Honor A Cancer Survivor
Who Has Helped Others
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute is seeking nominations of
cancer patients/survivors to win the
2011 "Patricia Milner Sachs Heart of
a Survivor Award:'
to be presented
at Karmanos'
Survivorship
Celebration June
30 in Southfield.
The honor will
be given to a can-
Pat Sachs
cer survivor who
exemplifies caring,
compassion and devotion in helping
others with cancer.

Free Senior Living Expo
April 9 In Southfield
A free Senior Living and Services
Expo will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, at the Southfield
Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen Road.
Leading experts will speak on
senior living options, financial
health, Alzheimer's, the availability
of community services, legal advice,
veterans' benefits and more.
Services will include free health
screenings, blood pressure and cho-
lesterol checks and being able to
speak with a medical professional
one-on-one on topics ranging from
diabetes to women's urology. Pre-
registered attendees will receive a
complete list of services available in
a preview program mailed to them a
week prior to the Expo.
For more information, go to www.
alternativesforseniors.com/expos/
Senior-Living-Expo.

Levin Grant Aids St. Joe's
On Fighting Youth Obesity
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO)
has received a grant of $3,000 from
the Jordan Levin Childhood Obesity
Foundation (JLCOF) to provide schol-
arships for families to participate
in the hospital's Shapedown youth
weight management program.
Shapedown is a 10-week pro-
gram based on a holistic approach
to weight management for children
and teens ages 6-18. Unlike a diet,
Shapedown supports a gradual
adoption of a moderate and healthy
food intake that provides essential
nutrients and leads to weight loss. It
also stresses overall fitness. Key com-
ponents of the program are family
involvement and communication.
A team of licensed health profes-
sionals, including a social worker,

The award is named after Pat
Sachs, a Karmanos social worker
who lost her 11-year battle with
melanoma in 2006. Pat is remem-
bered for her courage and fighting
spirit and her passion for helping
others in the fight against cancer.
She developed several community
programs including Survivorship
University, which helps patients
navigate the cancer experience.
For a nomination form, go to
karmanos.org and click on
Survivorship University or call
Shaa-Ista Wilcox, (313) 576-9282.
Nominations are due May 2. All
cancer survivors are eligible, even if
previously nominated. I I

nutritionist and exercise specialist co-
lead each class.
The five families who receive
the scholarships will participate
in a 12-week program at CrossFit
Bloomfield at the completion of
Shapedown. CrossFit offers workout
sessions customized to an individual's
fitness level, goals, ability and state
of health. The training sessions are
conducted by Jordan Levin, a lifelong
athlete and fitness enthusiast, who
overcame significant childhood chal-
lenges to become a fitness coach and
motivational speaker.
The nonprofit JLCOF was founded
in 2009 with the goal of fighting
childhood obesity. One of its goals
is to send economically challenged
overweight children and their parents
to hospital weight management pro-
grams to achieve weight loss goals.
An orientation meeting for
Shapedown is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, in the hospital's
Franco Communications Center,
44405 Woodward, Pontiac. The classes
will begin Thursday, May 5. RSVP to
Julie Esparsa, (248) 858-2554.

Huron Valley Hospital
Expands Private Rooms
On March 1, DMC Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital held a ceremonial ground-
breaking for the $7 million construc-
tion of private orthopedic/neurosur-
gery rooms to be completed this year.
The private room renovation, fund-
ed by Vanguard Health Systems of
Nashville, is designed to add a private
bed floor in the space vacated when
the new Sinai Guild Medical Office
Building was occupied in 2010. The
new floor will contain 21 new private
beds and allow Huron Valley-Sinai
to convert another 21 semi-private
rooms to privates.

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