Healthy Tidbits by Peggy AndersonJust another AreaVoices Sites site

The Great Lakes Aquarium has some great children’s birthday parties. Their website is www.glaquarium.org/

For  a birthday party you pay $10.00 per person that includes everything. One free adult per 5 kids. There is a $100.00 minimum. You can have a 2 hour party, free admission and parking, a gift for the birthday child, and a special greeting from staff. There is an Aquarium bingo activity, and you can even download invitations from the site sent to you. 

Think water fun for your next birthday party.

If you go to this website you can find out what is happening at the Duluth Zoo:

http://lszoo.org/events.htm

They have a great silent auction as part of the Paw deDeux in February each year.

The Duluth Zoo is a great place to bring the kids and family!

Check this website out: www.LSZoo.org/

There will be Motorcycle Expo 2012, Northland’s first Premier Motor sports Event on Saturday, May 19th from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. come to Otter Creek Event Center, Black Bear Casino located at Highway 210-& I-35. The website is:

www.TwinPortcycleExpo.com/

Motorcycle & Motor sports Dealers, Parts & Accessories & Much Much More.

For more information, contact Joe Fye at 1.218.348.7625.

It is not too late to sign up to bowl for breast cancer. Form a team of 4-5 people. It can be friends, neighbors, a group of women, a group of men, teens, in memory or in honor of someone. The cost is $15.00 per person. You must pre-register by calling Karen at 1.715.817.1000.

There are three times to sign up for. Some times may be filled. They are 10:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

There is a silent auction and much more.

This event funds the Douglas county block grant program that pays providers through Circle of Hope, http://www.circleofhopeduluth.org/ for breast cancer treatment bills based on need.  

You can get registration forms from Peggy as well by calling 1.218.525.1905.

You can sign up at Jack’s Place in Superior with your checks. You don’t have to fill out a form.

 Gather a team name, make it fun, design your own T-shirts.

This event will be at Landmark Lanes, 1914 Broadway, Superior on May 12th.

Order the book, You Gotta Dance Like No One’s Dancing by Lester Smith. It is a great book for $34.95 plus shipping. He is giving Circle of Hope $25.00 back on each book sold if you put in the promo code CHDC on this website: www.pinkwell.org/

There are some great Duluth Chidren’s Museum camps for kids. Did you know they are moving. Check out their website at:

www.duluthchidlrensmusuem.org/camps

The camps are Jump Off The Page, Science & Art Spectacular, Camp Paleo, Nano Camp, Back to the Future, 3,2,1 Blastoff. There is a fee. Ask if they have camper ships available.

Right now they are located at: 506 West Michigan Street, Duluth, 1.218.722.7543

I read in the Duluth News Tribune (from The Los Angeles Times) that there is 3 in 4 of the estimated  3.2 million people who have chronic hepatitis will die of it. Is that scary or what?

It is the leading cause of infectious cirrhosis and liver cancer.

It is the reason for liver transpalants in this country.

It is thought to becaused from using drugs.

It is thought to be caused from blood transfusions before they screened blood.

Nurses dropping needles in the hospital emergency wards can get it as well.

It said nothing about the tatoos and bad needles but I have read that  is also a cause, unclean needles and needles re-used. That’s why having guidelines and regulations on administering tatoos is so important.

It stated that between the years 1997-2007 deaths from the virus doubled to more than 15,000.

Should everyone be tested or screened?

Interested in helping to re-fund the the breast cancer treatment fund for Douglas county through Circle of Hope? This event is “a family friendly event.”  A team can be family members, friends, colleagues, neighbors, a group of guys, a group of gals, in memory or honor of someone.

The Bowling for Breast Cancer event is May 12th, Saturday, at Landmark Lanes in Superior, 1914 Broadway Street. This is a Karen Geegan sponosored event for Circle of Hope.

You must pre-register your team. It is $15.00 per person. A team is usually 4-5 people. Form a team, think of a name for your team, make up some T-shirts. No experience is necessary.

Stop by Jack’s Place at 1923 Tower Avenue to sign up for a team and pre-pay your $15.00. Karen’s number sis 1.715.817.1000.

The time spots are 10:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. I am unsure which spots are open. There will be a silent auction and much more. Call Peggy Anderson with Circle of Hope to get an application sent by e-mail, if  you so desire or to find out details. Circle of Hope is still taking donations for the silent auction as well. You will get a tax exempt receipt.

No one is paid a salary this this event. The money raised is for the common good of those being served.

http://www.circleofhopeduluth.org/

Circle of Hope

5204 Otsego St.

Duluth, 55804

525-1905

Norway Hall, tonight at 7 p.m.

The launch of Lost Duluth

www.zenithcity.com

www.overcoatsbooks.com

www.x-pressobooks.com

Awhile ago there was an article about the alarming rate of breast cancer among San Francisco Fire Fighters. All the smoke residue on their gear, boots, etc. made them 10 more times likely to get breast cancer.  Some firefighters have been diagnoised with other cancers.

I can remember some years ago when there was a California study on teachers and breast cancer. I think it was related to all the bleached paper they were handling. I know one teacher, a science teacher, who even left the profession because of it.

I believe there is going to be more studies done about occupational exposures related to fires, chemicals, and the toxins going into your blood stream to confirm these studies. That’s one thing that happens a lot…. more research needs to follow in the foot steps.

(I use to own the online store, The Pink Ribbon Store, the above was something I use to sell.)