Team MUSC
About 1,500 visitors and patients joined MUSC staff in their quest for a healthier lifestyle.More than 40 exhibitors from various MUSC departments participated in the third annual MUSC Health and Wellness Fair on March 4.
This event is sponsored by the wellness committee in an effort to promote healthy behavior and to exchange health-related information within the MUSC community. Door prizes were offered to those who visited at least five booths.
The following businesses donated prizes: MUSC Wellness Center, Depart-ment of Marketing and Business Services, MUSC Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Curves, Blitz, Chili's, Mustard Seed at the Wellness Center, Subway, East Side Bakery and Cafe, Five Loaves Cafe, Crab Shack, T and T Kettle Corn, Mike's Peanuts, Heavenly Ham, and Joseph's Restaurant.
The winner of the three-month membership at the MUSC Wellness Center was UMA's Sandra Senterfeit.
First
photo: The Heart and Vascular Center's Christine Mancine, R.N., and Randy
Massingale, R.N., explain the results of blood pressure checks to two MUSC
employees. Mancine and Massingale joined other volunteers in giving personalized
blood pressure evaluations to participants. Second photo: Ellen Ruja, R.N.,
administers a cholest-erol check. Third photo: Kelly Tick, Center on Aging
and Institute of Neuroscience, shows students and staff how to assemble
a 3-D puzzle. Tick gave the puzzles away in an effort to promote neurological
awareness. Fourth photo: Johnnie Rivers, Volunteer Services, helps participants
register for door prizes at the MUSC Health and Wellness Fair.
Friday, March 12, 2004
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