Contacts:

Mike Burkhart

Project Manager- Media Relations

(856) 355-0801

(215) 287-7033 Cell

Peggy Leone

Director, Media Relations

(856) 355-0821

(856) 912-8827 Cell

For Immediate Release

Free Virtua program helps student athletes excel at fall sports

Virtua presents a free sports preparedness program for parents, coaches, and students. Our panel of experts will discuss training and injury prevention, hydration and diet, and proper gear for student athletes.

Wednesday, Aug. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Virtua Health and Wellness Center

239 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road

Sewell, N.J. 08080

Register by Aug. 1, 2010 to enter to win a free one-month membership to the Washington Township Center for HealthFitness. Free child care for children ages 10 and younger will be provided. Call 1-888-Virtua-3 or register online at virtua.org.

###

Virtua is a comprehensive multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Its mission is to deliver a world-class patient experience through its programs of excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopaedics, women’s health, pediatrics, surgery, neuroscience and wellness. A non-profit organization, Virtua employs 8,400 clinical and administrative personnel, and approximately 1,800 physicians serve as medical staff members. Virtua has distinguished itself as one of the first Six Sigma organizations in healthcare, as an early adopter of clinical and digital technologies, and for its innovative partnerships with nationally renowned organizations such as GE Healthcare, Fox Chase Cancer Center and A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. It has been honored twice with the New Jersey Governor’s award for Clinical Excellence and recognized with the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement by Voluntary Hospitals of America. Virtua has been honored as the #1 Best Employer in the Delaware Valley by the Philadelphia Business Journal and is the recipient of the Consumer Choice Awards by National Research Corporation. Virtua is proud to be the official southern New Jersey sponsor of the Go Red for Women and Start! Walking Movements. For more information, visit our website at www.virtua.org or call 1-888-VIRTUA-3 (1-888-847-8823)

This message, and any included attachments, are from Virtua Health or its related affiliates and is intended only for the addressee(s).The information contained herein is privileged, proprietary or may include confidential information and/or protected patient health information. Any unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying,distributing, or otherwise disseminating or taking any action based on such information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please delete this message promptly and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to ISSECURITY@virtua.org. Thank you

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 4:19 pm and is filed under Member News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.