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FLORIDA SENTINEL
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017
Top Designers To Participate In ‘Evening Of Elegance And Style’
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Two of the top de- signers participating are former Tampa resi- dents.
The “Evening of Ele- gance And Style” will be tak- ing place on Sunday, March 12th in Tampa at the Tampa Marriott Westshore hotel.
This event will feature not only top designer and former Tampa resident, Alton E. McCullough King, and other designers from the local, regional and national areas of the U. S.
The event will showcase
ALTON E. MCCULLOUGH KING ...Designer, Tampa native
ready wear, evening gowns, and of course swimwear. “We will have some of the
LENARD WISE ...Designer, Jefferson High graduate
top models in the Tampa area walking in this amazing event,” said Glenda
GLENDA BARNER ...The Moda Experience International
Barner, Director, The Moda Experience Interna- tional, host of this event.
The Aveda Institute will be providing students to handle all of the hair and make-up for the show.
“We are also excited to have invited the entire sen- ior class of Thomas Jeffer- son High School out to the event, free of charge. One of the designers in the show, Lenard Wise, is a gradu- ate of Thomas Jefferson High School.” King and Wise are current residents of Atlanta.
“Our biggest joy for this event is that we are donating part of the proceeds to St. Jude Children’s Hospital for Cancer Research,” Ms. Barner said.
Moffitt Cancer Center And Community Partners To Host 17th Annual Men’s Health Forum March 18
MLB All-Star Ken Grif- fey Sr., Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller and City Councilman Mike Suarez expected to appear
Moffitt Cancer Center and its community partners will once again host the an- nual Men’s Health Forum on Saturday, March 18, from 8 a. m.-2:30 p. m. at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center.
This marks the 17th year of the forum and baseball legend Ken Griffey, Sr. is scheduled to appear.
Griffey Sr., an MLB all-star who spent 19 sea- sons on the baseball dia- mond, is an advocate for cancer screening, particu- larly for prostate cancer.
The major leaguer lost four uncles to prostate can- cer and is convinced that his mother’s encouragement to be screened saved his life.
At age 55, doctors dis- covered he did have prostate cancer and he had
KEN GRIFFEY, SR. ...Major League Baseball All-Star
robotic surgery to remove it. “I’ve lost four uncles to prostate cancer,” Griffey Sr. said. “It was a common topic in our home. Despite how much we’d talked about prostate cancer... when it came to my diagno- sis, I was surprised by how hard it became for me to
speak up.”
Hillsborough County
commissioner and cancer survivors Les Miller and City Councilman Mike Suarez also plan to attend. Miller, who beat kidney
COMMISSIONER LES MILLER
and prostate cancer with the help of Moffitt, is scheduled to make opening state- ments.
The Men’s Health Forum is free and will boast 50 exhibitors. The annual event provides access to free health screenings, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, HIV/AIDS/STI, skin cancer and more assessments, to medically underserved and uninsured men in Tampa Bay.
“The Men’s Health Forum is a wonderful op-
CITY COUNCILMAN MIKE SUAREZ
portunity for men in and around Tampa Bay to learn about cancer screening and get appropriate screening for a number of health-re- lated issues,” says Dr. Julio Pow-Sang, chair- man of Genitourinary On- cology at Moffitt.
“It is a way for health care professionals to work directly with men who may otherwise not have access to quality health care.”
At the 2016 Men’s Health Forum, more than 400 men completed 2,200-
plus exams that are critical to health and longevity
Of 432 men examined, 64% were uninsured or un- derinsured.
Of 331 men tested, 37% had pre-hypertension and another 35% had high blood pressure.
116 men were educated on the importance of prostate testing and re- ceived vouchers for free prostate testing at Moffitt Cancer Center.
Of 225 men receiving skin cancer exams, 32% had suspicious skin findings and needed further follow-up by a physician.
Of 303 men tested, 11% were identified as at-risk for diabetes.
Sponsors of this year’s Men’s Health Forum in- clude Moffitt Cancer Center, Bayer/Men Who Speak Up, The Wawa Foundation, Tampa General Hospital, Genesis 680AM, Florida Blue, WMNF 88.5 FM, The Urban Cafe, HART, Spec- trum and the New York Yankees.