Dave Olday is our walker for February. He is 68 years young and has been married to Cheri for 5 years. They moved here 3 years ago from Fargo, North Dakota, after he retired as a college teacher. They moved to Havasu because of our great weather!  Dave walks about 4 miles every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with several friends in his neighborhood or at Rotary Park. He has Coronary Artery disease and had a bypass 12 ½ years ago.  He walks for his health and has had no health issues since. He says he feels better physically when he is active.  Dave is chair of the Havasu Heart Society under the HCHF umbrella, which hosts monthly public educational forums. Dave thinks appealing to people medically is not effective in getting people active. He believes that forming walking or exercise groups and making it social is what works. So get several friends together and “Get On Your Feet!”

Get your team together and plan to do the Relay of Celebration on February 23rd, 2013.
Now's the time to get started on your fitness level for the upcoming ROC Relay Race! 
We will be walking Leg 2 on Sat, Feb 2nd.  We are meeting at 6:45am at Jack Hardie Park carpooling to Montana Steak House. 
(The Leg Maps can be downloaded from the HHWC webpage. Click on HHWC link to the left.)
Please call Linda Scoles at 208-9150 or email her HERE to let her know if you will be walking so we don't leave you behind.

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER/VOLUNTEER FOR THE ROC
For a printable REGISTRATION FORM click HERE
For a printable VOLUNTEER Form click HERE
For complete information found in the ROC Handbook click HERE

For more information check out their Facebook page HERE

At 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon, February 24, dancers will participate in the 2nd Annual Line Dance on the London Bridge to benefit Havasu Community Health Foundation. 

Help us break our prior record!  Last year, we documented 1,041 dancer's actively participating.  This year, the event is back, by popular demand!

Start practicing the Electric Slide (to the song -As Fast As You by Dwight Yoakam.  Click HERE for video of Electric Slide line dance.) and Straight 8  (to the song - He Drink Tequila by Sammy Kershaw & Lorrie Morgan.  Click HERE for video of Straight 8 line dance.)

It is affordable, fun, and dancing is a great fitness activity.  If you register by February 11, Adults can register for only $10, and students for $5.  Starting February 12, registration goes up to $15/adult and $10/student.   Event t-shirts must be ordered by February 11, in order to be guaranteed a shirt.  CLICK HERE  to register on-line.  If you want an event shirt, that can be ordered on-line, as well before Feb 12th.

For additional information, call (928) 453-8190, or visit the HCHF office at 2126 McCulloch Blvd., Unit 7, Lake Havasu City.

The Cancer Association of Havasu honored Dr. Michael Lyster with the Hero Award at the Cancer Ball of Havasu, Saturday, February 2.  Dr. Lyster received the award for his dedication to improving the health and well-being of this community.  His commitment has been demonstrated by his participation in the Cancer Association's educational program. Dr. Lyster has written many informative articles for the Association's quarterly Havasu Heals Havasu newsletters (15,000 copies printed quarterly).  He has been a guest speaker for the Association’s televised Havasu Heals Havasu program, at their Cancer Survivors’  Breakfast, and at cancer support group meetings. To honor Dr Lyster, the Cancer Association will give three $1000 scholarships in his name to Mohave Community College nursing students during the 2013-14 academic year.

Pictured are: (front) Evie Cistaro and Dr. Michael Lyster, (back) Kathy Hodel and Tom Felke. (Kathy Hodel presented the award.  Evie Cistaro and Thom Felke are prior award recipients – Evie in 2006 and Thom in 2009.)

The Cancer Association of Havasu would like to thank all who attended, sponsored and supported the Cancer Ball!

Havasu Community Health Foundation has an opportunity to partner with the Mohave County Department of Health by providing smoking cessation classes. We recently learned that Mohave has the second highest county smoking rate in the U.S. We want to help reduce tobacco use in our community. Volunteers are needed to go through the necessary training and become certified coaches for smoking cessation classes.

Interested volunteers will start with a very basic web-based training that’s done independently. This will give them a good idea of how to talk with smokers about quitting.

The Cancer Association of Havasu and the Havasu Community Health Foundation offer lab-screenings for our community.

Local residents who pay a low co-payment, can benefit from CA-125 (Ovarian Cancer, Lung Cancer) and PSA (Prostate Cancer) screenings supported by the Cancer Association of Havasu. These early-detection screenings are made available as a result of the successful fundraising efforts of the Cancer Association volunteers as well as voluntary donations.  Mammograms (screening and diagnostic) are available for low cost also. (For more information on mammograms click HERE )

Havasu Community Health Foundation makes a number of common wellness screenings available at a nominal cost: Hemoglobin A1c, Urinalysis, Complete Blood Count, Vitamin D, TSDH-Thyroid, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), and Lipid Panel. These tests are subsidized by HCHF funds gathered through local fundraising events and undesignated donations. (For more information on laboratory tests click HERE )

Undesignated donations to the Foundation will enable current screenings programs to continue as well as allow growth of new health-related programs and services.

To take advantage of these screening programs, individuals complete a form and pay all applicable co-payments at the Havasu Community Health Foundation Office located in The Shambles, 2126 McCulloch Blvd. Unit 7, Lake Havasu City, AZ.