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Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) - Healthy Living

FCS Educators want to help the communities they serve live happier and healthier lives through improved health, well-being, and resiliency to life’s challenges. They provide education in:

  • Food preparation and nutrition
  • Chronic disease prevention and management
  • Food safety
  • Wellness
  • Home and work environment safety
  • Health literacy
  • Financial management
  • and much more! 

Your current FCS Healthy Living Educator is Erin Jewell. She serves residents in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties. She hopes to inspire people to build healthy, strong, resilient bodies through education about proper nutrition, sleep, enjoyable movement, and positive body image. Her contact information is listed below should you have questions or want more information about her upcoming programs.

Erin Jewell, MS, RDN, LDN
Family and Consumer Sciences Agent/Healthy Living Educator
Serves Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties

Office: 2673 Radio Station Way, Suite E-2, Leonardtown, MD 20650
Temporary Phone Number: 443-432-5140
Fax: 301-475-4483
Email: erinj@umd.edu [1]


If you are interested in reading Erin’s column (applicable to all of Southern Maryland's residents) in St. Mary’s Quarterly Mailchimp Newsletter, please email Missy Russell at missyr@umd.edu [2].

Resources for Popular Healthy Living Topics:

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NEW!  Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist Joins UME

Did you know that the University of Maryland Extension has recently hired a Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist to coordinate mental health programming across the state? The position is a new one within Extension and is now occupied by Alexander Chan, PhD, LMFT.  

Dr. Chan offers informal educational programs, expert consultation, and written resources designed for youth, families, and professionals of any background. Stress/anxiety management, adolescent mental health, dating violence prevention, and communication skills are a few examples of the topics he can cover for you or your group or business.

Please consider reaching out to him to discuss your group's educational needs at alexchan@umd.edu [17].

Alexander E. Chan, Ph.D., LMFT
Mental and Behavioral Health Specialist

Networks:  [18]   [19]

Section: 
Calvert County [20]
We embody the University's land-grant mission with a commitment to eliminate hunger, preserve our natural resources, improve quality of life, and empower the next generation through world-class education.
Source URL: https://extension.umd.edu/calvert-county/food-and-nutrition/family-and-consumer-sciences-fcs-healthy-living

Links
[1] mailto:erinj@umd.edu
[2] mailto:missyr@umd.edu
[3] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
[4] https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/counterterrorism-and-emerging-threats/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
[5] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters
[6] https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/
[7] https://extension.umd.edu/foodsafety
[8] https://www.eatright.org/coronavirus
[9] https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sma14-4885.pdf
[10] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/healthy-parenting
[11] https://www.catch.org/pages/health-at-home#instructions
[12] https://nchfp.uga.edu/
[13] https://extension.umd.edu/foodpreservation
[14] https://extension.umd.edu/mg/about-program/grow-it-eat-it
[15] https://www.choosemyplate.gov/
[16] https://www.eatright.org/
[17] mailto:alexchan@umd.edu
[18] https://twitter.com/rangerchan
[19] https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chan-50a53112/
[20] https://extension.umd.edu/sections/calvert-county