Norton Healthcare Get Healthy Walking Expo
at the Louisville Zoo March 28

 

 Are you ready to get serious and get healthy? Come to the Louisville Zoo and find out how at the annual Norton Healthcare Get Healthy Walking Expo, Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Zoo entrance.

The expo is free for Get Healthy Walking Club members. Join the club and register for the expo by calling (502) 629-1234.

During the expo, Norton Healthcare will offer several free health screenings, including blood pressure checks, blood glucose readings, bone density screenings, sleep apnea risk assessments and stroke risk assessments. Preregistration is not required for these screenings.

The Norton Cancer Institute Mobile Prevention Center also will provide breast, colon, cervical and prostate cancer screenings. Participants should be at least 40 years old, and it should have been at least one year since their last screening. Call (502) 629-1234 to preregister for mobile center screenings.

Cholesterol screenings also will be offered for $25 from 9 a.m. until noon. Preregistration (call 502-629-1234) is required as individuals must fast for eight hours before the cholesterol screening for accuracy.

There will be a free cooking demonstration by Julie Terrell with Flex Appeal, an exercise demonstration by Tanika Owens with TNT Fitness Training, and a group fitness walk lead by a member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training.

Exhibitors participating in the Get Healthy Walking Expo include The Ride to Conquer Cancer, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, Swag’s Sport Shoes, Natural Awakenings, Seniors Physical Therapy, Wolter Chiropractic, Louisville Athletic Club, Rainbow Blossom, PNC Bank, The Spine Center, Costco, YMCA and The Vitamin Shoppe.

The Norton Healthcare Get Healthy Walking Club is a free program that promotes walking and healthy lifestyles. As a partner, the Louisville Zoo offers safe and invigorating walking privileges during the year as well as other benefits, including:

• Walking club members can walk the Louisville Zoo from 8 to 9:30 a.m. every day except Sunday, March through Oct. 31 and during twilight hours 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, June 4 through August 15. You must show your walking club card.

• $5 admission on any adult guests accompanying a walking club member on the walks during twilight hours only.

• $5 off any new Louisville Zoo membership.

Norton Healthcare also provides:

• A free Best Foot Forward Kit, which includes a Get Healthy Walking Club card, T-shirt, wrist pack, walking log, pedometer and walking maps.

• Route and distance information for walking at the zoo (which is 1.1 miles of hard surface walkways with both flat and hilly terrain. Directional signs also give health tips.) Directional signs help keep walkers on track.

• Invitations to club activities, including fitness presentations and screenings

• Free subscription to Get Healthy Magazine

Join by calling (502) 629-1234 or register in person at the March 28 expo.