CHANGING PRESSURE
Decreasing sodium
while increasing potas-
sium can help lower
high blood pressure.
So choose and fx foods
with little or no added
salt. Then enjoy
potassium-rich foods,
such as fruits, veg-
etables, and low-fat or
fat-free milk and yogurt.
American Dietetic Association
BE STARCH SAVVY
Does
your eating plan call for
non-starchy vegetables?
These may please your
palate: spinach, car-
rots, lettuce, cabbage,
bok choy, green beans,
caulifower, tomatoes,
salsa, onions, cucum-
bers, beets, okra,
mushrooms, peppers
and turnips.
American Diabetes Association
LOST FOR WORDS?
It’s often hard to
fnd the right words
to say when someone
you love is diagnosed
with a serious illness.
A hug and a sincere
“I’m here for you” is a
good start. Then, listen
with your heart.
American Cancer Society
TIME FOR THIS YEAR’S
FASHION AWARENESS: Grigsby’s Boutique owners Dana Calhoun
and Carolyn Maynard help model Coral Jean Warren, a cancer
survivor, prepare for the Catwalk for a Cure style show. This year’s
event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24.
CATWALK
Fifth Annual Catwalk for a Cure
Saturday, Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m.
McNease Convention Center
$35; $350 for a table of 10
Call 325-949-0610 to learn more.
But the fun doesn’t stop there.
Te popular Bras for the Cause art exhibit and competition features
themed, hand-decorated bras that are put on the auction block at the
end of the evening.
“We feel it’s extremely important to showcase these women and also
remember those who lost their lives battling breast cancer,” Maynard
says. “We hope to continually increase the number of people we reach
with this event, whether they are survivors and their family members
and friends or members of our supportive community.”
Proceeds from this year’s Catwalk will beneft cancer patients through
the Cancer Empowerment & Resource Center at Shannon. Located in the
Shannon Medical Plaza, the center makes a wealth of resources avail-
able to cancer patients and their families, including books, computers
and self-exam models.
In addition, the center ofers a special “Live Well, Feel Beautiful”
area that features wigs and a makeup station. Te center hosts support
groups for men and women and provides education to a 19-county area
on early cancer detection and screening.
In 2007, a mother-and-daughter team of local business-
women decided to do something to make people in the
Concho Valleymore aware of the women among themwho
were living with breast cancer.
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Four years later, Dana
Calhoun and Carolyn Maynard have accomplished their
mission—but they’re nowhere close to being done.
Catwalk for a Cure, their brainchild, has raised more than $100,000
for San Angelo’s chapter of the American Cancer Society, the Rotary
House of Hope and the Cancer Empowerment & Resource Center at
Shannon Medical Center.
Tis year’s Catwalk and Pink Tie Gala is scheduled for Saturday,
Sept. 24, at McNease Convention Center.
For Calhoun and Maynard, owners of Grigsby’s Boutique & Merle
Norman, the event has grown to be bigger than either of them expected.
And they’re thrilled by the response.
“We wanted to create a unique and fun way to raise funds and aware-
ness about this deadly disease, which afects numerous people within
our community,” Calhoun says. “We are committed to the fght against
cancer by raising money and donating it to local organizations in the
Concho Valley. We have witnessed the event grow each year. Last year
we had more than 500 attendees and have therefore been able to help
our local organizations even more.”
Catwalk for a Cure showcases breast cancer survivors, who walk the
runway modeling the latest fall fashions. People attending not only get
a fashion show and a gourmet dinner, they also get
to bid on a trove of silent auction items donated
by local businesses.
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