The three-day event series will take place Thursday, June 25, Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27, 2009. On Thursday, June 25, three free Lunch ‘n’ Learns will be offered at Mesh Restaurant in West Chester. Experts and topics include Dr. Gary Varley and Dr. Hudak on Lasik surgery procedure options at 11a.m., Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown on plastic surgery myths at 12:15p.m., and doctors from Cincinnati Dermatology Center on topical care of the aging face at 1:15p.m.
On Friday, June 26, three free Lunch ‘n’ Learns will be offered at Havana Martini Club downtown. Elyse Jarard with Venus - A Fitness Studio For Her on women’s health and fitness tips at 11a.m., Dawn Bierschwal with Becoming Mom Spa on pre-natal massage benefits at 12:15p.m., and Gay Purpura with the Institute of HeartMath on Heart-Based Living at 1:15p.m. A “Sips with a Surgeon” event will take place at Havana Martini Club Friday evening from 5-8 p.m. where experts from VeinSolutions will be educating attendees about spider veins and varicose veins.
Saturday, June 27, will feature an educational and interactive “Health for Hip Chicks” Women’s Health Expo from 1:00-5:00p.m. at The McAplin condominiums downtown. “Health for Hip Chicks” will offer attendees free health screenings – including eye, audiology, skin, cholesterol and diabetes checks – valued at more than $300, a Doctor’s Lounge where participants can interface with physicians in an informal setting and a SpaSpace™ where the McAplin penthouse will host unique health and home experts in each room as they demonstrate techniques and products attendees can use to transform their bodies and homes into healthy temples.
The grand finale to our chic health series is Summer/Pre-Fall Trends Fashion Show from 7-10p.m. on the Purple People Bridge. To end the evening, Havana Martini Club will host the official after party where a salon/spa makeover and BMW weekend lease – valued at $500 - will be given away to one lucky attendee.
The “Red, Pink and Blue” event series aims to raise awareness about three of the top 10 health risks for women in addition to raising money for three local non-profit organizations. The “Red” represents heart health, the “Pink” represents breast health and the “Blue” represents diabetes health. The three non-profit organizations from this event are The American Heart Association, Pink Ribbon Girls, and Spa4Diabetes.
Survivors of breast cancer, heart disease and diabetes will be in attendance to give a face to the cause. “Being diagnosed with breast cancer at 30 was not very common and finding support from other ‘young’ survivors was nearly impossible,”
Adrienne Cronebaugh, the Director of Go Red For Women, says, “Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S. taking the lives of more women than the next five leading causes of death combined! The good news is that we can change this statistic by raising awareness, educating women about their risk and funding women-specific heart and stroke research.”
“Through Red, Pink and Blue, Spa4Diabetes hopes to raise awareness that pre-diabetes testing can help prevent up to 80 percent of Type 2 diabetes; all types of diabetes can be managed using spa health tactics,” says Candy Silvasy, founder of Spa2Diabetes, “The money raised for Spa4Diabetes will be used to fund Diabetes Wellness programs in spas worldwide.”
For more information on the health awareness series visit www.cincychic.com/
