Kroger And Duke Heart Center To Host "Celebrate Your Health" Event For Community Members On June 7

Local Grocer And Duke Heart Center Partner To Promote Health And Wellness

2013-06-02

RALEIGH, NC, June 02, 2013 (Press-News.org) The Kroger Co. (http://www.kroger.com/), the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer with 14 stores throughout the Triangle and North Carolina, has announced that it will host the inaugural "Celebrate Your Health" event in partnership with Duke Heart Center, Duke University Medical Center and the American Heart Association. The free event will take place at the Kroger store located at 3825 S. Roxboro St. in Durham on Friday, June 7, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Local DJ personality, Brian Dawson, will provide musical entertainment while Kroger pharmacists and dieticians, and local health vendors will offer glucose and blood pressure screenings, healthy food samples, face painting, compression-only CPR, raffles, cooking demonstrations and many other healthy surprises. In addition, Erica Dixon, a nationally-known Zumba instructor, will host an outdoor Zumba class beginning at 6:15 p.m.

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"We hope this event will empower Kroger customers and members of the Durham community to take the necessary steps to maintain a healthy lifestyle," said Carl York, advertising and public relations manager for Kroger's mid-Atlantic marketing region. "We are looking forward to partnering with the Duke Heart Center as well as local vendors as we kick off the summer with a fun and educational day."

ABOUT KROGER:
Kroger, the nation's largest traditional grocery retailer, has 14 stores throughout the Triangle, including Apex (1), Cary (1), Garner (1), Fuquay-Varina (1), Raleigh (4) and Durham (6). Headquartered in Cincinnati, the company employs more than 338,000 associates who serve customers in 2,439 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 788 convenience stores, 361 fine jewelry stores, 1,046 supermarket fuel centers and 40 food processing plants in the United States. Kroger focuses its charitable efforts on supporting hunger relief, health and wellness initiatives, and local organizations in the communities it serves. For more information, please visit http://www.kroger.com.

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