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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Next FranciscanFit Mallwalkers Program Set for Aug. 24

"Balance and Strength As We Age" is the presentation topic for the next Franciscanfit -- Steps to Good Health monthly Mallwalkers program.

The free event, sponsored by Franciscan Alliance hospitals in northern Indiana and Westfield Southlake mall, is scheduled for 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 24.

The public is invited to attend a 9 a.m. presentation of the program theme offered by Jane Bogordos, exercise physiologist at Omni 41 Health and Fitness Connection in Schererville. She will discuss the benefits of balance and core strength during the aging process.

Pulmonary function screenings will be offered by Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point.

New Mallwalkers members are welcome to register for the program, which takes place on the mall's lower level, outside of JC Penney, on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Regular walkers hours are 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9 to 11 a.m. Sundays.

For more information, call (800) 931-3322.

Other Franciscan Alliance hospitals in northern Indiana include Franciscan Physicians Hospital in Munster, St. Margaret Health-Dyer and Hammond and St. Anthony Health-Michigan City.

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