Sunday, June 1 – Cancer Survivors Day Celebration
Event Offers a Unique Approach to Celebrate How Survivors Get Back to Life
5/16/08
WHO: Cancer Survivors from Mercer, Monmouth and Burlington Counties and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton.
WHAT: Celebrating the victory of survival, the Cancer Survivors Day celebration "Get Back to Life" is full of activities illustrating the pleasures of life:
- Discussion and book signing by author and cancer survivor Tobi Zausner;
- Relaxation through laughter and chair massage by holistic practitioners;
- Drawings by a caricature artist;
- Gardening demonstration by Mercer County Horticulturist Barbara Bromley; and
- Lunch and healthy summer recipes.
WHEN: Sunday, June 1; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton on the campus of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton. NJ.
About Guest Author and Cancer Survivor Tobi Zausner, Ph.D.
Tobi Zausner, Ph.D. writes and lectures widely on the psychology of art and human potential. She is an author, art historian and an award-winning visual artist with works in major museums and in private collections around the world. Zausner holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in art and psychology.
Her recently published book, When Walls Become Doorways: Creativity and the Transforming Illness (Harmony/Random House, 2007), is about the influence of physical illness on the creative process of visual artists. It shows that instead of stopping artists, physical difficulties transform them, enhancing both their life and their work.
Dr. Zausner speaks from experience. In 1989, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and her doctor did not think she would last a year. Zausner defied the odds and recovered—her life forever changed.
More About RWJ Hamilton
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (RWJ Hamilton) is the only New Jersey hospital to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Located in Hamilton Township, NJ, the hospital is part of the RWJ Health System and Network and is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey-RWJ Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
The RWJ Hamilton Health Care Corporation serves communities within a five-county area and includes an acute care hospital, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton, three affiliated medical groups, seven Lakeview Child Centers, and the RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness, home of a medically-based fitness center and the hospital's extensive community education program. Over 1,900 hospital employees and 650 medical staff physicians share RWJ Hamilton's passion for Excellence Through Service.
For more information, visit www.rwjhamilton.org.
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