Speaker series to discuss
breast cancer prevention
LUMBERTON — The Breakfast at Biggs speaker series will continue on Tuesday with Catherine Gaines, Southeastern Health’s lead patient navigator.
Gaines, also a physician assistant, will discuss breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment at 8 a.m. in the retail space beside JCPenney in Biggs Park Mall. For information, call 910-671-9393.
Physiologist will speak on
the importance of exercise
LUMBERTON — Candace Langston, clinical exercise physiologist with Southeastern Health, will present her program, “Fitness is Medicine,” on Wednesday.
The program will be held at the Community Health Education Center located across from the mall office at Biggs Park Mall at 8:30 a.m. For information, call 910-671-9393.
Southeastern Health to
host women’s health fair
LUMBERTON — Southeastern Health is sponsoring a health fair focusing on breast cancer awareness on Oct. 16.
Booths will be located throughout Biggs Park mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will feature educational information about prevention, detection and treatment of breast cancer. For information, call 910-671-5762.
Wesley Pines Retirement
Community to host walk
LUMBERTON — The annual Alzheimer’s Walk for Memory, hosted by Wesley Pines Retirement Community, will be held on Oct. 17.
The walk starts at the retirement community at 1000 Wesley Pines Road. The organizers of the event are raising money for Alzheimer’s North Carolina by selling raffle tickets for a three-night cruise to the Bahamas from Debbie’s Destinations.
The tickets are on sale for $20 a ticket. For information on the walk, or on purchasing a raffle ticket, call Amy Hammond at 910-272-3006.
Heart Association to hold
Pembroke walk on Oct. 24
PEMBROKE —The American Heart Association is holding a walk in Pembroke on Oct. 24.
The free Robeson County Heart Walk will be held at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s James B. Chavis University Center from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration begins at 8 a.m. This event is free and open to everyone. For information, call 910-521-8602 or 910-775-4000.
