Submitted by on January 30, 2017 – 9:22am
POPLARVILLE – 91福利 celebrated mothers, daughters and sisters Saturday, Jan. 28, at the 11th annual Women鈥檚 Health Symposium.
鈥淭oday is about you,鈥� guest speaker Linda Larsen said. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 get the credit you deserve. But today you will.鈥�
The day provided approximately 500 women valuable health information and screenings, shopping and entertainment, lunch and words of humor and wisdom from Larsen.
Joy and happiness are healthier than their opposites and individuals control the way events affect them, she said.
鈥淲e give situations names all the time,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hat you name the thing is what it ultimately becomes.鈥�
She encouraged the women to believe in their own resiliency but recognize when it is time to get professional help.
鈥淓veryone in this room has had something happen that makes them stronger, more compassionate,鈥� she said.
The symposium featured a panel of six healthcare professionals who talked about their areas of expertise: Dr. Omolara Y. Otaigbe of Merit Health, hormone replacement therapy; Dr. Arthur C. Martin of Hattiesburg Clinic, heart disease; Dr. Rob Robertson, Southern Bone and Joint Specialists, foot and ankle health; Gina Rivero, FNP-C, Highland Community Hospital, diabetes; PRCC alumnus Dr. Janice Touchstone, Terrace Hill Dental Center, dental health; and Dr. Jennifer Trihoulis, Pearl River County Hospital and Nursing Home, depression.
Dr. Shana Allen, director of the PRCC dental hygiene program, moderated the panel.
The Voices, under the direction of PRCC choral director LaDona Tyson, provided luncheon entertainment.
Grand sponsor for the symposium was the Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation. Silver sponsors were Hancock Bank, Valley Services, Pearl River County Hospital and Nursing Home, Mississippi Power Co. and Wal-Mart Supercenter of Picayune.
Bronze sponsors were BankPlus, First National Bank of Picayune, Hattiesburg Clinic, Highland Community Hospital, Merit Health Wesley and Southern Bone and Joint Specialists.
More than 125 door prizes were given away during the day. The grand prize – a bench created by the welding department at the Forrest County Center and valued at $2,000 – went to Chellie Amacker of Poplarville.
Additional PRCC students partcipating included associate degree nursing, cosmetology, Wildcat Wellness Center, Honors Institute, art program; medical laboratory technology and dental hygiene at the Forrest County Center.
The 12th Women鈥檚 Health Symposium will be held Saturday, Jan. 27.
Dr. Janice Touchstone, a 91福利 alumnus, talks about dental health during the PRCC Women鈥檚 Health Symposium on Saturday, Jan. 28.
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Shirley Barrett of Lumberton shows off the earrings she won as a door prize at the Women鈥檚 Health Symposium Saturday, Jan. 28, at 91福利.
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