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Personal Harmony & Health Expands to Durham
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iane Esposito, clinically certified reflex- ologist, Reiki master teacher, holistic coach and founder of Personal Harmo-
ny and Health, LLC in Wallingford, is delighted to announce the expansion of her business to a second office location in Durham Natu- ropathic Center. Ms. Esposito is one of three new additions at the center, the practice of Dr. Jason M Belejack, ND, including massage therapist, Deborah McMahon, LMT, and green living consultant, Kristy Belejack, CGLC. Her offerings include Reiki classes and sessions, aura clearing and chakra balancing, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), guided meditations, Angelspeake™, and more. The newest addition to her services is Reflexology, the benefits of which can include: stress relief; improved circulation, skin tone and sleep; alle- viation of pain; boost in lymphatic function; and, increased energy. Ms. Esposito aims to help clients awaken to their highest potential, assisting them in developing healthy relationships with their selves, the place from which everything flows— career, intimacy, finances, food, friends/family… life. Using the same practices on herself, she assists clients with balancing energy and emotions and infusing life’s journey with vision, wisdom, and habits that heal. A healing arts practitioner for over three decades, she has also created a book titled “Play, Heal, Love! The Art of Creating Healthy Relationships.”
Personal Harmony and Health LLC, located at 8 Whispering Pines Drive in Wallingford, CT. For information, call 203.284.1204, or visit Facebook or
personalharmonyandhealth.com. Durham Naturopathic Center, located at 16 Main Street, in Durham, CT, is reachable at 203.824.7428,
durhamnaturopathichealth.com. See ad on page 7.
Soup Kitchen Supping Event Aims to End Hunger
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ood Day is an event seek- ing to unite Americans from all walks of life—parents,
teachers, students, health profes- sionals, community organizers, local officials, chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes—to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. As part of this celebration, The Downtown Evening Soup
Kitchen (DESK) will host Dine to End Hunger on Saturday, October 22. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for those wanting to learn more about, and support, this local orga- nization, experiencing it as soup kitchen guests do daily. Attendees will learn how
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DESK operates, eating a freshly cooked community meal with food donated by local farmers and vendors. Q&A with Executive Director Diana M. Richter is included. Tickets are $10 (at the door) with proceeds benefiting DESK (and its mission to provide free, nutritious meals for homeless individuals, fami- lies, and the working and non-working poor of Greater New Haven) and FISH of Greater New Haven (a volunteer organization offering delivered grocery service to help local citizens in crisis, including the sick, elderly, disabled and families lacking transportation to soup kitchens). Dinner will be followed by a free movie about food. The public is invited to participate in either or both events.
DESK’s dining hall is located at 311 Temple Street in New Haven, CT (right basement entrance). For event and other DESK program information, visit
downtowneveningsoupkitchen.com. FISH website is:
fishgnh.org. Food Day’s website is:
foodday.org.
Future Food Security Considered at Local Symposium
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n an era of global peaks in availabil- ity of oil, water, and healthy soils, how can Middlesex County plan and reclaim its agricultural legacy to create a healthful, sustainable food system and maximize community self- reliance? Join the discussion at the twenty-fifth annual Rockfall Sympo- sium on Thursday, October 13. The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (300 Main Street, Old Saybrook) will be the starting setting for Our Future Food Security: National Issues, Lo- cal Response. This event begins at 8:30 A.M. It will include a keynote on America’s Food System: A Cause for Concern, A Time for Action with Mark Winne, author and community food activist, followed by a panel discus- sion with Moderator Susan Campbell, David Zemelsky, Nicole Berube, John Guszkowski, and Izzi Greenberg. An optional buffet lunch ($15 ordered in advance) precedes an optional garden tour (Grace Episcopal Church, 336
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