The La-Tea-Da High Tea generated $14,000 for Leelanau County cancer patients and their families.
The fundraiser was held at Field of Flowers Farm in Lake Leelanau and attracted more than 140 participants. Money raised from the tea will be distributed by the Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation to help Munson Medical Center cancer patients from Leelanau County who need financial assistance with basic necessities such as gas, food, medications and utilities.
The fundraiser's organizing team included Bruce Polizotto, Charlie Bumb, and Anita Risbridger, all of Cedar; Sue Olenzak and Dee Glass, both of Leland; Janet Send and Thomas and Diane Pare, all of Suttons Bay; Pauline Nielsen and Rick and Kathy Scanlon, all of Northport; and Joan Hook of Maple City.
Well-Being
Well-Being Newsmakers: 09/09/2010
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- Area Blood Drives: 01/08/2011
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Medical retirees find meaning in volunteering
Currently in the U.S. there are more than 250,000 retired physicians, 350,000 retired nurses and 40,000 retired dentists, according to the national organization Volunteers in Medicine. And most are looking for a meaningful way to spend their retirement.
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Lunch and Learn topics cater to seniors
The Lunch and Learn program at the Traverse City Senior Center is tailor-made for seniors, scheduled just before the lunch hour. Lunch and Learn is informal, yet enriching. The timely topics are designed to provide insight into what seniors need or want to know.
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Well-Being in Brief: 12/30/2010
Cardiology groups join with Munson; Free classes at Yoga for Health Education; Adaptive winter sports programs; 'Loss of a Parent' support group forms; and more
Continued ... - Newsmakers: 12/30/2010
- Area Blood Drives; 12/30/2010
- Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Woman offers booklet to help stop smoking
Cindra Moore wants to help with your New Year's resolution. She created a cigarette-pack-sized booklet of affirmations intended for smokers to read daily as they try to go smoke-free.
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Senior Focus: Knitting back in vogue
Everyone has a theory about the resurgence of knitting, but according to a national survey, one of knitters' top motivations is relaxation and stress reduction, allowing technology-saturated brains to relax.
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Well-Being in Brief: 12/23/2010
Y sets holiday hours, Christmas Camp; Medical Reserve Corps enlists help; Third Level collects old cell phones; Disabled veterans invited to go fishing.
Continued ... - Well-Being Newsmakers: 12/23/2010
- Thursday, December 16, 2010
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Eat a Rainbow: Book explains healthy foods
Dick Evans, a TC cartoonist and traveling art instructor, is hardly the poster child for healthy eating, but then he thinks kids should eat better. That's the idea behind his children's book, "Discover the Magic of Rainbows."
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Senior Focus: Kingsley center opens
A new network is taking senior services and programming into outlying areas — and the first location is already rocking.
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Well-Being in Brief: 12/16/2010
Registration held for organ donors; Eat at G's Pizzeria, help Third Level; Munson Urgent Care sets hours
Continued ... - Well-Being Newsmakers: 12/16/2010
- Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Breathe, conceive? Workshop aimed at couples wanting to get pregnant
A yoga workshop is planned for women who want to be pregnant. Yoga instructor Aimee Meeker will lead a special workshop centered on fertility from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 at Yen Yoga & Fitness. Meeker decided to offer the workshop to gauge community interest. If response warrants, the workshop could develop into a regular class offering.
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Adapted in TC: Find an issue and adopt it
Decide to adopt an issue as a family for one year. Study all of the levels of what's needed, from the practical (creating a snow-shoveling brigade for neighbors with disabilities or ramp-building teams) to the deeper lack of access inspections/enforcement and civil rights laws.
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Well-Being in Brief: 12/09/2010
Get help enrolling in Medicare drug plan; Bake sale will help injured veteran; Prescription drug abuse discussed
Continued ... - Newsmakers: 12/09/2010
- Area Blood Drives: 12/09/2010
- Thursday, December 2, 2010
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Group wants to level playing field for kids
Numerous local agencies offering activities, support, health care or education for parents and their newborns and toddlers are forming a collaborative to try to ensure the best possible future for the community's youngest members.
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Senior Focus: Rebalance, refocus
If you want to feel better and perhaps even live longer, join the new Pilates class coming to the Traverse City Senior Center in January.
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Well-Being in Brief: 12/02/2010
Speaker discusses fresh food program; Benefit for Sairy Franks of Beulah; Studio offers fertility yoga workshop; Candle lighting for deceased loved ones; Series on family life will conclude; Parkinson's groups hold holiday parties; MS support group plans holiday dinner; Operation Good Cheer kicks off; Hospice of Michigan hosts remembrance; Paul Oliver wins Summit Award.
Continued ... - Well-Being Newsmakers: 12/02/2010
- Thursday, November 25, 2010
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Hyper-text: Sex, drugs more common in teens who text a lot
Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seems to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.
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Senior Focus: Touch consoles, heals
Our need for human contact is vital. Research has found that touch is essential to our emotional, physical and mental health, regardless of age. Touch can reassure, relax, sooth and comfort. Touch diminishes stress, lessens pain, moderates the difficulties of life and gives rise to optimism.
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