Elizabeth Smart to speak at forum on health in Girard

Staff report

GIRARD

Elizabeth Smart, a nationally known kidnapping survivor and prominent child-protection advocate, speaks next month at the Healthy Woman Expo and Dinner at the Mahoning Country Club, 710 E. Liberty St.

The Sept. 19 event, sponsored by ValleyCare Health System of Ohio, begins with a Women’s Health Expo from 4 to 6 p.m. that is free and open to the public.

The expo will include health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol and bone density, as well as provide booths featuring products and services of interest to women. ValleyCare physicians, nurses and staff will provide information on a wide range of women’s health issues.

A ticketed dinner immediately follows the expo in the country club’s Grand Ballroom, where Smart will speak on “Overcoming Adversity” and share some of her story.

In June 2002, Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City home in the middle of the night and the ensuing search to find her continued for nine months. In the years since her ordeal, Smart has become a highly visible advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs and legislation, and she is a correspondent for ABC News.

Tickets for the dinner are $30. Dinner seating is limited and reservations are required.

Visit www.NorthsideMedicalCenter.net/HealthyWoman or www.TrumbullMemorial.net/healthywoman to purchase dinner tickets online, join the Healthy Woman program or receive information. Tickets are on sale now.

The ValleyCare Health System of Ohio chapter of Healthy Woman launched last October. It currently includes a network of more than 2,000 members and features a series or seminars, health fairs, education programs and interactive events focusing on empowering women to make informed health and well-being decisions for themselves and their family members.

Women of all ages may join the program for free. For information, contact Kelli McCormick at 330-884-1066 or Peg Krozier at 330-841-5600.