Showing posts with label ASLF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ASLF. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A Silver Lining Foundation's Dr. Sandy Goldberg Makes Sense out of Health and Nutrition

Don't miss A Silver Lining Foundation founder, Dr. Sandy Goldberg, discuss "Making Sense out of Health Headlines," from 10:45 a.m. to noon on Monday, Oct. 5, at The Leadership Development Conference hosted by the AMA Alliance at the Chicago Marriott Downtown (201 E. Walton Pl.).

Goldberg, the Chicago NBC 5 nutrition expert, will be joined by Dr. Sandra Adamson Fryhofer. Together they will raise and answer questions about healthy nutrition. From cereal boxes claiming "heart healthy" and crackers being the "smart choice," what is true and what really matters will be explained by these experts in the field of health and nutrition.

This session is one of many during the two-and-a-half day networking and team-building opportunity designed to boost support of health advocacy initiatives, health promotion and fundraising for medicine's future.

The AMA Alliance is the volunteer arm of the American Medical Association and is committed to public health promotion. AMA Alliance strives to promote healthy lifestyles and increase awareness of available health care resources. For more information or to register, visit www.amaalliance.org.

A Silver Lining Foundation (ASLF) provides cancer resource information, treatment options, quality of life services and no-cost mammograms to uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Chicago area. For more information on ASLF visit www.asilverliningfoundation.org.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

A Silver Lining Foundation Teams Up with the Chicago Sky

A Silver Lining Foundation (ASLF) is pairing up with the groundbreaking WNBA team, the Chicago Sky, to raise awareness about breast cancer. Join ASLF at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 28 and watch the Chicago Sky take on the New York Liberty at the UIC Pavilion (1150 West Harrison, Chicago, Ill.).

Enjoy the thrilling basketball, family fun, and inspiring female athletes. Tickets start at just $15 and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to ASLF. Children under the age of 2 enter for free.

To order tickets, or for more information about the event, visit www.chicagosky.net and enter the promo code ASLF; call Stanley Coleman at (312) 994-5999; or e-mail at scoleman@chicagosky.net.

In order to participate in this event and assure proceeds go to ASLF, a form must be filled out and faxed to (312) 828-9979. To download the form, click here: tinyurl.com/q9xjhm

To learn more about A Silver Lining Foundation, visit www.asilverliningfoundation.org.

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