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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Women’s Wellness Weekends
Virginia State Parks offers Women’s Wellness Weekends and the next one is Oct. 15-17 with tickets going on sale June 1. The programs are designed for women looking to reduce stress, learn about nature and enjoy the great outdoors, according to the park system. Events are held at various parks across Virginia.
The next Women’s Wellness Weekend will be held at Bear Creek Lake State Park in Cumberland. The weekends run for three days—arrival on Friday and checkout on Sunday—with a new optional check-in on Thursday. For those not interested in spending the night, there’s a commuter option that is cheaper. 
The Women’s Wellness mission, according to the site, is “to provide educational and recreational opportunities that empower and enlighten women to sustain a healthy lifestyle by nurturing the mind, body and spirit.
Reservations are required. For more information, visit http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/wwwellness.shtml or join the Women’s Wellness Weekend Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/VaStateParksWomensWellnessWeekend?v=wall or call (800) 933-7275.
Posted by Terry Karnes at 07:03 PM. Filed under: Wellness •
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
From TV to Twitter
Women’s Health Virginia’s 13th annual conference, From TV to Twitter: Media’s Links to Healthy & Risky Behaviors, will take place on Friday, June 11, at Alumni Hall in Charlottesville. The day-long event will examine the exposure to media during childhood, teen years and young adulthood and the effects on wellness in those periods and on the lifelong well being of women. Speakers will also discuss how media’s positive impacts can be enhanced and negative ones mitigated.
The program will feature national and Virginia experts, who will discuss media’s impacts on physical and mental health and the social and educational development of young females from infancy through young adulthood. They will explore the connection between media and the development of healthy and risky behaviors, particularly regarding diet, nutrition, physical activity, violence, substance use, and relationships. They will also address how girls and young women are using media to access health information, how the media can effectively promote health, and how health professionals, educators, parents and others can help girls become more savvy about their media use.
“We know that girls, teens and young women are using a wide variety of media and that the impacts are great,” said Miriam Bender, chief executive officer of Women’s Health Virginia. “This program was designed to help all who share our concern about improving girls and women’s health to know how they can help girls understand the messages they see and hear and make better health decisions.”
Registration costs $75 and includes materials, lunch, parking and continuing education credits for health and education professionals. There is a special student registration for $40. Details about the schedule and speakers, continuing education credits and forms for mailed registration or online registration are available at http://www.womenshealthvirginia.org. For questions and phone registration with a credit card payment, call (434) 220-4500.
Women’s Health Virginia appreciates conference support from the Office of Women’s Health of the US Department of Health and Human Services, The Virginia Department of Health Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control and Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.
Women’s Health Virginia is a nonprofit organization, headquartered in Charlottesville, which enhances the health and well being of women and girls in Virginia through education, research and collaboration.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
PCA Presents: Women in the Arts
Piedmont Council of the Arts (PCA) is proud to announce “PCA Presents: Women in the Arts,” an exhibition on view in the upstairs hall at McGuffey Art Center throughout the month of June. “PCA Presents: Women in the Arts” features portrait images of women in the arts in our community taken by 12 local women photographers.
PCA will host a special “Preview Party” fundraiser on Thursday, June 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at McGuffey Art Center. There will be a public First Friday opening on Friday, June 4, and the exhibit will be on view throughout the month in accordance with McGuffey’s open hours for the public.
Exhibiting Artists: Lynne Brubaker, Stacey Evans, Jen Fariello, Ashley Florence, Stephanie Gross, Peggy Harrison, Barrie Humphries, Mary Motley Kalergis, Susan Kalergis, Ashley Twiggs, Sarah Cramer Shields, and Rachel Zahumensky.
Featured Subjects: Rita Mae Brown, I-Jen Fang, Jen Fariello, Rose Hill, Wendy Hsu, Mary Kalergis, Janet Kaltenbach, Miki Liszt, Bree Luck, Zap McConnell, Beatrix Ost, Laura Parsons, Leah Paschal, Karen Pellón, Morgan Perkins, Sharon Shapiro, Judith Shatin, Erica Shergold, Anne Slaughter, Lisa Russ Spaar, Leah Stoddard, Laura Thomas, Lyn Warren and more.
Preview Party: Proceeds from the Thursday, June 3 preview party will benefit PCA’s services to artists and audience development efforts. Tickets are $20 for PCA Members; $30 for nonmembers, and can be purchased online at http://www.charlottesvillearts.org/events. The event will include live entertainment by Performers Exchange Project (PEP) and musician Gina Sobel. Harvest Moon Catering and Market Street Wineshop will provide celebratory refreshments.
Silent Auction: During the preview party, PCA will highlight creative women in the business sector of our community through a silent auction of gifts donated by local women-owned businesses. Silent auction donors include Petit Bebe, Cappellino’s Crazy Cakes, Holladay Spa, Scarpa, and many more.
Contact Nikki Melton at for a full list of featured businesses. Preview Party guests will have the opportunity to bid on more than 40 items in the silent auction and purchase raffle tickets for prizes including a special portrait session with an exhibiting photographer.
“PCA Presents: Women in the Arts” is part of the statewide “Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts” initiative. More information: http://www.mindswideopen.org.
Piedmont Council of the Arts exists to promote access to and awareness of the arts of genres, to all people in the Charlottesville area. For more information, visit PCA online at http://www.charlottesvillearts.org.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Women Build Hike for Habitat
Women Build held its fourth annual Hike for Habitat on May 1, raising nearly $9,000 for the construction of the group’s eighth house. More than 65 hikers met for a light breakfast at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports, one of the hike’s sponsors, then dispersed to various locales. Seventeen hikers and their dogs tacked a hike at Sugar Hollow, while 11 participates—led by John Holden—hiked and canoed part of the Rivanna River. Other hikes included Ragged Mountain Natural Area, Hawks Bill Summit and Ramsey’s Draft.
Women Build, a program of Habitat for Humanity, works to recruit, empower and train women to build simple, decent and affordable homes. The Women Build worksites provide a unique opportunity to learn construction skills and build leadership and teamwork skills. Our mission is to provide a setting where women are comfortable learning and applying building skills. The Greater Charlottesville Women Build program was founded in fall 2001 and since then Women Build volunteers have raised funds for, and are now helping in the construction of, its seventh area home. All proceeds from the most recent Hike for Habitat will go directly toward future construction of our eighth house.
Plans are already under way for the fifth annual Hike for Habitat, to be held April 30, 2011. Put it on your calendar! Visit http://cvillehabitat.org/womenbuild for information.
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Singing for Others’ Suppers
The Charlottesville Women’s Choir will hold its 26th Annual Spring Concert—this year to benefit The Haven—on May 22.
The Haven is a local resource for the hungry, disadvantaged and homeless in our community. It provides a centralized space for resource provides, a community kitchen, a day haven and a cultural and arts space in downtown Charlottesville.
The Charlottesville Women’s Choir was founded in 1984 with 11 members and has grown to 30 women. This year the group continues with its tradition of a yearly spring benefit concert. In the past, the choir has donated proceeds from the spring concert to local charities, including: Shelter for Help in Emergency; Sexual Abuse Resource Center; The Courage Fund of the Quality Community Council; Barrett Day Care Center; Skyline Girl Scouts; and Women Build.
Charlottesville Women’s Choir sings a cappella songs with themes of peace, social justice and environmental issues.
Photo of the Spring 2009 Concert benefit for WomanBuild (Habitat for Humanity). Photo by Jack Sun
The concert, which will start at 7:30 p.m., will be held at The Haven in downtown Charlottesville at the corner of 1st and Market streets. A donation of $5-15 for adults, $4 for children aged 5-12 and free for under 5, is suggested.
Membership in the choir is open each autumn. For more information about the group, visit http;//charlottesvillewomenschoir.blogspot.com. For more information about The Haven, and the offerings and resources housed there, visit http://www.realcentralva.com/2010/01/19/whats-the-haven/
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