Well-in-12 Calendar Project  
click here to view the 2007 Well-in-12 Calendar                                                                       

With the WelCare Initiative, we are inviting you to consider something more for your life, something that just might turn your life right side up!  Did you know that the banana could make you smarter, healthier and even more energetic?  Just as we have invited you to embrace a new mindset on the healing properties of the banana, we invite you to start anew this day with a new and different approach to your health, redefining your wellness and your well-being.


The WelCare Initiative aims to promote and enhance YOUR desire to more fully participate in your own medical care in a way that brings new understanding and recognition to the process of healing and wholeness.  Our objective is simple- to invite you to learn about and adopt health-promoting behaviors.  We hope to provide practical, everyday steps that you can learn which will help you address both your individual needs and contribute to the well-being of the whole community.  Some of these steps are provided on the pages of the Well-in-12 calendar.

The Well-in-12 calendar project refers to a wellness plan and calendar created to educate St. Vincent's clients, service providers and medical students alike.  Not just any calendar, the goal of the Well-in-12 calendar is to help you develop a guide to achieve a noticeable change in your personal life and health care habits with a 12-month period.  Each month will highlight a particular value.  Why these values?  They are values that are already reflected in our daily life that we have put on a calendar to remind us all daily of the importance of our well-being.  Below are the themes of the 2006 Well-in-12 Calendar:

The calendar will help you become more proactive in your own health by reminding you what is needed in order to improve your physical, mental, and spiritual health.  Each month is primarily devoted but not limited to one of the three essential components of life:  BODY, MIND, & SPIRIT and initiated with a fourth principle PRACTICE.

Daily activities are designed to move the user toward a sense of holistic "wellness."  Each week will be a new opportunity to consider HOW you are growing and WHERE you need to heal. To begin to heal, you must understand your own physical and spiritual condition and understand what it is to be well.  A person beginning to heal IS a good health outcome.

The calendar will offer information about health screening, client wellness education, clinic events, in addition to recipes, inspiration quotes, and great ideas for mental and physical activities to begin your healing process. 
Come be well with us! 

Contact the WelCare Coordinator, Doris Bagsby, at St. Vincent's House (409) 763-8521, if you have questions or would like to join our WelCare Initiative!  

*  Comparing the banana to an apple:  Banana has four times (4x) the protein, two times (2x) the carbohydrates, three times (3x) the phosphorous, five times (5x) the vitamin A and iron.  The banana is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.