On Saturday, March 31 from 12pm-5pm, The Palms at Town & Country will host a Family Health & Well-Being Expo to create awareness about National Nutrition Month, a campaign focusing attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. In addition, the first 250 event attendees will receive a FREE gift. The Family Health & Well-Being Expo will be located at The Palms at Town & Country by the Lake near Loehmann’s Men.
At the Family Health & Well-Being Expo, the event’s sponsor, Comprehensive Breast Center, will provide breast health education and applications for FREE mammograms for the underserved and uninsured individuals who are eligible for this program. The Comprehensive Breast Center offers a complete array of diagnostic tests and procedures for the detection and evaluation of breast health.
As the first fitness event for The Palms at Town & Country, the Family Health & Well-Being Expo’s theme of Stay Fit. Eat Right. Live Smart. will be weaved into the day’s activities including fitness demonstrations by two top leading fitness centers who are dedicated to changing people’s lives – 24 Hour Fitness and SoMi Fitness. 24 Hour Fitness will include Zumba Fitness Class demos and SoMi Fitness will include JNL Fusion moves and exercises to burn fat and gain lean muscle.
“Health and well-being matters to everyone,” says Claudia Marquez, Area Marketing/Specialty Leasing Manager, The Palms at Town & Country. “We are all linked through a common thread – we want to stay healthy and feel good, both physically and mentally. At our Family Health & Well-Being Expo, we are proud to help deliver National Nutrition Month’s message to our community.”
The Family Health & Well-Being Expo will also partner with Take Stock in Children, a non-profit whose mission is to help break the cycle of poverty in South Florida, one student at a time, by providing mentors, scholarships, advocacy and hope to at risk deserving students. Event participants can enter-to-win health products, 24 Hour Fitness gym memberships, gifts cards and more. All proceeds from raffle will benefit Take Stock in Children. Take Stock in Children recruits low income at risk students when they are in middle school and provide them support through their completion of their college degree.
About The Palms at Town & Country: Conveniently located at the junction of the Florida Turnpike and Kendall Drive, The Palms at Town & Country is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle Retail. The center is home to retailers and restaurants such as Nordstrom Rack, Loehmann’s, New York & Co., Marshalls, Men’s Wearhouse, Blue Martini, Cadillac Ranch, Moes’ Southwest Grill, Publix, Kirklands and Shaq’s 24 Hour Fitness. In 2010, The Palms at Town & Country completed a retail redevelopment which added 400,000 square feet of restaurants and specialty shops to the Mediterranean-themed, pedestrian-friendly lifestyle center. This unique center also features a Professional/Medical Arts Center and a boutique hotel overlooking one of Miami-Dade county’s most pristine lakes. For more information about The Palms at Town & Country, please call 305-274-7982 or visit www.thepalmsshops.com. Follow The Palms At Town & Country on FACEBOOK at www.facebook.com/thepalmsshops or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/theplamsshops.
About Jones Lang LaSalle: The Palms at Town & Country and London Square are managed by Jones Lang LaSalle. As the leading retail service provider, Jones Lang LaSalle Retail manages the largest third-party retail portfolio in the country. The firm’s 98 million-square-foot retail portfolio consists of more than 350 regional malls, strip centers, power centers, lifestyle centers, ground-up development projects, mixed-use centers, transportation terminals and over 18,000 retail ATM’s and bank branches across 50 states. Globally, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) has a retail portfolio of 278 million square feet of property under management and leasing, including more than 21,600 retail locations on four continents. Jones Lang LaSalle is the only global real estate services firm with a team of dedicated, full-time experts who deliver comprehensive and globally integrated services in Energy and Sustainability under one umbrella. The firm offers leading-edge, industry-unique technology, training and tools in energy and sustainability to maximize the benefits for its clients and the greater community. For more information on Jones Lang LaSalle Retail, visit www.jllretail.com.
