Oct. 15-Think your health can wait? Think Again. Join Hurley Medical Center on Saturday, October 22, 2011 for a Women’s Healthy Living Event “A Day Just For You 2+2” – a day dedicated to  women,featuring fitness,  food and fun. And, the best part -- it’s FREE. Enjoy a day of pampering and health education, and be sure and bring a friend, sister, mother, grandmother, aunt, times two, and join us!

 This special Women’s Healthy Living Event will be held on October 22, 2011, from 10am to 2 pm at Riverfront Banquet Center, One Riverfront Center West (former Hyatt Hotel/Character Inn) in Flint, The day is supporting and celebrating all women and offers FREE health screenings (blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, etc.) education, fitness, food and so much more. The highlight will include a panel of speakers including: Cherita Andrews, NBC’s Biggest Loser Participant and Flint native, Deborah Collyar, President, PAIR: Patient Advocates In Research and Marsha Schmit, RN, BSN, Genesee County’s only Breast Health Nurse Navigator at Hurley. Seating for lunch is limited, so please call 888.611.4HMC (4462) or visit hurleywomen.com to reserve your spot now.

Please join us for “A Day Just For You 2+2”—it promises to be an event that women of all ages and stages will enjoy and remember. The event also includes Zumba® workouts and healthy cooking demonstrations, along with vendor booths, mini-health centers, and much more.  

For more information on the Hurley “ADay Just for You 2+2” event, please visit hurleywomen.com. 

Media Note: If you are interested in scheduling interviews and/or covering this event, please contact Ilene Cantor, Director of Communications and Public Relations at Hurley at icantor1@hurleym.com or at 810-625-0842. Interviews with panel participants, Hurley clinicians and more will be available.  We hope to see you there!

Hurley Medical Center is a 443-bed premier public teaching hospital located in the heart of Genesee County, Michigan.  As the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, Burn Center, and the highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) available in Genesee County, Hurley is a recognized leader in clinical care and education, maintaining affiliations with Michigan State University, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan-Flint, Mott Community College and Henry Ford Health System. Founded in 1908, Hurley provides patient care for more than 100,000 people annually.