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Men’s Health Day

Event Is Wednesday, Dec. 11

Over the last seven years, the Frenchman’s Creek The Center for Excellence in Digestive Health at Hopkins in Baltimore. After that, we considered it more
community has raised $1,945,000 for Jupiter Medical Jupiter Medical Center offers a variety of treatments for appropriate to support the local hospital. We really came
Center through Men’s Health Day. a number of digestive disorders. to believe in the mission that Jupiter Medical Center had
Jupiter Medical Center’s Frenchman’s Creek Digestive The Frenchman’s Creek Men’s Health Day event, established and the seriousness with which they dealt
Health Center offers patients a timely diagnosis of their organized by a committee of members from Frenchman’s with medicine in our region,” added Steve Weinberg, the
condition as well as individualized, ongoing care for the Creek Beach and Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, event’s founder and cochair.
entire continuum of gastrointestinal disease. has donated the proceeds from its annual golf tournament The Men’s Health Day Golf Tournament, which now
The renovated Frenchman’s Creek Digestive Health to Jupiter Medical Center. brings in more than $350,000 annually, pledged $1.5
Center, located on the second floor of the main tower “We have tremendous support within the community million to the Anderson Family Cancer Institute.
at Jupiter Medical Center, was made possible by the for Jupiter Medical Center. It’s a great hospital, and “Every year, we’ve been more successful than the year
generous philanthropic support of the Frenchman’s Creek we’re just delighted to be associated with it,” said Bernie before. Hopefully, that trend will continue,” said Herman,
Men’s Health Day. Herman, cochair of the Men’s Health Day Committee. who has cochaired the event since its founding with fellow
March 19, 2018, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation “The event started 10 years ago because one of committee members Weinberg and Richard Fleisher.
announced a $1.5 million gift from the Frenchman’s Creek our members, Steve Weinberg, suggested that we do A few years ago, according to Weinberg, the committee
Men’s Health Day Golf Tournament to support the Anderson something for men’s health and, more specifically, for began making multiyear commitments to support Jupiter
Family Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center. prostate cancer. The first two years we supported Johns Medical Center’s ambitious strategic projects such as the
Anderson Family Cancer Institute. Frenchman’s Creek’s
previous multiyear commitments have gone toward the
creation of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and
Southern Spotlight from page 1 the Frenchman’s Creek Center for Digestive Excellence,
which opened last spring.
for recreational boating and water quality. They have been essentials, coastal cruising are just a few of the classes “There’s an old cliché that says you can’t have a strong
instrumental in securing government and public support throughout the month. community without a strong hospital,” said Weinberg.
to improve the water quality of the Indian River Lagoon. All of this from one yearly boat show. “We think Jupiter Medical Center is that strong hospital.
MIATC sponsors three holiday boat parades, Saturday, The Stuart Boat Show returns to its annual port under They’re the real deal, and we’re happy to partner with
Dec. 7 for Martin and St. Lucie counties and Saturday, Dec. the Roosevelt Bridge at 54 N.W. Dixie Hwy., Stuart, Jan. them.”
14 for Indian River County. All three boat parades are free 10, 11 and 12. Show dates and times: Friday and Saturday, The Frenchman’s Creek Men’s Health Day Golf
to participate in and watch. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. General Tournament will continue to help Jupiter Medical Center
MIATC produces the annual Treasure Coast Waterway Admission: $14. Free shuttle buses will run continuously advance its excellence in cancer care.
Cleanup which enlists more than 1,000 volunteers who from the show’s official parking lot at Whitham Field in
set out to clean up 125 miles of waterways. In the past 14 Stuart.
years this event has removed more than 87 tons of trash! Tickets are on sale now and make great holiday gifts,
The next cleanup will be in July. https://stuartboatshow.com/tickets. :
MIATC also sponsors several boater education For more information about the show and to buy tickets
programs through the Coast Guard Flotilla and the power visit http://www.stuartboatshow.com.
squadron. Classes such as powerboat handling, boating Follow us on https://www.facebook.com/stuartboatshow.

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