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MAY 17, 2019

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BIRDIES FOR BRAIN HEALTH

FAREWELL ROBIN   The large population of type 1, type 2 and type 3 diabetics in the Augusta area is losing a great advocate and ally at the end of this month with the retirement of Robin Petry, a Certified Diabetes Educator at University Hospital’s Columbia Road medical center.   Over the years Robin has helped countless thousands of diabetics effectively manage their disease, control their blood sugar and operate and troubleshoot their insulin pumps, both in classes and support groups and through individual attention.   Robin may not have worked 24 hours a day, but often it seemed like she did. She would sometimes urge new insulin pump owners to check their blood sugar level at set intervals around the clock and text her the results, even at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning. She would respond whenever necessary no matter what time of day or night.   Robin, thank you for all your tireless efforts. You will be missed.   PS: If you’re wondering, type 3 diabetics are non-diabetic family members of people who have diabetes. +

Day One Fitness, a local exercise center dedicated to helping people with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases is taking a different direction this coming Monday with its first annual ADPD* Birdies for Brain Health golf tournament at Woodside Plantation.   The event is a departure because Day One Fitness isn’t known for fighting Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s through golf. It’s known for doing so via boxing.   Yes, boxing, the Muhammad Ali kind. Do not adjust your Medical Examiner.   It all started ten years ago when SRS employee Tambra Wilkerson happened by chance to read an article about fighting Parkinson’s through exercise programs in Shape magazine. She was interested because she felt like doing something, making a difference, making a contribution. Soon after reading that article she saw a small roadside sign stuck in the grass advertising an upcoming Parkinson’s Move Day event.   Seeing that sign was a sign.   She attended the Move Day event, including one particular demonstration called Boxing for Parkinson’s. The fire was officially lit, especially when she discovered that despite its benefits, there was no such regular program offered in the Augusta area.   It took plenty of planning and legwork, but Tambra Wilkerson gave up her safe and secure job at SRS and launched Day One Fitness, which has been offering boxing classes and much more for people with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases since 2015.   For the record, it’s non-contact boxing, not patient vs. patient. Read all about their many programs and watch videos at dayonefitness.org. + * ADPD=Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease

ADPD BIRDIES FOR BRAIN HEALTH Monday, May 20, 2019, 12:00 pm Woodside Plantation Country Club 1000 Plantation Drive, Aiken, SC The tournament will be a four-man scramble, shotgun start, with longest drive and closest to the pin competitions. A raffle and silent auction will also be available, with quality prizes such as a $10,000 hole-in-one competition. First place team will win a $400 cash prize. All proceeds will be donated to Day One Fitness to further their mission of empowering people to fight back against Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease through specific and rigorous plans of exercise that target the symptoms of these diseases. +

Register today by visiting dayonefitness.org/golf


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