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'Friends' Volunteer To Help Women's Healthcare Symposium

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 9, 2008

Updated: 02/07/2008 08:12 pm

TAMPA - Potential volunteers for the Focus on Females third annual Women's Healthcare Symposium gathered recently to hear more about opportunities to assist with the free event.

The symposium will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1 at Channelside Cinemas, 615 Channelside Drive.

The group Friends of Focus on Females started this year and has about 70 volunteers, said Steven L. Maskin, a local eye surgeon who founded and hosts the symposium.

"We wanted a grass-roots effort," Maskin said at the gathering Jan. 28 at Bailey's Restaurant and Catering.

He said the volunteers include former patients, former conference attendees and others. All volunteers must attend a one-hour training session.

The symposium's keynote speaker is Dottie Berger McKinnon, a former Hillsborough County commissioner and founder of Kids Charity of Tampa Bay. She is an eight-year survivor of breast cancer.

The event will feature local physicians discussing cardiac disease, cancer, nutrition, migraines, osteoporosis, diabetes, depression and other topics. Speakers include Eric Harrison, Barry Verkauf, Joel Silverfield, James Edgar and Maskin.

"I wanted stellar, quality physicians who could talk in plain English and have a desire to reach out to the community," Maskin said.

At the recruitment reception, he said the concept behind the event is "to have women learn how to take better care of themselves by improving health literacy."

He added: "If you don't go to medical school or nursing school, how are you going to learn about medical issues?"

The event also includes health screenings, fitness workshops, and exhibits by vendors and sponsors. Maskin said 200 people attended the first event, and last year's symposium drew 850 participants. Organizers expect 1,500 this year.

For information, go to www.focusonfemales.com or call (813) 514-4515.

Krewe Events Benefit Charities
TAMPA - Krewes across the area are busy with parades, socials and fundraisers, including:

•Two krewes will host a Silver Screen Soiree with food, drinks, music and dancing.

The event, sponsored by the Thieves of San Lorenzo and F-Troop, will be from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday in the lobby of the Don Vicente Inn in Ybor City. Dress is cocktail attire or krewe casual.

Tickets are $35 with proceeds benefiting the Shriners Hospital for Children - Tampa. For tickets, call Ron Arkay at (813) 245-2834.

•The Krewe of the Knights of St. John will have a Pre Knight Parade Social at 6 p.m. Friday at Banana Joe's in Channelside.

Admission is $10, and all proceeds benefit the Hillsborough County Firefighters Charities/Widows and Children's Fund.

•The Krewes Kare Hurricane Relief Charity, which includes members of many krewes, will have parties at the Cuban Club before and after the Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade on Feb. 16.

All proceeds from the Fire it up Party, from 2 to 5 p.m., and the Krash Party, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., will benefit hurricane relief efforts. The club is at 2010 N. Ave. Republica de Cuba.

Tickets are $20 for the afternoon event and $40 for the evening party; a combination ticket is $55. For tickets, visit Buccaneer Beads, 3808 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., or go to www.krewekare.org.

Sportswriter Featured At Literacy Luncheon

ROCKY POINT - Sportswriter Darren Liebman will be featured at the annual Literacy Luncheon, sponsored by the Hillsborough County Council of PTA-PTSA and the Hillsborough County Council of the International Reading Association.

The luncheon will be Friday at the Rusty Pelican, 2425 Rocky Point Drive. Registration is at 10:30 a.m., with the program from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event includes a basket auction.

Tickets are $23. For information, e-mail Sally Harris at sally8429@aol.com.

Golf Tournaments Set As Fundraisers

TAMPA PALMS Two golf tournaments are planned in New Tampa to benefit a South Tampa youngster and a South Tampa-based nonprofit organization.

•Friends and family of Robby Killette have organized a tournament to benefit the Dale Mabry Elementary fifth-grader, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoblastic lymphoma.

The event will be Monday at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club.

Robby's parents are Rob and Leslie Killette; his sister, Tyler, is a freshman at Plant High School.

For information, call Bruce Holland at (813) 310-8820.

•The ninth annual Centre for Women Golf Classic will be March 10 at the Hunter's Green Golf & Country Club.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is presenting the event, which will include a silent auction and awards dinner.

For information about sponsorship or participating, call the center at (813) 251-8437, Ext. 251.

Psst! Colonial Dames To Hear About Spies

PALMA CEIA - Dorain Dorman will present a program on "Female Spies" at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Edmund Sheffield Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century.

The luncheon meeting will be at 11 a.m. at the Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club, 1605 S. MacDill Ave. Members and guests are asked to bring donations of personal care items for patients at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center.

For information, call (813) 839-2337.

Dish Gardens Topic For Violet Society

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS - Mina Menish will present a program on "Designing Dish Gardens" at Friday's meeting of the Tampa African Violet Society.

The meeting will be at 10 a.m. at the Seminole Garden Center, 5800 Central Ave. For information, call (813) 989-2934.

Cambridge Christian Has Fashion Show

WEST SHORE - Cambridge Christian School will have its annual Wild for Style fashion show and vendor fair Feb. 23 at the Quorum Hotel, 700 N. West Shore Blvd.

The event includes shopping from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the fashion show from noon to 2:30 p.m. The show will be followed by more shopping.

Tickets are $50 and available by calling Marty Hillier at (813) 872-6744, Ext. 271.

'Rudy' To Speak At Relationship Conference

DOWNTOWN - Rudy Ruettiger, whose life was the subject of the movie "Rudy," will speak Friday about making choices, building better relationships and never underestimating the power of a dream.

Ruettiger will speak at The Relationship Conference from 9 a.m. to noon at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 211 N. Tampa St.

Chris Simms of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will introduce Ruettiger. Tickets are $30 and available at www.rudyintampa .com

For information, call Geri Carter at (813) 258-1282.

Pierre Is Speaker At Women's Group

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS - Maria Pierre of the Hispanic Professional Business Women will speak at Thursday's meeting of Soroptimist International of Tampa.

The 6:30 p.m. meeting is at the Centre for Girls, 105 W. Sligh Ave.

The group is for women interested in assisting women and girls. For information, call Jan Pugliese, (813) 972-1707.

Send news of social activities, landmark anniversaries, birthdays and other items of community interest to Lenora Lake at 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 102, Tampa FL 33647; fax to (813) 975-9488; e-mail to llake@tampatrib .com; or call her at (813) 865-4851.

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