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Annual Friendship Day Summer Psychic Fair and Clothing/Food Drive

“Be The Change” Life Coaching Center proudly presents the Annual Friendship Day Summer Psychic Fair and Clothing/Food Drive on Sunday, August 3 from 11:00am to 6:00pm at the Days Inn of Bridgewater. Among the various psychic modalities, there will be angel and tarot card readings, numerology, intuitive readings, crystal readings, astrology and animal reading by photo will be presented. Additionally, there will be healing modalities including Reiki by the center’s assortment of healers and lectures starting at noon.

The readings will cost $1 a minute with a 20-minute minimum and the healing sessions will be $20 a session for a minimum of 20 minutes. Feel free to bring paper or digital photos of your loved ones or animals. Please do not bring animals unless they are a service animal.

In lieu of admission, there will be a collection of food and non-food items for the Food Bank Network of Somerset County and gently used or new women’s business attire for the Working Women’s Wardrobe. Additionally, you can donate pet food to Animeals of Hunterdon County.

Location: Days Inn, 1260 Rt. 22 E, Bridgewater. For a list of items being collected, visit SomersetFoodBank.org/donate/ or NJAnimeals.org/donations. For more information, visit SuzenPrevents.com.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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