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What is Destination Wellness?
Destination Wellness is a community health and wellness education resource center sponsored by Alle-Kiski Medical Center which is part of the West Penn Allegheny Health System. Destination Wellness, storefront #556 in Neighborhood 5 in the Pittsburgh Mills Mall is one of the few community-based outreach centers of its kind. Destination Wellness provides a variety of health-related activities, including blood drives three times per month, hot topic programming including classes on heart disease, diabetes, weight loss, and arthritis. Destination Wellness is open seven days a week to help meet your health inquiry needs.
Do you need to find a physician? Visit our friendly and courteous nurses and customer service staff that will assist you in finding the healthcare professional and services that will best suit your needs. Do you have health questions that you may forget to ask your doctor? Come in and visit our health resource library to find the answers. Do you want to learn more about health topics? Come in and sign up today for CPR classes, physician lectures, diabetes classes through the Joslin Center for Diabetes and other health-related activities.
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"A Century of Community & Cuisine"
Cookbook Sale
$10 each
Purchase your own copy of these tried and true recipes from our
AKMC family & friends at Destination Wellness.
Donate Blood at Destination Wellness
Did you know that you can donate blood at Destination Wellness and your donation will go to someone in the Alle-Kiski area? All the blood collected at the blood drives held at Destination Wellness go to the blood bank at Alle-Kiski Medical Center. By providing blood drives two times a month, we are helping to save lives in our immediate area. We hope to see you help by donating the gift of life to someone in our area by donating blood!
AKMC's 5th Annual Health Fair Recap
Alle-Kiski Medical Center and Destination Wellness held their 5th Annual Health Fair at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum, PA on
April 10, 2010. The health fair highlighted health and wellness experts from AKMC, local businesses, and organizations from the Alle-Kiski Valley. The event was a great success with over 60 vendors including one of the LifeFlight helicopters and an ambulance that participants were able to tour. Some of the highlights included a lecture titled "Childhood Obesity" by Hanna Schofield, Ph.D. from the Department of Psychiatry at Allegheny General Hospital, lectures on prostate, ovarian, and colorectal cancer, and a free skin cancer screening courtesy of the Allegheny County Health Department. Free screenings were provided by The National Kidney Foundation ™ for those at risk for developing kidney disease, and the AKMC Lab provided cholesterol & glucose screenings.
A variety of performances promoting the benefits of exercise and activity were held throughout the day. These included both exercise and dance demonstrations, including Tai Chi, Zumba® courtesy of Valley Points Family YMCA, Silver Sneakers® courtesy of Allegheny Valley YMCA, and Karate by C.S. Kim Karate. The dance demonstrations included ballroom dancing by The Dancer's Studio, western square dancing by Square One Club, and ballet, tap, jazz & hip-hop dancing courtesy of Dance Arts.
There was also lots of fun for the kids including appearances from Stuffee®, and Professor MiGooch from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Caricatures by Bob, and a Teddy Bear Check-up courtesy of the local Girl Scout Troop #20474.
Thank you for all the positive feedback, and we look forward to next year's event.
Make your destination…wellness.
Visit Destination Wellness in Neighborhood 5, (#556),
at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills.
Call 724-274-5202 for more program/event details.
