VITAMIN D PREVENTS BREAST CANCER--IS IT TRUE??
July 15, 6PM: Columbia Greene Healthcare Consortium
co-sponsored by Breast Cancer Options and the Consortium. 325 Columbia Street, Hudson. Light dinner provided if you pre-register. Doors open at 5:30PM. To register:845/339-4673
July 16, 7PM: Benedictine Hospital in Kingston NY
co-sponsored by Breast Cancer Options and the Oncology Support Program. Register:845/339-4673
Have you been reading the press about vitamin D? The latest studies show that there was a 94% greater probability of cancer recurrence in women with low vitamin D levels. Does adequate vitamin D really prevent cancer? Does it lower recurrence rates? What's the evidence? This information was presented at the 44th ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. Carole Baggerly, Director of GrassrootsHealth, a vitamin D education organization, provides education on Vitamin D and its potential to prevent cancer and other diseases!
PREVENTING AND MANAGING LYMPHEDEMA
Strategies for the early recognition & management of lymphedema
Tuesday, July 22 - 6:30-8:00
Heermance Memorial Library
1 Ely St, Coxsackie
Speaker: Diane Distelcamp, PT, CLT- Certified Lymphedema Therapist
Center of Health, Saugerties
Lymphedema is a significant complication from breast cancer-related therapy. Learns the risk factors for developing
lymphedema, the impact of on quality of life, and strategies for the early recognition and management of lymphedema.
To register: 845/339-HOPE (4673)
This program is made possible with funding secured by Assemblymember Tim Gordon
Arts and Wellness Program’s Benedictine Oncology Support Program
Kingston , NY.
Any woman or man living in the Hudson Valley who has ever received a diagnosis of breast cancer can take free professionally-taught, outpatient workshops in the visual, literary, and performing arts -- in visual art, writing, poetry, music, movement, wood working, circus skills and more -- running from February 2008 to December 2008 at Benedictine Hospital . No artistic experience is required! Patients of all artistic levels and experience are encouraged to participate.
* Extraordinary Place: Where You’ve Been, Where You’re Going: Visual artist Michelle Eddison will lead participants into bringing a real or imagined extraordinary place to life using collage, drawing materials, and their imaginations--Thursday evenings, June 5 and 12.
* Butterflies: Symbols of Renewal and Transformation: Through storytelling and artmaking, artist, educator, author, and butterfly specialist Maraleen Manos-Jones will guide participants in exploring the butterfly’s significance as a symbol of renewal and transformation--Thursday evenings, June 19 and 26.
Interested participants should call 338-2500 ext. 4453 or email dblaha@benedictine.org. for more an easy application.
Made possible by a grant from the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
OMEGA INSTITUTE: Carla Goldstein and Bonnie Singman
Introduction to Spiritual Activism-Cultivating Joy While Changing the World
July 25-27, 2008
Scholarships are available to breast cancer survivors
Rhinebeck, New York -Course 3102-227/Tuition $255 register online at eOmega.org or call 800.944.1001
To be most effective in our efforts to heal the world, our actions must spring from our own joy and sense of interconnection. Come and immerse yourself in the principles of spiritual activism, an approach to social justice that provides a holistic,relationship-based framework for creating change.
Using role-playing, guided meditation, talking circles, movement, and art projects, we creatively explore the questions: What is the motivation behind my action? How do I shift the focus of my actions from fighting what saddens and angers me to cultivating joy while creating the change I want to see? How can I find compassion for all beings involved in every side of an issue?
We also gain tools to identify personal visions for change and healing, practices to support taking effective and joyful action, and concrete next steps for bringing our inspirations to life, including identifying a resource base.
This workshop welcomes activists, spiritual practitioners, and those who consider themselves a combination of both.
Carla Goldstein, JD, is director of the Women?s Institute at Omega and director of external affairs for Omega. She is an activist, teacher, and lawyer with 20 years? experience in public interest advocacy, and writes the monthly column Spiritual Activism for Feminist.com.
Bonnie Singman, BA in comparative religion, teaches yoga and leads workshops and rituals on issues ranging from self-love to rites of passage. Bonnie is a performing poet and is a seasonal staff member at Omega.
