Calendar of Health-Related Events
GENERAL
Red Cross Services
YMCA Program Flyer
YWCA Program Flyer
JUNE
June 25, Living with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
June 26, When The Diagnosis Is Cancer of Unknown Primary: Guidelines for Care
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
JULY
July 16, Understanding Peripheral Neuropathy
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
July 19, Downtown 5K Run
9 am. 5k (3.1 mile) run, 5k walk, or 1 mile Fun Run. Download the Registration Form. $15 early registration/$20 race day registration. For 13 & under, $12 early registration/$15 race day registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants! For more information call the YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org.
July 22, Current Developments in the World of Cutaneous Lymphoma
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
July 23, What's New in Head and Neck Cancer: Knowing Your Health Care Team
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
July 26 - August 1, Bon Ton Roulet
Bicycling tour of the Finger Lakes area. For more information call (607) 756-2893, visit www.bontonroulet.com or e-mail btr@bontonroulet.com.
AUGUST
August 13, What's New in Lung Cancer: Report from the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
August 18, Medical Update on Colorectal Cancer from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2009 Annual Meeting
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
August 23, Celtic 5K Run
9 am. 5k (3.1 mile) run, 5k walk, or 1 mile Fun Run. Download the Registration Form. $15 early registration/$20 race day registration. For 13 & under, $12 early registration/$15 race day registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants! For more information call the YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org.
August 26, Coping with Nausea and Vomiting from Chemotherapy
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
SEPTEMBER
September 24, Update on the Treatment of Liver Cancer
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
OCTOBER
October 3, Pumpkin 5K Run
9 am. 5k (3.1 mile) run, 5k walk, or 1 mile Fun Run. Download the Registration Form. $15 early registration/$20 race day registration. For 13 & under, $12 early registration/$15 race day registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants! For more information call the YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org.
October 11, Alyssa's Run
Registration begins at 11 am, Cortland Country Music Park, Rt. 13N. 5k Run/Walk/Kids Fun Run in memory of Alyssa Marko who passed away after a 4 year battle with leukemia at the age of 7. For more information call (607) 753-6124, e-mail rmarko3@twcny.rr.com, or visit http://alyssasrun.org.
October 18, Leaf Peeper Half Marathon
9:30 am. Join the YMCA and the Cortland Regional Sports Council for Cortland's ONLY half-Marathon. For all the 5K runners out there, try out our RELAY team option! Tickets are $25 Half Marathon Pre-registration, $30 Half Marathon race day registration, $75 Relay Pre-registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants! Download the Registration Form. For more information call the YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org.
NOVEMBER
November 26, Turkey Trot 5K Run
9 am. 5k (3.1 mile) run, 5k walk, or 1 mile Fun Run. Download the Registration Form. $15 early registration/$20 race day registration. For 13 & under, $12 early registration/$15 race day registration. Free t-shirts given to the first 75 registrants! For more information call the YMCA at (607) 756-2893 or e-mail ymca@cortlandymca.org.
DECEMBER
December 10, Update on Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) from the 2009 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
December 16, The Latest Developments Reported at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Free Telephone Education Workshop Series sponsored by Cancer Care
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Participation is free and no phone charges apply. Pre-registration at least two weeks in advance of seminars is required. If you would like to take part, register online or call Cancer Care's National Office at 1-800-813-HOPE, and ask to have a registration form sent to you. Once you register, you will receive a packet with information and instructions. Visit their web site at www.cancercare.org.
ONGOING
Talking About Positive Parenting Workshop Series
sponsored by Family Fun and Resource Center
6 - 8 p.m., Cortland Family Fun and Resource Center, 29 Main St., Cortland. Covers nutrition, health and safety communication, child development and other topics of interest. If you would like to be put on the waiting list for this popular workshop series, call (607) 753-5077.
First Aid and CPR class schedules are available on the American Red Cross and Cortland Memorial Hospital web sites.
Support Group schedules are posted on our Support Group page.
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