everyone seated, as the event was not over! Tables were called up one by one and each household received a complimentary grocery bag to take home! All of the grocery bags contained an assortment of canned vegetables, soup, hot chocolate, popcorn, hand soap, Kleenex and toilet paper. Community members were overjoyed that they were able to take something home that would benefit their household. On behalf of the child and family Services department we would like to thank the community for their constant support every year in order to make this event such a success! A special thanks to: • Olaf • Tehanerahtákhwa Nelson for hosting the event • Wenhni'tí:io Gareau as the first time Bingo Caller • Youth Volunteers; Celina Goodleaf, Adryan Tolley, Wesley Nelson and Konwawenná:wi Nicholas • Smokey for assisting in setting up the bingo machine • MCK for allowing us access to the bingo machinery • IGA St-Joseph for providing the grocery bags, turkeys, as well as, tea/coffee • Mamie’s Kitchen for the wonderful meat pie, chilli and homemade lollipops. • Festi Fetes for the curtains • Mark Tolley • Timmy Cree On a personal note, I would like to thank all of my co-workers in the CFS Department for their support prior to and during the event, without them the event would not be a suc- cess! Nia:wenhkó:wa 4 Social Economy in Action Photos: Shyann Nelson Baker by Pat Gelinas hé:kon sewak wé:kon! It is my privilege to sp eak to you today about “social economy” and the Kanehsatà:ke SYouth Entrepreneurs Program.