2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Health, Fitness & Wellness

Blood Drive

One pint of blood can save up to three lives.

Appointments recommended. For an appointment go to https://nybc.org/newjerseydrive 

Sponsor Code 68743

Or Call 800-933-2566

 

Donors 76 years old and over need a doctor's note unless one is already on file. 16 year olds need signed NYBC parental consent form. Donors who have been vaccinated can donate without any wait period unless they are not feeling well. 

Wellness Around the World: Atlas Travels to Jamaica!

Join our friends at Wellness Around the World for a fun new episode!  This time, Atlas is visiting Jamaica and learning all about the delicious and healthy foods kids there eat with their families.  This ongoing series is created by four medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  Follow Atlas's adventures to learn about the healthy foods and fun activities kids across the planet enjoy, as well as what their daily lives are like!

World Braille Day

Are you struggling to read traditional print? Then you may qualify to borrow books from the New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC)! TBBC provides services and accessible books (audiobooks and braille) to New Jersey residents who are low vision, have reading disabilities, or cannot hold a book or turn the pages.

Health Information Table

 

Check out this week's Health Information table for materials about:

  • High blood pressure
  • Diabetes and living with diabetes
  • Eating with diabetes
  • how hypertension and diabetes affect each other. 

Afterwards head to meeting room 3 to recieve your FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING

[WALK-INS WELCOME] Diabetes Workshop & Blood Pressure Screenings

Get Pumped Up About Heart Health: Diabetes Workshop & Blood Pressure Screenings

The HEAL Team (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School students) return to the library to share information about diabetes and hypertension, both of which impact blood pressure.

Following the program, there will be a physician conducting free blood pressure screenings, and students will be there to help calculate BMI and fat percentages