Hey Everybody! There are a few exciting things happening' with CCHL!
Thursday, December 10th the Cancer Center for Healthy Living will be hosting its annual Holiday Open House! It will be held at CCHL from 5:30pm-7:00pm!
Please join us for great food and dessert from Echo Valley Meats! We will be celebrating our participants, volunteers and donors from the past year.
Please R.S.V.P. today by calling 693-8139!
In an effort to save money, the CCHL newsletter will be going electronic! In order to make this transformation successful, please make sure that you e-mail your address is newsletter@cchlpeoria.org today!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Healthy Holiday Cooking Demo!
On Tuesday, November 17th the Cancer Center for Healthy Living and the OSF Dietetic Interns will be holding their annual Healthy Holiday Cooking Demonstration!
If you are interested in delicious holiday food, you cannot miss this demonstration! Samples and recipes will be provided.
The demonstration will be held at 12:00 Noon and 5:00pm at Lippert, Inc. (7719 N. Pioneer Lane in Peoria, Illinois)
Please R.S.V.P. today by calling 693-8139 and bring a friend!
If you are interested in delicious holiday food, you cannot miss this demonstration! Samples and recipes will be provided.
The demonstration will be held at 12:00 Noon and 5:00pm at Lippert, Inc. (7719 N. Pioneer Lane in Peoria, Illinois)
Please R.S.V.P. today by calling 693-8139 and bring a friend!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Uncorked!
Friday night we had our Uncorked! Wine, Craft Beer & Hors d'oeuvres, Silent & Live Auction at the Embassy Suites Hotel in East Peoria! We had approximately 450 in attendance and had a great time! We had 11 Wine Vendors and 12 Food Vendors from local wineries, distributors and restaurants! We are sorry if you missed this fabulous event and hope that you will participate next or or come back next year!
Thank you to everyone who made this event a success- including the vendors, participants and the Uncorked! 2009 committee!
Thank you to everyone who made this event a success- including the vendors, participants and the Uncorked! 2009 committee!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul
I recently purchased Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul, 101 Healing Stories about those who have survived cancer and I have found their stories fascinating...
When will you write your story??
Amy Graham
Where there's life, there's hope
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
After flying all night from Washington, D.C., several years ago, I was tired as I arrived at the Mile High Church in Denver to conduct three services and hold a workshop on prosperity consciousness. As I entered the church, Dr. Fred Vogt asked me, "Do you know about the Make a Wish Foundation?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Well, Amy Graham has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia. They gave her three days. Her dying wish was to attend your services."
I was shocked. I felt a combination of elation, awe and doubt. I couldn't believe it. I thought kids who were dying wanted to go to Disneyland, or meet Sylvester Stallone, Mr. "T" or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Surely they wouldn't want to spend their final days listening to Mark Victor Hansen. Why would a kid with only a few days to live want to come hear a motivational speaker? My thoughts were interrupted.....
"Here's Amy," Vogt said, as he put her frail hand on mine. There stood a 17-year-old girl wearing a bright red and orange turban to cover her head, which was bald from all the chemotherapy treatments. Her bent body was frail and weak. She said, "My two goals were to graduate from high school and to attend your sermon. My doctor's didn't believe I could do either. They didn't think I'd have enough energy. I got discharged into my parents' care....This is my mom and dad."
Tears welled in my eyes, I was choked up. My equilibrium was shaken. I was totally moved. I cleared my throat, smiled and said, "You and your folks are our guests. Thank you for wanting me to come." We hugged, dabbed our eyes and separated.
I've attended many healing seminars in the U.S., Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. I've watched the best healers at work and I've studied, researched, listened, pondered and questioned what worked, how and why.
That Sunday afternoon I held a seminar, which Amy and her parents attended. The audience was packed to overflowing with over a thousand attendees eager to learn, grow and become more fully human.
I humbly asked the audience if they wanted to learn a healing process that might serve them for life. From the stage it appeared that everyone's hand was raised high in the air. They unanimously wanted to learn.
I taught the audience how to vigorously rub their hands together, separate them by two inches and feel the healing energy. Then I paired them off with a partner to feel the healing energy emanating from themselves to another. I said, "If you need a healing, accept one here and now."
The audience was in alignment and we shared an ecstatic feeling. I explained that everyone has healing energy and healing potential. Five percent of us have it so dramatically pouring forth from our hands that we could make it our profession. I said, "This morning I was introduced to Amy Graham, a 17-year-old, whose final wish was to be at this seminar. I want to bring her up here and let you all send healing life-force energy toward her. Perhaps we can help. She did not request it. I am just doing this spontaneously because it feels right."
The audience changed, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Amy's dad led her up onto the stage. She looked frail from all the chemotherapy, too much bed rest and an absolute lack of exercise. (The doctors hadn't let her walk for the two weeks prior to the seminar.)
The group warmed up their hands and sent her healing energy, after which they gave her a tearful standing ovation.
Two weeks later, she called to say that her doctor had discharged her after a total remission. Two years later she called to say she was married.
I have learned never to underestimate the healing power we all have. It is always there to use for the highest good. We just have to remember and use it.
Mark Victor Hansen
When will you write your story??
Amy Graham
Where there's life, there's hope
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
After flying all night from Washington, D.C., several years ago, I was tired as I arrived at the Mile High Church in Denver to conduct three services and hold a workshop on prosperity consciousness. As I entered the church, Dr. Fred Vogt asked me, "Do you know about the Make a Wish Foundation?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Well, Amy Graham has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia. They gave her three days. Her dying wish was to attend your services."
I was shocked. I felt a combination of elation, awe and doubt. I couldn't believe it. I thought kids who were dying wanted to go to Disneyland, or meet Sylvester Stallone, Mr. "T" or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Surely they wouldn't want to spend their final days listening to Mark Victor Hansen. Why would a kid with only a few days to live want to come hear a motivational speaker? My thoughts were interrupted.....
"Here's Amy," Vogt said, as he put her frail hand on mine. There stood a 17-year-old girl wearing a bright red and orange turban to cover her head, which was bald from all the chemotherapy treatments. Her bent body was frail and weak. She said, "My two goals were to graduate from high school and to attend your sermon. My doctor's didn't believe I could do either. They didn't think I'd have enough energy. I got discharged into my parents' care....This is my mom and dad."
Tears welled in my eyes, I was choked up. My equilibrium was shaken. I was totally moved. I cleared my throat, smiled and said, "You and your folks are our guests. Thank you for wanting me to come." We hugged, dabbed our eyes and separated.
I've attended many healing seminars in the U.S., Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. I've watched the best healers at work and I've studied, researched, listened, pondered and questioned what worked, how and why.
That Sunday afternoon I held a seminar, which Amy and her parents attended. The audience was packed to overflowing with over a thousand attendees eager to learn, grow and become more fully human.
I humbly asked the audience if they wanted to learn a healing process that might serve them for life. From the stage it appeared that everyone's hand was raised high in the air. They unanimously wanted to learn.
I taught the audience how to vigorously rub their hands together, separate them by two inches and feel the healing energy. Then I paired them off with a partner to feel the healing energy emanating from themselves to another. I said, "If you need a healing, accept one here and now."
The audience was in alignment and we shared an ecstatic feeling. I explained that everyone has healing energy and healing potential. Five percent of us have it so dramatically pouring forth from our hands that we could make it our profession. I said, "This morning I was introduced to Amy Graham, a 17-year-old, whose final wish was to be at this seminar. I want to bring her up here and let you all send healing life-force energy toward her. Perhaps we can help. She did not request it. I am just doing this spontaneously because it feels right."
The audience changed, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Amy's dad led her up onto the stage. She looked frail from all the chemotherapy, too much bed rest and an absolute lack of exercise. (The doctors hadn't let her walk for the two weeks prior to the seminar.)
The group warmed up their hands and sent her healing energy, after which they gave her a tearful standing ovation.
Two weeks later, she called to say that her doctor had discharged her after a total remission. Two years later she called to say she was married.
I have learned never to underestimate the healing power we all have. It is always there to use for the highest good. We just have to remember and use it.
Mark Victor Hansen
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Stress & Your Body!
Stress
(noun) : constraining force or influence
Stress is terrible for your body. The question constantly arises, what happens to your body physically when you are stressed out? How bad actually is the stress on your body? What is stress? How can we manage it? What can we do? HELP!
Stress effects absolutely everybody and a lot of different ways. It effects your appetite and weight and your health.
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living will be holding a free "How Stress Effects your Body" Workshop on August 26th at 5:30pm. The workshop will be held at the main CCHL office on Knoxville (located inside the Hult Health Education Building).
The session will be held by Becky Cobb and will cover some of the physiological effects and simple ways to reduce stress in your life.
Please R.S.V.P. to this intriguing workshop today by calling 693-8139!
Visit our website today at www.cchlpeoria.org
(noun) : constraining force or influence
Stress is terrible for your body. The question constantly arises, what happens to your body physically when you are stressed out? How bad actually is the stress on your body? What is stress? How can we manage it? What can we do? HELP!
Stress effects absolutely everybody and a lot of different ways. It effects your appetite and weight and your health.
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living will be holding a free "How Stress Effects your Body" Workshop on August 26th at 5:30pm. The workshop will be held at the main CCHL office on Knoxville (located inside the Hult Health Education Building).
The session will be held by Becky Cobb and will cover some of the physiological effects and simple ways to reduce stress in your life.
Please R.S.V.P. to this intriguing workshop today by calling 693-8139!
Visit our website today at www.cchlpeoria.org
Monday, August 3, 2009
Pedal the Prairie
CCHL is gearing up for PEDAL THE PRAIRIE! Our annual recreational bike ride & walk on September 13th, 2009! The event starts at Connor Company located at 1209 W. Pioneer Parkway and proceeds through the scenic Rock Island Trail State Park!
All survivors will start the ride or the walk!! (The survivors will be wearing burgundy while everyone else wears green t-shirts!)
It is important to ride or walk at your own pace.
The distances include:
*Start to Chanute Road and Return: 1.5 miles
*Start to Alta Road and Return: 4 miles
*Start to Picnic Area and Return: 10 miles
*Start to Dunlap and Return: 12 miles
*Start to Princeville and Return: 24 miles
Please bring your family and friends outside and help support the Cancer Center for Healthy Living! We support all cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers in the community by offering free emotional support, nutrition support, healthy living classes, a resource library and a variety of workshops! The Center is supported entirely by the generosity of individuals, foundations, corporations and fundraising campaigns such as Pedal.
Registration Information:
Entry form must be returned by August 28th to guarantee a water bottle and t-shirt. The registration fee includes the cost of the t-shirt and water bottle:
Single Child Participant (Must be accompanied by an adult): $10.00
Single Adult Participant: $20.00
Family of Four: $40.00 (add $10 for each additional family member)
Please visit the Cancer Center for Healthy Living website at www.cchlpeoria.org or call 693-8139 for the registration form.
All survivors will start the ride or the walk!! (The survivors will be wearing burgundy while everyone else wears green t-shirts!)
It is important to ride or walk at your own pace.
The distances include:
*Start to Chanute Road and Return: 1.5 miles
*Start to Alta Road and Return: 4 miles
*Start to Picnic Area and Return: 10 miles
*Start to Dunlap and Return: 12 miles
*Start to Princeville and Return: 24 miles
Please bring your family and friends outside and help support the Cancer Center for Healthy Living! We support all cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers in the community by offering free emotional support, nutrition support, healthy living classes, a resource library and a variety of workshops! The Center is supported entirely by the generosity of individuals, foundations, corporations and fundraising campaigns such as Pedal.
Registration Information:
Entry form must be returned by August 28th to guarantee a water bottle and t-shirt. The registration fee includes the cost of the t-shirt and water bottle:
Single Child Participant (Must be accompanied by an adult): $10.00
Single Adult Participant: $20.00
Family of Four: $40.00 (add $10 for each additional family member)
Please visit the Cancer Center for Healthy Living website at www.cchlpeoria.org or call 693-8139 for the registration form.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
CCHL is the place to be!
Hey Everyone! Welcome to the Cancer Center for Healthy Living's blogspot! In case you are curious about us--I am here to explain it all to you!
First thing is first, the Cancer Center for Healthy Living is a non-profit organization located in the heart of Peoria, Illinois! We offer FREE services to cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers!!!
We offer a variety of resources including: Individual and Family Counseling, Group/Networking Counseling, Individual Nutritional Advice, Group Cooking Demonstrations, Cancer Basics 101: Everything you need to know about cancer! educational workshops, Healthy Living Classes such as Yoga, Tai Ji, Aerobics and Strength Training, a Resource Library and friendly faces!
We are here to help EVERYONE touched by cancer live life to the fullest. If you have been touched in any way by cancer, we are here for you!
Our main office is located inside the Hult Health Education Building on 5215 N Knoxville Avenue and our satellite office (which is where our counselor and dietician are located) is located inside the Peoria Cancer Center on Route 91.
Stop by today and pick up our newsletter and additional information!
Monday, July 6, 2009
NIA: Joy of Movement Workshop!
NIA: The Joy of Movement Workshop is coming to the Cancer Center for Healthy Living!
NIA is a transformational fitness class that combines dance, martial arts AND integrated arts such as yoga that will change the way you experience your body and life!!!
Certified White Belt NIA Teacher, Debby Gaines will be here from Rockford to teach the exclusive class on Saturday, July 25th!
- The first workshop will be a NIA workshop from 10:45am-12:00pm
- The second workshop will be a "Playshop" from 1:00pm-3:00pm
Each class has a $10 fee and will be payable the day of the workshop.
Please call 693-8139 to register today!
About NIA:
NIA is the physical celebration of the body. Learn about the NIA technique's definition of joy and how to find it in your body's way. No prior experience is necessary and you can join at your own pace!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Slim & Trim: Weight Management for Breast Cancer Survivors in Remission!
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living is teaming up with the OSF Dietetic Interns to Present:
Slim & Trim: Managing Weight After Breast Cancer!
July 14th & 28th at 5:30pm at the Cancer Center for Healthy Living located inside the Hult Health Education Building.
This class is for Breast Cancer Patients in Remission wanting to learn how to manage weight after treatment!
This 2 Part Series will cover:
*Healthy Eating
*Physical Activity
*Goal Setting
*Stress Management
There will be healthy food samples and recipes provided!
Please R.S.V.P. to 693-8139 by July 9th!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
New Healthy Living Class!!!
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living has added a new healthy living class-- called Stretch & Tone. The class is a mixture of stretching, pilates and yoga with instructor Yinka Adetola, D.C. All levels are welcome! The class is free to cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. There is a $3 drop-in fee for the general public. We hope to see everyone there!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Unbelievable Cancer Conqueror
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living and the
Peoria Cancer Center Foundation are coming
together June 6th to bring in one of the most
remarkable cancer survivors of all time! Sean
Swarner is a two-time cancer survivor who was
first diagnosed at age 13 with Hodgkin's Disease
and later with Askin's sarcoma. He was given
two weeks to live in 1990 and is believed to
be the ONLY person in the world to have been
diagnosed with both deadly cancers. However,
he did survive. Sean has only one functioning
lung due to the removal of a golf ball sized
tumor found with the Askin's diagnosis. Today,
he has climbed the Seven Summits of the world
and has helped provide hope and inspiration to
thousands if not millions of people living with
cancer. You will not want to miss Sean telling
his inspirational story at the On Top of the
World Event.
Join CCHL and the Peoria Cancer Center Foundation
June 6, 2009 6:30pm
Weaver Angus Farm, 5806 W Route 150 Peoria, Il
61615
For additional information please visit our
website: www.cchlpeoria.org or call 693.8139
watch Sean's amazing story at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVQGAg-k4bw
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
5K Run/Walk to Benefit Cancer Center for Healthy Living
By: Sharon Windsor, RD, LDN
Every Spring the Central Illinois Dietetic Association (CIDA) sponsors a 5k Run and 1 mile Walk along the Peoria Riverfront to celebrate "National Nutrition Month®" and kick off the running season. The proceeds of the event are given to deserving not-for-profit organizations. This year, the
Why not use this opportunity to get a little exercise, support family and friends who have been diagnosed with cancer, and enhance the Central Illinois Community? Registration fee is $20 for adults, $10 for youth, and $25 for late registration.
Who: Anyone who enjoys running or walking is encouraged to participate.
What: Eat ‘Em Up Fun Run
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009
How to Register: Go to www.active.com by Friday, March 13, 2009.
Additional Perks:
- Special prizes will be awarded to the top three runners to cross the finish line.
- Top 3 winners in each age/weight division will receive medals.
- ALL participants are eligible for door prizes!
- Post-Race Party including GREAT FOOD, Awards Ceremony, and Door Prizes!!!
For more information, please call (309) 685-3140 x16.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Cancer Center for Healthy Living in Peoria, IL
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living is a non-profit organization located in Peoria, Illinois. The Center was founded in 1996 by a group of people touched by cancer, 6 of whom were cancer patients or survivors. This group was brought together by their common need for support beyond their medical treatment. They found no emotional support services in Central Illinois. In turn they developed a complete vision of emotional support and complementary care to meet the non-medical needs of thousands of cancer survivors and their families and friends.
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living affirms that healing occurs at emotional, mental and spiritual, and physical levels. CCHL believes in wellness programs and resources that promote a balance of mind, body and spirit. These programs enhance the quality of life and health of those affected by cancer and contributes to the healing process.
It is the Center's mission to offer services that complement the efforts of medical centers, the medical profession and other cancer organizations. CCHL is not affiliated with any medical or religious group, nor does it provide medical advice or treatment. CCHL welcomes anyone whose life has been affected by cancer and who is interested in learning skills for healthy living.
CCHL has a wide variety of programs and services free of charge to cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers. CCHL's programs include:
-Individual and Group Counseling
-Individual Nutritional Counseling
-Group Cooking Demonstrations
-Healthy Living Classes such as Tai Ji, Yoga and Aerobics
-Various Healthy Living Workshops
-Individual Reflexology (for those in treatment only)
-Massage Therapy ($25/hour for cancer patients and survivors- $30 caregiver's massage on every other Wednesday for those in treatment only)
*All services with the exception of massage are free of charge.
Please visit us on the web today at www.cchlpeoria.org or call 693-8139 for more information.
The Cancer Center for Healthy Living affirms that healing occurs at emotional, mental and spiritual, and physical levels. CCHL believes in wellness programs and resources that promote a balance of mind, body and spirit. These programs enhance the quality of life and health of those affected by cancer and contributes to the healing process.
It is the Center's mission to offer services that complement the efforts of medical centers, the medical profession and other cancer organizations. CCHL is not affiliated with any medical or religious group, nor does it provide medical advice or treatment. CCHL welcomes anyone whose life has been affected by cancer and who is interested in learning skills for healthy living.
CCHL has a wide variety of programs and services free of charge to cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers. CCHL's programs include:
-Individual and Group Counseling
-Individual Nutritional Counseling
-Group Cooking Demonstrations
-Healthy Living Classes such as Tai Ji, Yoga and Aerobics
-Various Healthy Living Workshops
-Individual Reflexology (for those in treatment only)
-Massage Therapy ($25/hour for cancer patients and survivors- $30 caregiver's massage on every other Wednesday for those in treatment only)
*All services with the exception of massage are free of charge.
Please visit us on the web today at www.cchlpeoria.org or call 693-8139 for more information.
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