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March 26 is epilepsy awareness day

Submitted by Jennifer Lifsey, Digital Community Producer
Monday, March 26th, 2012, 9:31am
March 26 is epilepsy awareness day

 

Monday is International Wear Purple Day.

Purple Day is an effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide.

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How to fight those spring allergies

Submitted by Jennifer Lifsey, Digital Community Producer
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, 9:30am
How to fight those spring allergies

 

By Cyreia Sandlin

It's that time of year, when people spend their free time outside. But how do folks avoid those pesky allergies?

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SC students to participate in Walk to School Day

Submitted by Jennifer Lifsey, Digital Community Producer
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 5:50pm
SC students to participate in Walk to School Day

BEAUFORT CO., SC (WTOC) - Wednesday is Walk to School Day in South Carolina.

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Comfort Suites in Bluffton to Host Second Free Health Screening Event

Submitted by Comfort Suites Bluffton, Comfort Suites Bluffton, SC
Friday, February 3rd, 2012, 1:14pm
Comfort Suites in Bluffton to Host Second Free Health Screening Event

Bluffton, SC –The Bluffton Comfort Suites hotel, located in the Belfair Towne Village, has partnered up with several local businesses in the health care industry to offer an afternoon of free health screenings, spa treatments and the sampling of several health-related products from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 4.

Wellness activist, Karrie Blew will give a presentation at 1:30 p.m. and again at 3:00 p.m.

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Friday is National Go Red for Women

Submitted by Jennifer Lifsey, Digital Community Producer
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012, 12:12pm
Friday is National Go Red for Women

Women plan to wear red on Friday as part of National Wear Red Day to raise awareness for heart disease.

An estimated 8 million women in the U.S. are living with heart disease, but only one in six American women believes that heart disease is her greatest health threat, according to the American Heart Association.

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Fitness program for dogs offered

Submitted by Leah, WTOC
Monday, January 2nd, 2012, 3:23pm
Fitness program for dogs offered

BEAUFORT, SC (WTOC) - Beaufort Dog at Habersham is offering free online consultations to help dog owners get their pets into shape.

 

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Golfers raise funds for Volunteers in Medicine

Submitted by Leah, WTOC
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, 12:04pm
Golfers raise funds for Volunteers in Medicine

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (WTOC) - Female golfers from several Hilton Head Island area golf communities gave a check for $1,563.22 to Volunteers In Medicine Hilton Head Island. The funds will go to the facility’s mammogram program. More than 50 golfers from the communities of Haig Point; Berkeley Hall; Port Royal; Long Cove; Sun City; Palmetto Hall; Moss Creek: and the Country Club of Hilton Head participated in the fund-raiser.

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