18 • March 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Sutter Health Tackles Colon Cancer Prevention With “Scope For Hope” 5K/10K Fun Run


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ On the morning of April 9, hundreds of community members will gather at Julliard Park in down- town Santa Rosa for Sut- ter Health’s second annu- al Scope


for


Hope 5K/10K Fun Run & Walk. Pro- ceeds from this event will fund colo- noscopies for uninsured


people in our County. Scope for


Hope encour- ages teams and family friendly underwear costumes, and holds a hilarious underwear costume contest at the event. “Colon cancer is the 2nd top cancer killer in Sonoma County, but is very preventable. We want to hold an event that is super fun,


healthy and increases the num- ber of people getting screened. We can do this!” said Lizzie Moore, Oncology Services Co- ordinator and Co- Director of the race. T e Scope for Hope Directors


are aim-


ing to double atten- dance at this year’s event, and to make it better. It will be pro- fessionally chipped and timed and there will be prizes for race


and costume


contest winners. T is year it will be held at its new loca- tion at Julliard Park. Several teams have


already made plans to don spe- cial boxer shorts or costumes with their company name on them for all of the members of their team. “No butts about it, we plan to use lots of humor and puns to get people talking about the colon,” said Moore.


Sutter is not attempting to hold Scope for Hope alone. It is be- ing supported by its Platinum sponsors (KBBL) Hot Coun- try 106.3 “T e Bull” radio sta- tion and Healdsburg Running Company, Gold level sponsors Santa Rosa Youth Express Run- ning Club, Signarama, North Bay Business Journal, and Sil- ver level sponsors California Association for Nurse Practitio- ners - North Bay Chapter, Biotoc Beverages and Kaia FIT. Addi- tional sponsors are still being welcomed. “We’re really excited to be sponsoring this event again this year, and we have a lot of fun things up our sleeves to get people excited about it.” said Dr. Doug, DJ at Sonoma County radio station, Hot Country 106.3 “T e Bull”. “When we can do an event like this that helps save lives…I’m in!” Although the day is meant


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to be lighthearted, the event will pause for meaningful a cer- emony to honor those who have been lost to colon cancer and colon cancer survivors who at- tend will be honored. T ere will also be educational materials about colon cancer and colon cancer prevention at the event. “T e Healdsburg Running Company is having a great time support-


ing this


event. We are excited to see ex- perienced racers and


those using it to get in shape come out for this event. As a fi rst time sponsor, I am espe- cially looking forward to seeing all the fun costumes, too.” said Skip Brand, owner of Healds- burg Running Company. For more information, or to reg- ister for the event, go to www. sutterpacifi c.org/events, or call Lisa Amador at 707-576-4697.


A lonely man buys a parrot to keep him company. Unfortunate- ly, the parrot curses a blue streak. The man yells at it to stop, but this only makes the bird swear more. Even throwing a blanket over its cage doesn’t quiet it down. Furious, the man tosses the parrot into the freezer, and all goes quiet. Too quiet. The man throws open the freezer door. The parrot climbs out, and humbly says, “I’m sorry for the trouble I’ve caused you, sir. I promise to


improve my vocabulary. By the way, what did the chicken do?” (A Re-print by popular demand)


“I was playing chess with my friend and he


said, ‘Let’s make this interesting’. So we stopped playing chess.”


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Miracle Production Shekeyna Black


www.AMiracleProductionAMP.com A Miracle Production (AMP)


Produces & Promotes concerts, festivals and events focusing on economic and environmental sustainability.


(707) 529-0816 shekeyna@AMiracleProductionAMP.com 18 • March 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ~ George Burns


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