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Cranberry Country Crier

October 2013

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Festival includes Fitness Weekend activities
Fun run and walk planned on Saturday
Cranberry Fest weekend
in Eagle River has been celebrated the first weekend of
October for more than 30
years.
This fall, people can help
commemorate the 34th anniversary of this festival and
participate in the Cranberry
Fest and Fitness Weekend
as visitors run and walk to
fight this country’s greatest
killers — heart disease and
stroke.
The 2013 fitness events
will be Saturday, Oct. 5, at
Vilas County Fairgrounds,
located on Highway 70 West
in Eagle River. All proceeds
from the fitness events will
benefit services and equipment for Ministry Eagle
River Memorial Hospital
(MERMH).
“Every year we are impressed by the generosity of
our community to support
this incredible event,” said
Ministry Howard Young
Health Care Director of Patient Care Services Laura
Magstadt. “The donations to
our hospital are greatly appreciated and will certainly
go toward quality patient
care at our facility.”
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention estimates that 400,000 to
460,000 people die each year
of heart disease in an emer-

gency department or before
reaching a hospital, which
accounts for more than 60%
of all cardiac deaths.
Healthy lifestyle changes
can help prevent those
deaths.
In Vilas County, the Public Health Departmentsponsored
Community
Health Improvement Plan
has identified that physical
inactivity is one of the country’s greatest health risks.
“We are very passionate
about promoting healthy
lifestyles at Ministry Eagle
River Memorial Hospital,”
said Peggy Lambert, president of Partners-Auxiliary
Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital. “Cranberry
Fitness Weekend gives us
the opportunity to increase
public awareness of the benefits of physical activity.”
There are numerous benefits to introducing a
healthy lifestyle into your
daily routine, including improved blood circulation,
weight control, prevention
and management of high
blood pressure, prevention of
bone loss, increased energy
level and stress management.
Activities to stay active
include playing sports,
swimming, cycling, jogging,
skiing, aerobic dancing and

Fitness Weekend participants can choose
between a walk or run on the scenic roads of

Prior to the Cranberry Fitness Walk Saturday morning, Oct. 5,
participants can join a short warm-up session. It’s a good way

walking, to name a few.
“Staying active helps prevent weight gain and promote weight loss,” added

the Eagle River area. The entry fee includes
a souvenir T-shirt.
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