Annual Wellness Day is Saturday at Gateway

It will be a Saturday to enjoy and to also learn something.

Wellness Day, called “Wine, Jazz and Wellness,” will be Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gateway. There will be speakers, entertainment, information booths and light refreshments.

Now in its third year, the event has been expanded from simply a day to increase wellness awareness to a more festive time with wine and jazz.

The event is so big that it will take place in both the Fireside Room and the adjacent Court of Flags. It is cosponsored by the Fitness and Recreation departments.

The program will begin at 9 a.m. in the Fireside Room where there will be speakers on wellness and alternative health care every hour on the hour through 3 p.m.

The keynote speech at 10 a.m. will feature Dr. Len Saputo talking about “Alternative Health Care.”

The rest of the schedule includes: 9 a.m., Lee Taylor on “Everyday Benefits of Functional Fitness”; 11 a.m., Dr. Dave Smith on “Chinese Qi Gong”; noon, Dan Graham on “Healthy Living Technology”; 1 p.m., Dr. George Baloyra on “Beyond Chiropractic”; 2 p.m., Dr. John Toth on “Circulation and EGPA Pain Management”; and 3 p.m., Dr. Elliot Wagner on “Pain and Insomnia.”

Booths located in the adjacent Court of Flags will have information about wellness and alternative health care throughout the day.

Light refreshments, including wine, will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireside Room.

Residents can also enjoy jazz in the Court of Flags during the midday. Duo Gadjo will perform from 11 to 11:45 a.m.; Jack Pollard and In Disguise from 1 to 2 p.m.; and Branice McKenzie and her trio from 2:15 to 3 p.m.

Booths will feature the Full Plate; AbleBodyworks by Carl Brown, GNLD Dietary Products by Sonia's Beauty and Body Shop; and the Rossmoor Wellness Group.

Also featured will be “Moving the Body and Mind” with Ofer Erez and Gary Smith; “Benefits of Massage” by Anita King; “Chair Massage” by Deborah Stephens; “Cleanse and Wellness” by Zoltan Antaloczy; and “Quick and Healthy Cooking” by Jamie Davidson.

For information, call the Fitness Center at 988-7850. 301.302

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