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Walk with us and put on your pink bra!

Walk with us and put on your pink bra!

Join Reg and Heather as thousands "put on their pink bras" to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. for the American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer."

Call your family and friends, organize a team and decorate a pink bra! Join thousands making up a sea of pink bras as people walk 5K from the St. Pete Times Forum to Bayshore Boulevard.

This is a fun, community oriented event (strollers welcome!) where everyone is encouraged to put on a pink bra!

Advisory lifted for Ben T. Davis Beach

Advisory lifted for Ben T. Davis Beach

Tampa, FL -- The Health Advisory issued for Ben T. Davis Beach on Sept. 29 as a precautionary measure due to a sewage line break in the area has been lifted.

According to the Hillsborough County Health Department, initial and follow-up testing has been satisfactory based on the marine water bacterial indicator results as recommended by the EPA.

Department of Health's Beach Water Quality website.

Deepak Chopra coming to Tampa

Deepak Chopra coming to Tampa

Get inspired! Best-selling author, Dr. Deepak Chopra will be speaking in Tampa Friday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for Performing Arts.

Dr. Chopra is the author of more than sixty books including many New York Times bestsellers.

Time magazine calls him one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as the 'the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.'

Tickets start at $34.50.  To purchase tickets, click here.

South Tampa Walgreens customers raise money for Moffitt

South Tampa Walgreens customers raise money for Moffitt

Customers of South Tampa Walgreens and other stores around the Tampa Bay area came together to raise $223,000 for the Moffitt Cancer Center.

Moffitt Cancer Center and Walgreens, raised the money through the "Make A Difference" campaign.

Walgreens customers bought $1 and $5 "Make A Difference" circles in stores to benefit diversity research programs at Moffitt. The campaign took place in nearly 300 stores throughout the West Coast of Florida and in south Georgia during June.

"We (Moffitt Diversity) were losing some of our funding for a couple of outreach programs for certain communities. We were going to have to cut programs," B. Lee Green, Ph.D., the vice president of Moffitt Diversity said in a release. "When I shared that story with the executives at Walgreens, the first thing out of their mouths was 'We can help you with that'. So, we went from thinking we weren't going to have enough funding to having an abundance of funding where we could actually triple the amount of work we do in the community because of this partnership."

Sewage line break closes Ben T. Davis

Sewage line break closes Ben T. Davis

Tampa, FL -- A Health Advisory has been issued for Ben T. Davis beach as a precautionary measure due to a sewage line break in the area.

The Hillsborough County Health Department has recommended to the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department that Ben T. Davis beach be closed to the bathing public as precautionary measure until sampling can be to done to ensure the safety of the public.

Members of the community and visitors should consider a health risk to swim in the area until the water can be sampled and tested to confirm that the water is within the satisfactory range as recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) and the Department of Environmental Protection, (DEP).

Karma in the Courtyard

Karma in the Courtyard

It's a good work out for a good cause.

St. Joseph's Women's Hospital is sponsoring Yoga for Breast Cancer: "Karma in the Courtyard," at the hospital, right behind the Medical Arts Building.

This is an opportunity for women who are going through cancer treatment to meet others like them and work on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of healing.

Flu vaccine now available

Flu vaccine now available

Hillsborough County, FL -- The 2011-12 Influenza vaccine is now available to the community at the Hillsborough County Health Department's Immunization Clinic located at 2002 East 26th Avenue, Tampa.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older should get a yearly flu vaccine. It takes about two weeks after vaccination for your body to develop an immune response. Get vaccinated now so that you will be protected when flu season begins.

In the United States, influenza season usually begins in October and can last until May.