August 2016 Calendar of Events OMC – Jefferson Hwy July 12th (Tuesday): Event Registration - GO Office (Center for Primary Care & Wellness) If unable to attend, mail in your Event Registration Form and a separate check for each event payable to “Golden Opportunity” with the event name in the memo section of your check. August 4th (Thursday): Members’ Monthly Meeting 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Brent House – Caldwell & LeJeune Rooms Light refreshments provided! August 6th (Saturday): Gretna Farmer’s Market, German/American Cultural Center, Gattuso’s Restaurant (on your own) $5.00 per person (Ochsner bus fee) Departure: 8:30 a.m. –Center for Primary Care & Wellness Building Return: 3:00 p.m. – Center for Primary Care & Wellness Building August 9th (Tuesday): Members’ Monthly Potluck (Bring a dish and socialize with other members) 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. - Brent House – LeJeune Room August 12th (Friday): The New Orleans School of Cooking $32.00 per person (Includes cooking demo, lunch and Ochsner bus fee) Departure: 9:30 a.m. –Center for Primary Care & Wellness Building Return: 2:00 p.m. –Center for Primary Care & Wellness Building August 18th (Thursday): Seminar - “Bladder Control” Presented by: Joanna Togami, MD, Urology 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Center for Primary Care & Wellness - Camellia Room Light refreshments provided! August 24th (Wednesday): Seminar - “Keeping Your Mind Sharp” Presented by: Michelle Varon, Marketing & Community Outreach Coordinator 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Center for Primary Care & Wellness - Camellia Room Light refreshments provided! All GO events are subject to change. Ochsner Golden Opportunity has the right to adjust events without formal notice. All events are nonrefundable (includes the $5.00 Ochsner bus fee). If there is someone on the waiting list to take your place, that person will make their check payable to you and the check will be mailed to you via Golden Opportunity. Golden Opportunity has to guarantee payment to vendors for most events.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Oktober Festival (Helen, GA) – October 16 thru 21, 2016 – (Waiting List Only) th 90 Annual Natchitoches Christmas Festival – December 2, 3, & 4, 2016 (Waiting List Only) “Let the Good Times Roll” - September 16, 2016 (Rivertown Theatre) $45.00 (Ticket cost & Ochsner Bus fee) On sale now! BRENT HOUSE RESERVATIONS: Call Brent House Reservations (504-835-5411) for current member discounted price. VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE: http://www.ochsner.org/health-resources/golden-opportunity-a-50-lifestyle-program (GO) Dedicated Phone Line A dedicated telephone line has been set up with the Ochsner Scheduling Department for Golden Opportunity Members only, to expedite scheduling of medical appointments, please don’t call with questions regarding GO events, call the GO Office. The telephone number is: 504-842-6538. Please use the dedicated line for scheduling appointments; it has helped members to get an accessible appointment. CREDIT CARD UPDATE Effectively immediately, we are accepting credit card payments for new memberships, membership renewals and events over $5.00. The Program Coordinator is the only person authorized to accept payments. Please call the office to insure the Program Coordinator is available to accept your payment. NAME CHANGE Golden Opportunity Main Campus will now be known as “Golden Opportunity – OMC (Ochsner Main Campus) Jeff Hwy”. Please make all checks payable to “GO – OMC Jeff Hwy” and add the name of the event in the memo section of the check. DONATION OPPORTUNITY: Our pediatric clinic and inpatient pediatric floor both have prize areas and playrooms of donated toys/prizes put into a prize closet and each kid can go into the closet and select a toy after getting IV’s, pokes or procedures. If you would like to donate any of the items listed below, feel free to contact our office @ 842-7000 for further instructions.
Chermaine Hebert Program Coordinator Golden Opportunity – OMC Jeff Hwy Center for Primary Care & Wellness Building 1401 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans, LA 70121 504-842-7000
[email protected] New Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Lunch 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Please call before visiting the office, staff may be out of the office attending a meeting or an event. Thanks for your continued membership.
Lego sets for boys Barbie’s, dolls, art kits, drawing books Cars, trucks, hot wheels Nail polish Sports Memorabilia - LSU, Saints (hats, sweatshirts, footballs) Remote control cars Doc McStuffins, Frozen, Bubble Guppies Baby toys: Rattles, light up toys They are also accepting “new” costumes for the pediatric patients’ Halloween parade. Employees’ lineup along the parade route (throughout the Main Campus building) and distribute candy to pediatric patients. You have been very generous in the past and it has been very much appreciated!
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