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2 | January 11, 2018 | 22nd century media Healthy Living
22ndCenturyMedia.com
22nd Century Media’s Healthy Living Expo to
return to Tinley Park Convention Center Jan. 13
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
Southwest suburbanites
looking for inspiration to
make 2018 the healthiest
year of their lives can
make their way to 22nd
Century Media’s Healthy
Living Expo Saturday, Jan.
13.
The free expo — presented
by Planet Fitness
— is scheduled for 9 a.m.-
1 p.m. at the Tinley Park
Convention Center, 18451
Convention Center Drive.
It will feature 30-minute
fitness classes, cooking
demos, guest speakers and
more than 40 vendors.
Also sponsoring the
event is Ingalls Health
System. KIND, the exclusive
health bar of the expo,
will have free samples
available for the first 500
people attending the event.
“We have just about
everything, from Essential
Oils to natural food
stores,” said Heather
Warthen, chief events officer
of 22nd Century Media.
“You can purchase local
honey, and we have a
variety of fitness facilities
that will be [represented]
there. Even taking healthy
living a step further, we
will have some insurance
companies, financial planning
and even home remodeling
— all the different
aspects of lifestyles.”
Warthen said LifeSource
also is to host a blood drive
throughout the event. People
can register ahead of
time by visiting www.lifesource.org,
or they can do
so the day of the expo.
There also will be free
skin cancer screenings,
courtesy of Skin MD.
In addition to the health
screenings, one of the
expo stages is to be dedicated
to free, 30-minute
fitness classes. Planet Fitness
will get things started
from 9-9:30 a.m., followed
by a yoga workout led by
representatives from Natural
Healing Centers from
9:30-10 a.m. Then, Heart
& Sole Dance is slated
to lead a workout from
10-10:30 a.m., followed
by another yoga class by
Natural Healing Centers
from 11-11:30 a.m. Heart
& Sole Dance will return
from 11:30 a.m.-noon, and
the expo will be closed out
by a half-hour with Planet
Fitness.
“It’s a really great way to
introduce yourself to a new
form of exercise, and you
can do so for free,” Warthen
said of the workout
schedule. “These workouts
are for any fitness level.”
The expo also will feature
a robust speaker and cooking
demonstration schedule,
including a session with
Courtney Smith, author of
the CocoLoses blog.
“She will be talking
about her weight-loss
journey and some different
things that she’s discovered
along the way,”
Warthen said.
From 11-11:45 a.m.,
Danni Allen, the winner
of “The Biggest Loser” in
Season 14, also will be in
attendance.
“Danni will be talking
about her experience
and about how to stick
with your plan as the New
Year starts,” Warthen said.
“She’s very resourceful
and has a lot of tips.”
There also will be two
cooking demos, with chefs
Tim Baran (Joliet Junior
College) and Colin Turner
(Tin Fish).
“With our expos, they
are a great opportunity to
learn about some of the
services in our area and
the local businesses that
are there to help,” Warthen
said. “This is a great way
to keep your New Year’s
resolution and get inspired
[with help from] our vendors
and sponsors.”
For more information, visit
www.22ndcenturymedia.
com/healthy.
Free fitness classes
• 9-9:30 a.m. — Planet Fitness
• 9:30-10 a.m. — Natural Healing
Centers
• 10-10:30 a.m. — Heart & Sole Dance
• 11-11:30 a.m. — Natural Healing
Centers
• 11:30 a.m.-noon — Heart & Sole
Dance
• Noon-12:30 p.m. — Planet Fitness
Healthy Living Expo vendors
• 22nd Century Media • Health Nutz Natural
• barkTHINS
Food Store
• Barre It All Fitness • Heart & Sole Dance
• Bath Planet
• Hidden Knoll Apiaries
• Being InSpirit Healing • Humana
• Body & Brain Yoga • Ingalls Health System
Tai Chi
• Juice Plus+
• Chiro One Wellness • Juicy Luzy Sangria
Centers
• Just Be Well Holistic
• ClearCaptions
Health Coaching
• Dan Mosca State • LifeSource
Farm
• MedExpress Urgent
• doTERRA Essential Care
Oils
• Monat
• Elite Remodeling • Mutual of Omaha
Group
• Natural Healing
• Essentially 3B’s & Centers
H20 Hypnosis • Orland Park Health &
• Gilbert’s Craft Sausages
• Parkview Orthopaedic
Fitness
• Greenhouse
Group
Scheduled speakers and cooking
demonstrations
• 9:30-9:45 a.m. — Ingalls Health
System
• 9:45-10 a.m. — Courtney Smith,
author of CocoLoses blog
• 10:15-10:45 a.m. — Cooking demo
with chef Tim Baran, Joliet Junior
College Culinary Arts
• 11-11:45 a.m. — Danni Allen, winner
of “The Biggest Loser,” Season 14
• Noon-12:30 p.m. — Cooking demo
with chef Colin Turner, Tin Fish
• Physicians Immediate
Care
• Planet Fitness
• Power Home Remodeling
• Prime My Body’s Nanoenhanced
Hemp Oil
• Redefining All Diets
• Renewal by Andersen
Windows and Doors
• Skin MD
• Smoothie King
• Ventimiglia Realty
Partners
• Vitality Health Systems
• Weight Watchers
• World Global Network
• Wyndham Vacation
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