Get Moving for Healthy Kids:  2nd Annual 5k Walk/Run to Benefit the ICCSD Healthy Kids Community Care school-based health clinics!  A great community fitness activity for kids and adults that supports the ICCSD school health clinics.  WHO:             Healthy Kids Community Project  WHAT:         5k Walk/Run originating at City High School is open to all walkers/runners and...
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Who: One thousand people passionate about ending heart disease and stroke will gather to walk and celebrate at the Heart Walk, sponsored by Schneider Electric and the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center. Walkers and volunteers include survivors of heart attacks, stroke, heart transplants, congenital heart defects and other forms of heart disease....
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  Thanks to community support the Waypoint Madge Phillips Center received its first diaper delivery this morning from St. Luke’s Hospital. Last month, St. Luke’s announced its Bottom Line: Babies Need Diapers campaign, which is a social media campaign that aims to donate diapers to families in need. Every day, infants and toddlers in...
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(Iowa City, Iowa) – (June 21, 2011) – Several local entertainers have volunteered their time and talents for the American Cancer Society’s 2011 Relay For Life of Johnson County, which will take place this weekend (June 24-25) at The University of Iowa’s Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track in Iowa City. From jugglers and baton twirlers,...
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The following is from Practical Farmers of Iowa:  Live Optimistically, Value the Earth! L.O.V.E more! This is the personal life mandate of Iowan Jeanelle Boyer, who will embark on a “L.O.V.E. Run” across the State, beginning on June 22 in Council Bluffs and ending on July 1 in Davenport. Boyer, 35, who lives in...
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Every day, infants and toddlers in our community go without one of their most basic needs – diapers. That’s because the needs of families who are homeless or living in poverty are greater than ever.  In 2010, Waypoint in Cedar Rapids saw a 30 percent increase in women and families seeking help to meet...
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The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting Walk to End Alzheimer’s team captain kickoff parties in Cedar Rapids, Coralville and Waterloo on Wednesday, June 22. Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs. The kickoff events will arm team captains with the essentials...
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Event set for Friday, June 24, at Cretzmeyer Track, Iowa City (Iowa City, Iowa) – (June 10, 2011) – Individuals who have ever heard those dreaded words “You have cancer,” are encouraged to attend the American Cancer Society’s 2011 Relay For Life of Johnson County. This year, the fundraising event is set to begin...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Marty and Jen Hoeger found a way for their entire family to get behind their son Jack’s battle with cancer. The Cedar Rapids family has been involved with Relay for Life of Linn County since 2006, the year after Jack, now 11, was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer....
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Area golfers came together to support the Alzheimer’s Association East Central Iowa Chapter on Monday, May 23, 2011 for the 21st annual Alzheimer’s Association Round to Remember™ Golf Classic.  The event, held at Cedar Rapids Country Club, raised nearly $60,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association East Central Iowa Chapter.  Funds raised from the event will...
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