Big Changes in Store for the 20th Annual VMH Auxiliary and Elliott Jewelers Women’s Health Day!

The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital and Elliott Jewelers Women’s Health Day will be celebrating their 20th annual event this year and bringing in some big changes!  This year, the event is being sponsored by not only Veterans Memorial Hospital and Elliott Jewelers, but also the Waukon Chamber of Commerce, and has been transitioned to a “Women’s Wellness Night Out,” being held on Thursday, September 11, from 4-7 pm at the Allamakee Fairgrounds Pavilion.  A total of seven different speakers on a variety of health and wellness topics will outline the night.  Over 40 health, wellness and family agencies/vendors will be on site ready to visit about the services they offer.  Goodie bags will be shared with the first 200 ladies who come through the doors.  Hors d’oeuvres will be served throughout the evening and a cash bar will be available.

  Admission to the event will again be a raffle ticket for a beautiful piece of jewelry which will be donated by Elliott Jewelers of Waukon.  Tickets will be sold for just $15 each and will go on-sale on Monday, August 25 at Elliott Jewelers, the Waukon Chamber of Commerce office, and Veterans Memorial Hospital, as well as the Waukon and Postville Clinics.  Proceeds from the tickets sales will be used by the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital to purchase a new stove for the Nutrition Department at the hospital. 

The doors will open at 4 pm with the first speaker taking the stage at 4:15 pm.  Speakers will present for 15 minutes each with a 10-minute break between each speaker, giving time to visit the vendors and enjoy more refreshments.  Door prizes will be drawn between each speaker with the grand jewelry raffle prize being drawn at the end of the evening.  Visitors need not be present to win the grand prize, but do need to be present to win the door prizes.

“We are very excited for a more relaxed evening of wellness education and entertainment to replace the short and rushed one-hour lunch time-frame we have had the last 19 years,” explains Erin Berns, Public Relations Director at Veterans Memorial Hospital.  “This new format will allow ladies to come for the entire evening or come and go as they can to hear the topics they are really interested in.  Plus ladies will have plenty of room to visit, enjoy some great food and refreshments, and really learn about all of the helpful organizations and agencies that are available for all of us whenever needed, all while enjoying a nice night out!”

For more information, please call Erin Berns at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.