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Funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Student Services • Wellness • Sportsmanship • Coaches’ Education • Student Leadership WINNING TEAM – Corinne Pridham,center, recipient of the MIAA "Wellness Coordinator of the Year Award," enjoys the Wellness Summit with her colleague,Mary Corry, of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, and former Dighton-Rehoboth principal Marshall Sawyer, assistant director of the MIAA. See article on Page 8. 6th Annual Wellness Summit Focuses on Healthy Choices More than 200 educators attended the 6th Annual Statewide Wellness Summit held May 9 at the Radisson Hotel in Milford. The annual conference is designed to help MIAA middle and high schools provide a comprehensive approach to wellness. Among the highlights, Corinne Pridham of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School received the "Wellness Coordinator of the Year Award." Bill Phillips, founder and director of New Beginnings, and Norfolk County District Attorney William R. Keating were honored with Wellness Partnership Awards for their outstanding support of the MIAA Wellness Program. This is the second year the MIAA has presented partnership awards. Last year, Tina Murphy of the DEA and Ralph Fuccillo of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare were recognized. "If there's any message we tried to bring to you by the presentation of these awards and this platform, it's that there are people who happen to be in law enforcement, in your own school and in partner Continued on Page 8 Julie Fisher remembers throwing up brownies and applesauce outside her college dorm. Her life revolved around her obsessive-compulsive eating habits: rationing out a certain amount of crackers, washing fruit just so, shoveling down dinner before it got dark. She was an A student, a successful athlete, and came from a loving home. Yet something was wrong. Julie would binge and purge, anxious to prevent weight gain and to relieve the stress in her life. She struggled with the ultimate paradox that plagues bulimics. "I couldn't stand to have food in me, and I couldn't stand to have food out of me," she said. "This is about finding balance." Today Julie tells young people how she overcame her sickness.
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