Heartbeats for Life!
2007 – 2008 Schedule of Activities*
Details at our 24-hour voice mail 585-234-7076 ~ www.heartbeats4life.org
* Subject to change. Check voice mail or website for up to
date topics and speakers.
All Heartbeats! meetings are on the second Monday of the month from September-July. Mark your calendar!
All potlucks/programs** - Members free; guests $3.00 at the
door. No reservations or tickets needed.
Potluck: 6:30 p.m. Presentation: 7:30 p.m.
Please bring a low fat, vegetarian dish to pass or some cut fruit, your own place setting and a beverage.
(No cheese or other animal products, please.)
Everyone is welcome. Come join us to learn about healthy
living for reversal of disease or prevention.
Monroe County Cornell Cooperative Extension, Auditorium, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY
Across from Highland Park ~ Free parking.
** December and April dinners out are specially prepared for us by the restaurants. Dinners are at 6:00 p.m. Prepay and reservations required. Check voice mail or this website for cost, location and details.
September 10, 2007, 6:45 p.m. - No potluck
Special Event: Kick-off HFL’s 12th Year of Programs!
Ornish Live!
The Power of Lifestyle Changes:
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease and Related Illnesses Such as Diabetes and Obesity
A special satellite meeting with Dr. Dean Ornish, LIVE
from the Preventive Medicine Institute in California.
Monroe County Cornell Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY, (Across from Highland Park)
Members frees. Guests $3 per person.
Free parking
October 8, 2007 6:30 p.m. Potluck 7:30 Presentation
Wellness Development:
The Role of Support in the Quest for Healthy Living
Dr. Robert F. Klein, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, U of R Medical School; Chair, Heartbeats for Life!
Social interaction and support are keys to making and maintaining changes in your life that will improve your health. The program will include a presentation by Dr. Klein, followed by small group discussions about the joys and obstacles found on the road to healthy living.
November 12, 2007 6:30 Potluck 7:30 Presentation
"Opening Our Hearts"
Speaker: Dawn Stranges, Ph D
We all know what an open mind means.
It helps us to accept new concepts, ideas and knowledge.
Along with this, we need to open our hearts in order to accept
the changes that life sends our way, and to try healthier diet or exercise.
Dr. Stranges will talk about and lead us in an interactive exercise on
"Opening Our Hearts,"
an essential part of healthy living.
Northfield Food & Drink...The former Spring House Restaurant
3001 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 *
Park and enter from the
back of the building.
Join us for a festive, low-fat,
vegetarian dinner prepared especially for us by Chef Dave Bunts.
$35.00 per person includes dinner, dessert, coffee/tea, gratuity, and a
$10. donation to Heartbeats.
Open bar available for additional beverages, as you choose.
Reservations and prepay on a first come, first served basis,
required by 12:00 noon, Friday, December 7, 2007.
Sorry, cancellations after this time cannot be reimbursed.
Please mail your check for $35. per
person to: Maureen Parker, 601 Greatbrook Apartments, Victor, NY 14564. Please
include your name, address and phone number.
Questions? Call HFL 24 hour voice mail 585-234-7076
Monday, January 14
Potluck: 6:30 p.m. Presentation: 7:30 p.m.Wellness Development: Stress Reduction
We will view Ann and Dean Ornish's new DVD on meditation,
followed by small groups discussion on meditation and
its role in stress reduction for healthy living.
$3.00 guests; free to HFL members
More information: 24 hour voice mail 585-234-7076
Monday, February 11, 2008
Potluck: 6:30 p.m. Presentation: 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Richard Botelho, author
"Motivate Healthy Habits: Stepping Stones to Lasting Change"
Dr. Botelho is professor of family medicine and nursing at the University of Rochester. He has been a family physician for twenty-five years as well as author, researcher, trainer and motivator. He advises practitioners to use four key motivational principles to help patients change behaviors.
To listen to an excerpt of Dr. Botelho's participation at a conference on behavior modification, go to http://store.hin.com/index.html, click on "audio conferences," click on "The Role of Behavior Modification in Disease Management and Health..." and scroll down to Dr. Botelho's photo for the audio clip. Scroll beneath the audio clip for his biography.
$3.00 guests; free to HFL members
Questions? Call 24 hour voice mail 585-234-7076
March 10: "Wellness Development – Stress Reduction"
Book Review of The Spectrum, by Dean Ornish, MD, with recipes by Art Smith
Dr. Robert F. Klein, chair of Heartbeats for Life, will review the newly released book by Dr. Dean Ornish. As stated on the book cover, "The Spectrum [is] an empowering new program that enables you to personalize a way of eating and living that's just right for you, based on your own needs, genes and preferences."
$3.00 guests; free to HFL members
Questions? Call 24 hour voice mail 585-234-7076
April 14: Spring Dinner Out – Ornish Preparation –
Reservations and prepay neededYou, your family and friends are cordially invited to our
Spring Dinner - Ornish Style
6:00 p.m., Monday, April 14,
2008
Welcome in spring with a low-fat, vegetarian dinner prepared especially
to our Heartbeats specifications by Chef Aaron.
Tasteology, 3400 Monroe Avenue, Pittsford, NY For directions, a virtual tour of the restaurant and about their Green Wines, go to www.tasteology.net You will LOVE what you see!
10% of the proceeds from the ENTIRE restaurant on the night of our dinner will be donated to Heartbeats!
$25.00 per person includes dinner, dessert, coffee/tea, gratuity and a $5. donation to Heartbeats.
Beer and wine available for additional charge, as you choose.
Reservations and prepay on a first come, first served basis,
required by 12:00 noon, Friday, April 11, 2008.
Sorry, cancellations after this time cannot be reimbursed.
Please mail your check for $25.
per person to: Maureen Parker, 601 Greatbrook Apartments, Victor, NY 14564.
Please include your name, address and phone number.
Menu…Curried
White Bean and Kale Soup * Breads and spread
Mixed Greens topped with Fennel, Roasted Beet, Blood Orange
Wild Mushroom Barley Risotto with balsamic reduction and Glazed Market
Vegetables
Grilled Fruit, Granola, and Gingered Fat-free Yogurt Parfait * decaf coffee
and tea
Questions? Call HFL 24 hour voice mail 585-234-7076 www.heartbeats4life.org
Monday, May 12, 2008
barbara bruce
Mental Aerobics - Maintaining Brain Fitness
Her books will be for sale at this event.
Check out Barbara's website www.bbruce.com
Monday, June 9, 2008
Wellness Development: Weight Loss
Speaker: Peggy Weston Byrd
Peggy is on the steering committee for Heartbeats and is the facilitator of HFL's Healthy Living Weight Loss Support Group. Beginning in 2002, Peggy used the Ornish program to lose eighty pounds in an effort to prevent heart disease that is part of her family history. Maintaining a healthy weight is a major part of healthy living, Yet overweight and obesity are major problems in relation to diabetes, heart and cardiovascular-related health concerns. We will explore the issue of weight loss in the context of the Heartbeats program of diet, exercise, meditation and social interaction.
Suggested reading includes "The Spectrum" by Dean Ornish and "Body Clutter" by Marla Cilley and Leanne Ely. Both are available ay www.amazon.com
Potluck Picnic ~ July 14, 2008 ~
6:00 p.m.This is a nice, relaxed event. All family and friends welcome! Rain or Shine! Weather permitting, we'll take a walk in the park after supper.
"Roadside" shelter, Ellison Park, Rochester, NY. Take Rt. 590 to Blossom Road exit. Ellison is on Blossom Road, east of Mercy High School.
 | Ellison Park information and directions: http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-ellison.php |
| Enter the park at the “Hazelwood Lodge” entrance off Blossom Road. Look for Heartbeats! signs. |
| Restrooms are available a short walk from our shelter. |
Picnic checklist:
To pass:
[ ] Vegetarian, low-fat dish to pass
[ ] Serving utensils for your dish
Bring your own:
[ ] Place setting, including dishes, knives/forks/spoons, and glassware. Tablecloths will be provided.
[ ] Beverages, ice
[ ] Veggie burgers and/or veggies to grill. No meat, please. A charcoal grill will be hot and ready for your use.
[ ] Bug spray
[ ] Folding chair – optional. The shelter has tables and benches. or, you may want to bring a cushion for the bench.
[ ] Ellison is a carry in-carry out park. Please be prepared to carry out your own refuse.
24-hour voice mail: (585) 234-7076 or www.heartbeats4life.org