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Pilates Room Donates Profits to Cancer Resource Center |
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by -Staff
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and The Pilates Room of Ithaca plans to donate part of its proceeds for the month to the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes (formerly known as the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance)
Specifically, The Pilates Room will be donating all October proceeds from its "mat classes" to the Cancer Resource Center. "Mat classes" are one of several types of classes The Pilates Room offers and are designed for everyone from beginners to advanced students. With more than 35 of these classes scheduled in October, and a location in the Island Health and Fitness Center, The Pilates Room will also be asking its many clients to consider making an additional small contribution to the Cancer Resource Center.
The Pilates Room of Ithaca is a locally owned and operated business.
Pilates is a mind and body-conditioning program that uses non-impact
exercise to help men, women and children of all fitness levels develop
core strength and graceful, efficient body movement. The emphasis on
both mind and body makes Pilates an outstanding conditioning program
for people in physical or emotional rehabilitation, including those
who've been diagnosed with, or have gone through any type of cancer
treatment, including surgery.
Statistics from the New York State
Cancer Registry indicate that approximately 54 women in Tompkins County
are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and that it claims the
lives of nine of them.
The Pilates Room co-owner and director Tori
Brown says, ""We want to do our part during National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month by offering classes and information with regard to how
cancer survivors can support and empower themselves. Medical advances
have allowed more men and women to survive breast cancer than ever
before. We thought we could do an even better public service by
supporting an organization that offers assistance and support for
anyone affected by any form of cancer. Our natural choice was to
collect funds for The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes."
Shawn Galbraith, the Executive Director of the Cancer Resource Center
of the Finger Lakes, says, "The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger
Lakes is thrilled that the Pilates Room is donating a part of its
proceeds to us in the month of October. We're very grateful to members
of the wellness community, such as the Pilates Room, who want to help
support people with cancer in Tompkins County."
The Pilates Room
of Ithaca is locally owned and operated by Brown and co-owner Chemine
Montivero-Cole. Both hold multiple certifications in Pilates
instruction. The Pilates Room offers both private and group classes.
Proceeds from October's private "mat classes" are included in the
donation to The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes. In addition
to mat classes, The Pilates Room of Ithaca also offers a Pilates-based
resistance training or Reformer class, and AqualatesÒ, which use the
same principles as Pilates, but is modified for an aquatic environment.
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