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

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.