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!

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!

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

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 Cancer Center for Healthy Living will receive a portion of the monies raised to enhance their nutrition services. Other benefactors of this year’s event include the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in Peoria and the McLean County Extension Nutrition Education Program in Bloomington.

 

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

Where: Le Vieux Carre’ Building (at corner of State & Water, Peoria—near the Post Office)

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Time: 8:30 a.m. Race begins

 

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.

     Come Join the FUN!

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.