Clara Maass Firefighter Casting Call Kick-Off for 2011 Lifeline Challenge Calendar

May 17, 2010 - PRLog -- May 17, 2010 (Belleville, NJ) – Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation presents
Lifeline Challenge to Healthy Living.  CMMC Foundation is seeking healthy and hot firefighters for their 2011 Lifeline Calendar, The Casting Call Kick-Off event is June 2, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m. at 4Sixty6 in West Orange, NJ.  

The Firefighters Casting Call Kick-Off will be the official kick-off party for Clara Maass Medical Center’s Lifeline Challenge To Healthy Living Walk & Ride on September 26th.  This exclusive event will feature an open casting call for firefighters throughout Essex, Hudson, Bergen and Passaic counties who are interested in taking part in the 2011 Lifeline Challenge Calendar to raise funds for community based healthy eating and active lifestyle programs for children to prevent and reduce pediatric obesity and obesity related chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, hyperlipidemia, bone conditions and psychological problems.

Firefighters who would like to participate in the casting call are asked to visit www.claramaassfoundation.org/registration and complete the registration form. Contestants will be judged on: fitness, question & answer and their entourage.  

The Casting Call Kick-Off party will feature cocktails and light fare and will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. June 2, 2010 at the new 4Sixity6 space, 466 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052.  Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door for a $10 donation.  

About Clara Maass Medical Center
Clara Maass Medical Center is a 465-bed nonprofit, nonsectarian community hospital located in Belleville, New Jersey. The hospital’s service area includes more than 268,000 people in Essex, Bergen and Hudson counties. CMMC is an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, the state’s largest health care system and is staffed by more than 700 physicians and 2,000 employees.  CMMC ranks in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide, receiving Health Grades 2010 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.  It is #1 in the state for treating heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia. A patient arriving at the Medical Center with a heart attack will undergo a blockage-clearing angioplasty a full 26 minutes faster than the 90 minute standard. The hospital was also among the very first in the state to be named a Primary Stroke Center and performs more eye surgery than any other hospital in New Jersey.

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