HEALTH & FITNESS CALENDAR

Fitness events

Daffodil Dash 3-Miler and Family Fun Run: 10 a.m. Saturday at Memphis Botanic Garden. $25; $10 ages 11-under (Family Fun Run only); $1 discount to Memphis Botanic Garden and Memphis Runners Track Club members. racesonline.com Swim Clinics for Memphis District Senior Olympics: 11 a.m.-noon Saturday. YMCA at Schilling Farms, 1185 Schilling Blvd., Collierville. Practice swim strokes and flip turns with Master Swimmer. Free for Senior Olympics participants. (901) 850-9622. Run for the Irish 5K: Sunday, 2 p.m. at Shelby Farms. Fee $22 race day. All proceeds benefit Memphis Irish Arts Foundation. Packet/t-shirt pickup at Fleet Feet from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday for those registered by midnight Friday. Call (901) 791 2884. Tennessee Trails Association: March 17, hike Village Creek State Park in Wynne, Ark. Meet 9:30 a.m. at Visitor Center (or carpool from Tennessee Welcome Center on Riverside Drive at 8 a.m.) 5-mile moderate trail hike, with a few hills. Call (901) 527-4308. tennesseetrails.org Germantown Half Marathon & Mayor’s Cup 5K: 7:30 a.m. March 18. Germantown Athletic Club, 1801 Exeter. 2012 Marathon $65 through March 17. Mayor’s Cup $25 through March 17. Call (901) 6524907. germantownhalfmarathon.com Tennessee Trails Association: March 24, hike Meeman-shelby Forest — Woodland Trail. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Visitor Center for a 3- to 4-mile hike; a few steep climbs. Call (901) 337-0410. tennesseetrails.org

Health events

Lifeblood — Blood Drives: Open to the public:

Today: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech, 127 Industrial Drive, Ripley, Tenn.; 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Armorel (Ark.) High School, 4555 North St.; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lausanne School, 1381 W. Massey.

Tuesday: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Shelby County Jury Commission, 157 Poplar, Suite 400.

Wednesday: 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Rossville Christian Academy, 280 High Street in Rossville; 1-4:30 p.m. at Kemmons Wilson Companies, 8700 Trail Lake Drive West; and 5:30-8:30 p.m. at New Discovery Church, 961 Vinson Road in Hernando.

Friday: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at White Station High School, 514 S. Perkins; 1-4 p.m. at Barnhart Crane and Rigging, 2163 Airways.

Saturday: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Marion (Ark.) United Methodist Church; 1-4 p.m. Brit Hadasha Synagogue, 6320 N. Quail Hollow Road.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Golden Gate, 3240 James Road; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2949 Davies Plantation Road, Lakeland; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Hope Presbyterian Church, 8500 Walnut Grove. American Cancer Society’s Look Good ... Feel Better Program: Free service teaching female cancer patients beauty techniques to help restore self-image. Call (800) 227-2345.

Today: 10 a.m.-noon at Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation, 7945 Wolf River Blvd., Suite 300, Germantown.

March 12: 5-7 p.m. Methodist Germantown Radiation, 1381 S. Germantown Road.

March 22: 5-7 p.m. at The Jones Clinic, 7710 Wolf River Circle, Germantown. Stroke Support Group: 4 p.m. Tuesday. Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital (#250), 7655 Poplar, Germantown. Education and support for survivors and caregivers. More info/register at (901) 516-6929. E-mail: angela.mensi@mlh.org Bariatric Surgery: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss. Free informational seminar. Seating is limited. Call (901) 765-1849 to register, reserve your seat. Crohn’s and Colitis Support Group: 7-8 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the Germantown Community Center. Call (901) 755-2755. Natural Family Planning Class (Billings Ovulation Method): 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Catholic Center, 5825 Shelby Oaks. $60 per couple. Preregistration required. Call (901) 373-1285. cdom.org Jones Clinic-facilitated Women Living with Advanced Cancer: Tuesday and also March 20 at Carriage Court, 1645 W. Massey. For program time, call (901) 202-7639. Stroke Support Group: 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday meeting at Baptist Memorial Hospital-memphis, 6025 Walnut Grove. Free. Stroke patients and their caregivers discuss topics that are important to them. Call (901) 226-5919. “Doctor Nose Best”: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday at Baptist Women’s Hospital (Classrooms A, B & C). Dr. John Touliatos discusses sinus disease, sinus surgery and allergies as well as addressing available treatment options and when to consider surgery. Call (901) 227-8478 or (800) 4-BAPTIST for reservations between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Bosom Buddies: The regularly scheduled Thursday meeting has been canceled. A special program has been scheduled for Friday at the National Ornamental Metal Museum. Call (901) 202-7639 for details. Bosom Buddies, a support and education group for women diagnosed with cancer. Survivorship and quality-of-life issues are the focus. Get Healthy Workshop: 2-3:30 p.m. Saturdays, through March 31 ($60) at Whole Body Health & Wellness, 5740 Getwell (Snowden Grove Office Park), Suite 4A, in Southaven. Four life-changing workshops. There will be handouts, healthy snacks, opportunity to spend time with a Certified Health Coach. Call (901) 734 2114, or go to treatwithnature.com and reserve your spot. You must have a confirmed reservation to attend. Mother/daughter Programs: 2 p.m. Sunday or March 25 (10- to 12-year-old girls); 2 p.m. March 18 (13- to 16-year-old girls) at Saint Francis Hospital, 5959 Park. $25 per family. Learn about growing up. (901) 373-1285. Stroke Support Group: Meeting 6:30 p.m. March 12 in Suite 141 of Methodist South Outpatient Rehabilitation, 1251 Wesley Drive, Whitehaven. Education and support for survivors and caregivers. (901) 516-3726. Surgical Weight Loss Options: 7 p.m. March 12 Seminar Room 2; 10 a.m. March 17 in Seminar Room 2; and noon March 28 in Seminar Room 1 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-memphis, 6019 Walnut Grove. Call (901) 226-LOSE (5673). Blood Drive: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. March 13. Remington College-memphis campus, 2710 Nonconnah Blvd. Blood drive is part of the college’s “3 Lives” campaign, an effort to increase the number of minority blood donors. Call (800) 448-6405, or visit online: 3Lives.com. Stroke Support Group: 4 p.m. March 13 at Methodist Hospital North (Day Room 1, Healthsouth Rehabilitation), 4100 Austin Peay. “Music a Part of Healing” is topic of discussion. Call (901) 516-5646. Women Helping Other Women: Breast Cancer Support Group: Meeting 7 p.m. March 13 at Baptist Women’s Health Center, 50 Humphreys Blvd., Suite 23. Free. Hip and Knee Replacement Class: 11 a.m.-noon March 14 and 11 a.m.-noon March 28 at Methodist North Hospital (Total Joint Center), 3960 New Covington Pike. Free. Space is limited. Call (901) 516-5639 to reserve your seat.

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