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Event schedule for Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

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Second Opinion TV Show-Alzheimer's Disease: A Caregiver's Journey

Event Date:	Thursday, September 23, 2010
Event Time:	3:00AM
Event Location:	WXXI-TV/HD (Digital 21.1/Cable 11 & 1011)

If the title, "The Long Goodbye," makes you think of the 1953 hardboiled private investigator novel by Raymond Chandler, you probably haven't spent a lot of time thinking about Alzheimer's disease. Those three words are increasingly entering our vocabulary as a metaphor for this devastating disease that gradually steals memories,… more

Category: Health Education, Seminars & Training, Senior Health

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Second Opinion TV Show-Kidney Disease: Caring for Someone with a Disease

Event Date:	Thursday, September 23, 2010
Event Time:	3:30AM
Event Location:	WXXI-TV/HD (Digital 21.1/Cable 11 & 1011)

Chronic illness has been described as a journey made by an unwilling traveler. For those living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), it's a journey of strong emotions, uncertainty, shifting roles, changing relationships, compromise, complex choices, and often a more profound awareness of yourself and the people who are important to… more

Category: Health Education, Seminars & Training

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Ask the Expert: Frankly Speaking about Cancer- Coping with the Cost of Care-Gilda's Club of Rocheste

Event Date:	Thursday, September 23, 2010
Event Time:	6pm start time
Event Location:	Gilda's Club
Contact Telephone:	585-423-9700

Join Marilyn Yaniga, Curt Balch and Mary Casselman-Collazo. RSVP to 423 9700 or info@gildasclubrochester.org. more

Submitted by: Johanna Lester, Gilda's Club Rochester

Category: Cancer-related

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Intro to Machine Quilting Series-Gilda's Club of Rochester

Event Date:	Thursday, September 23, 2010
Event Time:	Thursdays 5-7:30
Event Location:	Gilda's Club
Contact Telephone:	585-423-9700

Quilting classes for beginners or advanced students. We will have guest quilting experts available to show you the basics, advanced tips and tricks for your quilting projects. We'll provide sewing machines to use and all the necessary materials to start your first quilt or to create another family heirloom.RSVP to… more

Submitted by: Johanna Lester, Gilda's Club Rochester

Category: Cancer-related

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American Red Cross Blood Drive

Event Date:	Thursday, September 23, 2010
Event Time:	7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Event Location:	Rochester General Health, 1425 Portland Ave., 1st Floor Atrium
Contact Telephone:	1-800-RED CROSS

The need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give blood. more

Submitted by: Alane Giraudel, American Red Cross NY-Penn Blood Services Region

Category: Blood Drive

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