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Ladies Night Out helps women become healthier
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2008
Sacred Heart Catholic Church's fourth annual Ladies Night Out will be held next week, in time for National Women's Health Week.
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Suzy Williams, organizer of the local event, said Women's Health Week empowers women across the country to get healthy by taking action.
The initiative, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health, encourages women to make their health a top priority.
During the week, families, communities, businesses, government, health organizations and other groups educate women about steps they can take to improve their physical and mental health and prevent diseases, like:
•Engaging in physical activity most days of the week.
•Eating a nutritious diet.
•Visiting a health care provider to receive regular checkups and preventive screenings.
•Avoiding risky behaviors, like smoking and not wearing a seat belt.
Williams said it is important to celebrate National Women's Health Week to remind women that taking care of themselves is essential to living longer, healthier and happier lives.
Women often are the caregivers for their spouses, children and parents, and forget to focus on their own health. But research shows that when women take care of themselves, the health of their family improves.
During National Women's Health Week, Williams said it is important to educate wives, mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and girlfriends about the steps they can take to improve their health and prevent disease.
Sacred Heart's Ladies Night Out follows that idea — and the biblical idea of treating your body right —with healthy fun and fellowship.
The event will be held at 6 p.m. next Friday at Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club.
It will begin with cocktails and cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure screenings, compliments of Oakwood Healthcare System.
The heart healthy dinner and dessert will begin at 7 p.m.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Tara Breslin, assistant professor of surgical oncology at the University of Michigan Health System. Breslin's clinical interest is in breast cancer and care for patients with breast problems.
She is a member of American College of Surgeons; Society of Surgical Oncology; American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Society of Breast Surgeons; and Central Surgical Association, Academy of Academic Surgery.
The evening also will feature a raffle for prizes, including preferred parish parking, a speed bike and membership to the Grosse Ile Tennis and Fitness Center.
The event also will include many giveaways, including gifts from Oakwood, CVS/Pharmacy, Rite Aid Pharmacy, GNC and Kellogg's.
A women's health expo will feature CVS pharmacists and nutrition and fitness experts.
Exhibits will include those related to lungs, colon cancer, heart disease and stroke, breast cancer, bones, diet and nutrition, exercise, sleep disorders and water purification.
Exercise demonstrations will include ballroom dancing by Toni Deliz; jazzercise by Karrie Bixler; spinning by the Grosse Ile Tennis and Fitness Center's Tammy Carney; and personal training by Stacy Wischer.
Dietician Debbie Wojno also is among the service providers.
The Flat Rock and Grosse Ile recreation departments, the Trenton Athletic Club and the Downriver Family YMCA will be represented, as well.
Tickets are $35 until Sunday, and they are available at the Sacred Heart parish office or after Masses.
The cost is $45 after.
Sponsors of the event include Bill Tuinier, Keith King, Todd Williams, Kurt Kobiljak, Kevin Kelly and Joe Connors.
Donors also include Oakwood Healthcare System; CVS/pharmacy; Rite Aid Pharmacy; Diageo — Katie Mech; Nate's Market — Eric and Debbie Anderson; and Kellogg's.
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