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Largest Eating Disorder Awareness Event in Canada |
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Vancouver/Coquitlam
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 For Immediate Release
VANCOUVER- With the recent attention on pro-anorexia groups on MySpace and Facebook, model's deaths, celebrities admitting to eating disorders and shrinking actresses in Hollywood, the below event couldn't be better timed.
Until Your Heart's Content will take place this October 11th at the Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam. Canadian insurance covers a limited number of weeks of treatment for an eating disorder, but it takes years to fully recover. Most individuals don't get a chance to heal and end up relapsing again and again.
Films like Lauren Greenfield's, Thin, showcases the misery of eating disorders but not the hope. Until Your Heart's Content is the awareness event of the year, posed to become the largest eating disorder benefit in Canada.
The evening will include international and local speakers, as well as musicians and performers who have struggled themselves. Renowned author and co-founder of the Anorexia & Bulimia Center of Hawaii, Anita Johnston, will be holding her celebrated "Soul Hunger" workshop on October 13th, as well as be the much anticipated keynote speaker of the evening.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to Shelley's Angels Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those without the financial means afford private counselling for an eating disorder.
Event Details
When: Thursday October 11th, 2007 from 7-10pm
Where: Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam
Why: To raise awareness and funds for those who can't afford counselling
Keynote Speaker: Anita Johnston, Ph.D Featured Speakers: Lori Henry, Teresa Harwood-Lynn, Robin Richardson, May Henry, Bruce Catterall, Kim Ratcliffe, Karen Cook, Susan Kern and Ellen Domm
Hostess: Shelley Jensen of "S" Team Counselling
Musicians: Evelyn (Ev) Yngveson, Mystic Highway, Carolyn Stewart and Edith Wallace
Dancers: Cori Caulfield, Devirani of DanceWorks! and the Caulfield School of Dance
Tickets: Will be available through www.ticketmaster.ca
Website: www.untilyourheartscontent.com
Contact for interviews:
Lori, Writer and Event Organizer
www.lorihenry.ca
Shelley Jensen, "S" Team Counselling Services and Event Coordinator
Tel: (604) 552-4363
Email: shelley@shelleysteam.com
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Henry, Lori
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| Posted on
Sep 07, 2007; updated Feb 21, 2010 |
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