Vidant Medical Center promotes free exercise event | Eastern North Carolina Now

The public is invited to attend a free exercise event to benefit the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center Family Assistance Fund.

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    For Immediate Release:

    GREENVILLE     The public is invited to attend a free exercise event to benefit the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center Family Assistance Fund. The three-hour event will feature Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, thoracic surgeon and professor of cardiovascular sciences at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

    All funds raised will be donated to support those patients of the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center and families who travel to Greenville for chemotherapy treatment.

    Those attending the cardio/dance event are encouraged to bring their own water bottles with tight-fitting lids. The exercise routines will be held in the atrium of the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU, 115 Heart Drive, in Greenville. Tickets are $10 in advance. For more information, contact Shannyn Zell at (252) 561-5650.

   WHO:    Vidant Medical Center and Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center

    WHAT:    Free community cardio-dance exercise event

    WHERE:    Atrium of the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU, 115 Heart Drive, in Greenville.

    WHEN:    Saturday, Nov. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon.


    Contact: Barbara Dunn, Vidant Health Strategic Development, (252)847-7599.

    Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in nine eastern North Carolina hospitals and has a management agreement with one other. The health system includes Albemarle Health, Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Pungo Hospital, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice, Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com.
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