Oral Cancer
Awareness Walk
The Chattanooga chapter of Support for People With Oral and Head and Neck Cancer and the Oral Cancer Foundation will hold its first three-mile Oral Cancer Awareness Walk Saturday at Tennessee Riverpark, 4301 Amnicola Highway. Registration at 10 a.m. Fee $20. Walk begins 11 a.m. To register call Jeanna Richelson at 894-9215 or Jeanna1255@aol.com or visit
www.oralcancerfoundation.org.
Benefit walk
Partnership for Families, Children and Adults will hold a walk April 17 for men to walk one mile in women’s high-heeled shoes through Coolidge Park to protest rape, sexual assault and gender violence and will benefit the Partnership’s Sexual Assault Center violence prevention efforts and rape services in the greater Chattanooga community. Men, women and children are welcome. Registration at 9 a.m.; walk at 10 a.m. Fee is $20 for men; $10 for women, children under 12 free. Registration online at www.partnershipfca.com. Walk-on registrants are welcome. For information call 697-3829.
Jazzercise
Spring Creek Road Baptist Church in East Ridge is offering Jazzercise classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5:30 in their gym. Cost is $35 for a four-week, two-day/week session. For more information, call Haley at 423-432-4090 or e-mail hjulian@catt.com.
AARP driver safety
A class is scheduled from 9 a.m.-4-.p.m. Friday at Memorial Home Health Care, 6227 Lee Highway, Suite A, p.m. Drivers who complete this course are usually eligible for discounts on their vehicle insurance. Nominal charge for materials. Call 495-2273 to register.
Breast cancer
Dr. Brooke Daniel, oncologist with Chattanooga Oncology and Hematology Associates will be speaking at 6 p.m. April 15 at the Breast Cancer Educational Series presented by Breast Cancer Network of Strength. She will discuss ways to identify phytoestrogens. Q&A session will follow at the North River Civic Center, Ring Road behind Northgate Mall. Light dinner provided. For information call 629-2445
Oral cancer screening
The Cancer Institute at Memorial Hospital will offer free oral cancer screenings April 17 in recognition of National Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week. Screening will be offered 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration is required. Contact Penny Andrews at 495-8975 or Penny_Andrews@memorial.org
Diabetes seminar
Southern Adventist University’s Wellness Institute will hold a free hour-long seminar for people with diabetes (also family members and friends) beginning Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and continuing the second Wednesday of each month. Local physician Mark McKenzie will answer questions about diabetes and how to manage it. To register, call 423.236.2594 or visit www.southern.edu/wellness
. Senior Neighbors
* Beginning yoga for seniors 2 p.m. each Wednesday. Bring your own mat. Classes are free for members and $3 for non members.
* Free Lunch and Learn Workshop at noon Friday. Speaker Dr. Susan House of Arthritis Associates will speak on “Rheumatoid Arthritis vs. Osteoarthritis.”
* Flexibility and Balance Classes, 11 a.m. Thursday and April 22. Free for members and $3 for nonmembers.
* Free Lunch and Learn Workshop 12 noon, April 19, titled “Tinnitus: How to Suppress Ringing of the Ears,” presented by Dr. Megan Johnson, AuD of Johnson Audiology. RSVP by April 12 to 755-6100.
* Free Lunch and Learn Workshop, 12 noon, April 20, presented by Amy French of the Alzheimer’s Association of Chattanooga. RSVP by April 13 to 755-6100.
All above events are held at Alexian Brothers Senior Neighbors, 250 E. 10th St. downtown. RSVP to 755-6100.
Items for this column are due the Friday before Thursday’s publication date. Write to Linda Weaver, P.O. Box 1447, Chattanooga, TN 37401-1447; fax 668-5071; e-mail lweaver@timesfreepress.com.