Health & Fitness News & Notes
By Stephanie Kist
Stewart’s Caring Place
to host Hope Walk
DOWNTOWN AKRON — Stewart’s Caring Place invites the community to participate in its first Hope Walk & Reunion Picnic May 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lock 3 Live! Park, 190 S. Main St.
WONE radio personality Tim Daugherty will emcee the festivities. The walk is intended to be a celebration of remembrance and hope for those on the cancer journey.
The event will begin with walk registration and group photos. The 2-mile walk on the Towpath Trail will be from 11 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a celebration picnic with live music, games and activities.
Walk participants are encouraged to raise funds. Participants raising $100 or more will receive individual Hope Walk awards.
All funds raised will benefit Stewart’s Caring Place, a nonprofit organization giving support and education to those touched by cancer. All of the services are free.
For details, visit www.Stew artsCaringPlace.org/Events or contact Stewart’s Caring Place at (330) 836-1772.
AGMC receives grant for outreach
program
DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization awarded $40,250 to Akron General Medical Center’s (AGMC) Breast Health Center Outreach Program as part of a round of grants that awarded more than $1 million to various groups throughout Northeast Ohio.
Connie Bollin, director of AGMC’s McDowell Cancer Center and Ambulatory Diagnostic Services, oversees the Breast Health Center Outreach Program.
The grant will help AGMC reach a group of underserved women who come to the center with later stage breast cancer — women in their 60s who used to be in the work force but have had to quit and cut back their insurance coverage to care for their own aging parents, according to Bollin.
“There are many women in crisis situations like this who are unaware of the services available to them,” said Bollin. “We couldn’t reach these women without the Komen funding, or provide the follow-up services necessary to save lives.”
The Komen Northeast Ohio affiliate focuses on supporting innovative education, screening and treatment programs that reach diverse, underserved populations across its 15-county service area.
The grants are made possible by fund-raising activities throughout the year. Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds from these events assist local groups, and the other 25 percent supports the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program, according to Komen officials.
Center for Family Medicine
patients receive‘Education
Prescription’
Judy Hinkle demonstrates accessing
medical information at Akron General’s Center
for Family Medicine based on an “education prescription.”
Photo courtesy of
Akron General Medical Center
DOWNTOWN AKRON — A desire to help patients acquire additional knowledge from reputable sources about their medical condition is at the heart of a program at Akron General Medical Center’s (AGMC) Center for Family Medicine.
Dr. Mark Belfer, the center’s director, wanted to provide patients an opportunity to enhance the knowledge they obtained during their doctor visit by offering them an “education prescription,” printed information on a pad sheet resembling a prescription that directs them to seven pre-approved Internet Web sites with additional health information.
“We are providing our patients with the help they need to obtain important and credible information related to their disease condition,” Belfer said. “Our ‘education prescription’ guides patients to reliable Web sites for information and leads to a better informed patient, one who is empowered to take charge of their health.”
To make it easier for patients to access this information, Belfer obtained a grant from the Akron General Development Foundation to install computers and study carrels in the center’s lobby so that no patient is without Internet access.
Belfer said the program has been well received and patients have been accessing information to enhance their medical knowledge related to their condition.
For more information, call the Center for Family Medicine at (330) 344-6047.
United Way’s annual
‘Docs Who Rock’ set for October
DOWNTOWN AKRON — United Way of Summit County’s Docs Who Rock™ annual physician talent show will take place for the second consecutive year at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.
Docs Who Rock IV, scheduled for Oct. 13 at 7 p.m., is an opportunity for local doctors to showcase their musical talents. Docs Who Rock took place at the Akron-Summit County’s Main Branch Library’s 430-seat auditorium in 2004, and the 800-plus seat theater at North High School in 2005. In 2006, The University of Akron agreed to host the event at E.J. Thomas Hall, and attendance topped 1,600.
“The growth of Docs Who Rock has been extraordinary,” said United Way of Summit County (UWSC) President Bob Kulinski. “We’ve trademarked the name, and we’ve already licensed another United Way to produce a similar show in their community. Our collaboration with Dr. Terry Gordon and the partnership with Dr. Luis Proenza, Dave Osterland and The University of Akron have produced a signature event for United Way of Summit County.”
Because of growing interest from musicians and singers, musical acts will be asked to submit an application and support materials by June 22 to UWSC. A committee led by Docs Who Rock co-founder Gordon will select participating artists based on the information and materials available to them, so the applications should contain as much of the following as possible: current CD, audio- and/or videotapes; press reviews/articles; posters/fliers; and a one-paragraph description of the group or artist.
As in the past, musical acts must have at least one member who is a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy and who lives or practices in Summit County.
Solo acts also are welcome, as are all musical styles.
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