MOVING YOU FORWARD

Breast Cancer 5k Walk & Natural Health Expo

Saturday May 31, 2008  9:00am-3:00pm

Esther Short Park in Downtown Vancouver

Explore natural medicine for personal health, kids health and breast cancer care including nutrition, exercise and natural therapies!

The 5k Breast Cancer Fundraising Walk is a noncompetitive fun walk with a rolling start allowing walkers to begin walking as early as 9am or as late as 1pm, finishing at their leisure.  The Kids Walk begins at 10:30.  There will be an early morning yoga/stretching warm up at 8:15am as well!. 5k pre-registration fees, received by May 16:  $15 for adults, $10 for kids 6-12 and 5 & under are free. After May 16 add  $5 to the registration fee.  You can register online at www.clarajean.org/, by mail, at the event, or drop your registration off at Fit Right Northwest!

The Natural Health & Wellness Expo features:

• Classes including: yoga, qigong, meditation, movement therapy and laughter therapy.
• Breast Health Lectures:  The Healthy Breast Diet & Naturopathic Tools for Cancer.
• Cooking demos, focusing on simple healthy cooking.
• Exhibitors include: Natural practitioners, grocers, health organization and businesses promoting healthy products or services. 
• A Survivors Café offers a place for survivors to come connect with each other.  The Café brings together many resource and services dedicated to cancer survivors. 
• A Kids Korner, Sponsored by Trader Joes, promoting whole body health including nutrition, exercise and safety.  Kids activities: include kids yoga, stretching, kids walk and games.  Trader Joes will provide healthy snacks.  
• Silent Auction, Several community businesses and organization have donated fantastic baskets full of health products and fun things to help raise funds for CJF.  Stop by the auction area and bid on an exciting basket!

The Expo and classes are Free and everyone is welcome.

Moving You Forward benefits the Clara Jean Foundation, a local nonprofit organization, its mission is to bring together holistic healthcare and service providers to educate, support and empower those affected by breast cancer.  The Clara Jean Foundation provides easy access to local resources and information about natural medicine for breast cancer care through its website, clarajean.org.

The proceeds of Moving You Forward 5k Walk will allow the Clara Jean Foundation to implement the Elka Turner Scholarship Program serving underserved & uninsured breast cancer survivors.  Scholarships will allow survivors to use natural therapies they could not otherwise afford for breast cancer care.

To register, contribute, or learn more about this event, please visit the Clara Jean Foundation website.

Patty & Scott Carroll - RE/MAX Equity Group, Vancouver WA