Run, Retreat For Your Health With Autumn Events

Best-selling author and transformational expert Marci Shimoff is the featured speaker at Parma Hospital's HealthiHer Retreat on October 15.

Whether you choose an invigorating run for your physical benefit or a fulfilling retreat to refresh your mind and heart, Parma Community General Hospital has something for you.

For runners and power walkers, Parma Hospital is hosting its first 5K on Saturday, September 24. The race features a unique course that begins at Medical Arts Center 4 on the Hospital campus and winds through Ridgewood Municipal Golf Course. Prizes will be given in each age division, and the bonuses include health screenings and refreshments.

Proceeds from the race will benefit Parma Hospital's Adult Day Care programs.

Register by online at www.hermescleveland.com by Friday, September 23 at 9 a.m. The race costs $20 for those pre-registered and $25 on the day of the race, and all participants will receive a long-sleeve T-shirt.

The Third Annual HealthiHer Retreat on Saturday, October 15 features a world-renowned transformational expert and breakout sessions with experts in pain management, gynecology and healthy lifestyles.

Marci Shimoff, author of Love for No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love, and the woman's face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, Chicken Soup for the Soul, will be the keynote speaker at the Retreat, which takes place at the Strongsville Holiday Inn from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is $35 for HealthiHer members and $40 for non-members and includes a healthy, delicious breakfast and lunch. Participants can choose between three breakout sessions and peruse a wide variety of vendors.

Shimoff is an acclaimed authority on success and happiness and has been on more than 500 television and radio shows and interviewed for over 100 newspaper articles nationwide. Her writing has appeared in national women's magazines, including Ladies Home Journal and Woman's World. A celebrated transformational leader, Shimoff has inspired millions of people around the world, sharing her breakthrough methods for personal fulfillment and professional success. She has been a top-rated trainer for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, General Motors, Sears, Kaiser Permanente and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

To register for the HealthiHer Retreat, call 440-743-4900 or go to www.parmahospital.org/programsandclasses.