Category Archives: Community Clean Up

Tips Tuesday – The Engine Light!

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So my car was hesitating in higher rev at second gear.  I wasn’t sure what was going on not being terribly ‘Car Saavy’, so I asked my husband to check it out.  After filling the tank with premium gas and some fuel conditioner it seemed to be running more smoothly. (Hoping to purchase a Hybrid VERY SOON!).  This didn’t last long, after a longer road trip the problem had become worst.  This time the hubby got serious about the investigation!  Under the hood uncovered the real problem!  A gaping hole in an air vent was the culprit to our car’s hiccup predicament.  after repairing the hole, cleaning the interior and exterior the car is running as smooth as ever!

Now most of you used to these bloggs are probably trying to connect the dots to this theme, and the theme my typical bloggs take.  So many people run their bodies like a machine, no oils changes, no filling the gas tanks, no car washes or repairs.  Just running till ‘something’, usually illness, forces them to look at their health and what efforts their self care has had on their health if they have shown any self care towards themselves at all.  When we pay more attention you our bodies, the whispers can be enough to remind us we need to do more to preserve our health and not wait till the shout to attempt to put out fires.  Any high performance vehicle needs maintenance, to stay in peak performance and avoid break downs.  What makes us think we can go at top speed and not break down, not crash and burn?  Want to reach peak performance?  Want to run on most efficient gas mileage?  You need to get your tires rotated, get an oil change now and again, maybe take the scenic route once and a while.  Ok so this might be an article to share with your hubby to motivate him to introduce more self care too, but I have yet another connection to make.

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Everything is connected.  If one thing is dysfunctional in the engine of life whether it be mentally physically or emotionally, you WILL feel it in other areas.  It is essential to recognize that you can not overly any issue you are experiencing, it is the ‘Engine Light’ that your life uses to draw attention to something only you can fix.  On a grander scale all this week HHDS is participating in Earth Week celebrations.  We are doing this because whether it’s convenient or not, easy or not, comfortable or not, our planet is flashing the engine light, and it has been for a while.  When will you take note, and do what YOU can to heal the problem.  Feel free to join us in cleaning up our communities this week, everyday we are going out collecting garbage, making an effort to prevent the items tossed around on garbage day over the winter from entering our water systems and killing our wild life, in an effort to ease the glow of the Engine light.  As we are all connected, the responsibility lies in each of our hands to do our part, nothing else matters no other issues as large or prominent if we don’t have fresh air to breath clean water to drink and majestic creatures to share our planet with.

Enjoy this link with your family to be an example to create Eco Minded Kids! http://www.grameen-info.org/how-to-teach-environmental-awareness-to-young-children/

Hope to see you in to celebrate, and share your Earth week pics with us!  A HUGE Thank you to Goodness Me Waterloo for donating some amazingly yummy Holistic Treats this week! https://goodnessme.ca/

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Tips Tuesday – Go Green! There is No Planet ‘B’

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As mentioned last week for our Tips Tuesday, April is a big month for us!  We are pumped for our week of Green Awareness, clearly we have this mindset all year round, but we honor this week every year to inspire, have fun and rally our community to make an effort to clean up our beautiful city and recognize areas in our lives that we could be doing more, while celebrating what we have done up till now!

From April 19th -23 we will be having fun with in salon activities for adults and kids a like!  Pick up a colour sheet for your kids any time during the week and hand them in on Friday, they could win a hair cut and mini mani and pedi!  adults have prizes to win too, pick up your Earth Week Intelligence questionnaire and see how much you know about it, hand them in by Friday and you too could win a Hair cut , Mani and Reiki session!  Our amazing Green Friends will share tips all week on how to be greener and live simpler lifestyles to support mind body and spirit health!  Our amazing April promos will be all month but certainly will be enjoyed more specifically during our Earth Week!

30 min Reiki and 30 min Massage for 1 hour of bliss!  $50

Glow Facial and Hair cut for $99

A full Eco Manicure and Pedicure for $50

Great for a treat for you or an amazing Mothers Day gift!

**Also when you book in the week of our Earth Week celebrations we will be handing out special gifts of appreciation for your participation!

Here we have listed some suggested supplies to keep your clean up fun and safe!

  • Trash bags and Recycling bags, most of what you pick up will actually be recyclable!! Have more of the blue bags on hand rather then filling the landfill with things that could be recycled.
  • Safety signs
  • Refreshments
  • Gloves/heavy-duty
  • Buckets for sharp objects
  • Insect repellent
  • Tools (ropes, rakes, shovels, etc.)
  • Safety vests
  • First aid supplies
  • Communication equipment

Some more things to be aware of :

Make sure everyone is aware of safety requirements and areas to avoid.

Make sure children are assigned adult supervision

Know where to leave collected garbage bags for collection and removal.

Know how to handle and dispose of items that are hazardous waste, tires, batteries, waste oil, etc.

Make sure plenty of water, communications equipment and a first aid kit are on-site.

Know what to do in case of injury or emergency.

Keep a positive attitude and not let volunteers be overwhelmed; the last thing you want to do is overwork your volunteers; you can always schedule another day.  Make it fun!!

We always end at least one day with a trip to Dairy Queen to say thanks to our helpers!

thanks to everyone planning to participate including our local schools and businesses, we need all the help we can get!

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