Last night at the borough council meeting, Mayor Pat Stoner declared it \u201cNational Women\u2019s Health Week\u201d in Tyrone.
\n \u201cThe mayor is going to declare National Women\u2019s Health Week in Tyrone which correlates what\u2019s going on nationwide right now,\u201d said nurse practitioner at Dr. Thomas O\u2019Brien\u2019s office, Denise Kay.
\nThe special week is geared at providing education for women\u2019s health and to aide in more healthy lifestyles. Culminating National Women\u2019s Health Week in Tyrone is the first annual mother-daughter day to be held at the Tyrone Hospital on Saturday for women of all ages.
\n\u201cThe mayor is going to do our welcome,\u201d said Kay of the special events planned for Saturday. \u201cCharlotte Ames is going to be one of our highlighted speakers.\u201d
\nIn addition to speakers that will provide health information, area businesses will be at the event to provide food and entertainment.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re involving community businesses along with giving out health information that day, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to create is kind of a fun day,\u201d said Kay. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to highlight women during this National Women\u2019s Health Week and provide education. Also, involve some social activity and fun while involving businesses.\u201d
\nKay said the goal of the program is that mothers should bring their daughters, but the event of Saturday is open to any interested mother, daughter, sister or friend. Appropriate ages are for 13 and up.
\nThe first annual mother-daughter day is scheduled for this Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tyrone Hospital. Call to register for the free program at 684-3639 or 1-888-437-4329.
\nThe event, which is sponsored by the Women\u2019s Health Center of Tyrone, Dr. O\u2019Brien and Kay, will feature many speakers and special activities to provide all in attendance with information and fun.
\nThe featured speakers include: Mayor Stoner, Charlotte Ames from WTAJ-TV, Janice Stoubnour from Penn State Cooperative Extension who will discuss mother-daughter communication issues, and Candy Beers who will discuss eating disorders.
\nSpecial activities include: morning yoga stretch with instructor Maho, a fashion show with fashions from Patrice\u2019s Boutique, refreshments from Joybeans, and a luncheon from the Middle of the Road.
\n\u201cOur office, the hospital and Dr. O\u2019Brien is trying to start quarterly women\u2019s health education programs,\u201d added office manager Robin Garman. \u201cOne of the things I\u2019ve always stressed is women taking care of their children, their family and sometimes their parents, just women taking care of themselves and what their goals would be.\u201d
\nAccording to Garman, she sees more educational days being planned for women in the future by Dr. O\u2019Brien\u2019s office. The point of the sessions will be to provide information and fun for all women so that they can be healthy and successful in both their personal and professional lives.
\n\u201cAnyone that\u2019s come to the programs, I think has enjoyed it. The main goal was to educate them on whatever the topic of the month was. But this is actually going to be a fun time,\u201d said Garman of the future of the programs, and especially the events planned for this Saturday.
\nThe next educational session provided by Dr. O\u2019Brien\u2019s office is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, titled, \u201cVaginal health: What\u2019s up, down there?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night at the borough council meeting, Mayor Pat Stoner declared it \u201cNational Women\u2019s Health Week\u201d in Tyrone. \u201cThe mayor is going to declare National Women\u2019s Health Week in Tyrone which correlates what\u2019s going on nationwide right now,\u201d said nurse practitioner at Dr. Thomas O\u2019Brien\u2019s office, Denise Kay. The special week is geared at providing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}