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WHAT'S NEW
AT THE CANCER WELLNESS CENTER
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- Virtual Lectures & Education Programs
- Blood Cancer Q&A
- Who Cares for the Caregiver?
- Seeking Presence with Prayer, Poetry, and Mindfulness Practice
- Virtual Wellness Classes and Workshops
- Wellness Classes
- Family Yoga
- Learn to Meditate
- CWC Blog
- Thank you from all of us!
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Virtual Lectures &
Education Programs
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Jayesh Mehta, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Dr. Mehta will answer your questions about treatment of hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplantation, and infection prevention precautions in immunocompromised patients (including COVID-19).
*Program is in collaboration with Leukemia Research Foundation.
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Who Cares for the Caregiver?
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Donna Oldenburg, MA, LCPC, NCC |
Wednesday, May 20, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
This presentation will explore the challenges of caregiving along with strategies to reduce the anxieties inherent in the role.
Topics include: finding sources for support, fostering self-care, maintaining intimacy, and finding gratitude in the role.
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Seeking Presence with Prayer, Poetry, and Mindfulness Practice
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Rabbi Karyn Kedar, Senior Rabbi of Congregation BJBE, Deerfield |
Tuesday, May 26, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
This lecture is based on Rabbi Kedar's book of the same title. Spend the afternoon in learning from one of our most beloved local clergy. Explore the meaning of presence and how to attain it through poetry, prayer and mindfulness practice.
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Virtual
Wellness Classes & Workshops
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CWC is offering variety of wellness classes virtually. Please note:
- Registration to all classes closes at 4:00 pm the day before the class
- Class opens for log-in 15 minutes prior to the start time
- Class closes for log-in 5 minutes after the class starts
- An email with log-in instructions will be sent the evening before class.
- Registration in each class is only needed one time. You will be permanently added to the class roster
The class schedule for next week will be as follows:
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Yoga
Monday, May 11, 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Stress Relief Yoga
Monday, May 11, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Supported by Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
Call or email to register
847.723.5690
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Yoga
Tuesday, May 12, 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Exercise for Cancer Patients
Tuesday, May 12, 9:30 - 10:30 am
Supported by Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
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Call or email to register
847.723.5690
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Sitting Together
Tuesday, May 12, 10:45 - 11:45 am
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Open to those who have taken Mindfulness Basics in the past.
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Yoga
Wednesday, May 13, 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Strength and Conditioning
Wednesday, May 13, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Yoga
Thursday, May 14, 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Yoga
Friday, May 15, 9:30 - 10:30 am
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Qigong
Friday, May 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Stress Reduction
Friday, May 15, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
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If you are unfamiliar with this platform and would like to learn or practice in advance feel free to use WebEx's online tutorials.
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Wednesday, May 13, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
The class is designed to help melt away tension, decrease feelings of stress, as well as increase a sense of calmness and peacefulness in the family. The program is intended for kids ages 5-18 and their families.
Presented by: Katie Hoffman, RYT
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Monday, May 18, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Join us to learn more about mindfulness and meditation, as well as, how they can promote peaceful living while living with illness. Participants will learn basic meditation skills.
Presented by: Carl Jerome, North Shore Dharma and Meditation Center
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Looking for a new way to stay connected and up to date with the Center during these unprecedented times?
Check out the CWC Blog! With regular blog posts full of insight from our experienced staff about wide ranging topics relating to the important work that we do at CWC.
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Kindness is contagious.
We could not do our work without the generosity of our donors and supporters like you.
From all of us at the Cancer Wellness Center, Thank you!
We would also like to take the opportunity to
THANK all of the amazing nurses at our partnering and referral hospitals and medical practices. We appreciate you
EVERY DAY
but are singing your praises even more loudly during this time.
Thank you for all you do to care for patients and families throughout the year.
HAPPY NURSES WEEK!
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All programs are offered free of charge and are open to anyone impacted by cancer including patients, and their families, friends, and caregivers.
Programs are offered at one of two locations:
215 Revere Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062
Grayslake location
Wildwood Presbyterian Church, 18630 W. Old Gages Lake Road, Grayslake, IL 60030
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Your support of the Cancer Wellness Center ensures that we can provide high quality programs like these, free of charge. Thank you for supporting our mission!
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A word from Steve Lewis, Chairman of the CWC Board of Directors and owner of Lewis Floor and Home.
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You are receiving this email from the Cancer Wellness Center because you either opted in via our website, participated in CWC programs or events, or generously donated to support our mission.
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