Walk with a Doc

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The Good Life:

The Gardens Mall Walking Club and Jupiter Medical Center Present

“Walk with a Doc”

 

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – Get busy living, or get busy walking your way to great health! On Wednesday, May 17, meet Dr. Marni Nicholas, a board-certified internal medicine specialist with Primary Care Services of Jupiter Medical Specialists, followed by a brisk power walk around The Gardens Mall. In conjunction with The Gardens Mall Walking Club, the “Walk with a Doc” fitness event combines healthy living with cardio-intensive mall walking.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Marni Nicholas back to The Gardens Mall Walking Club,” says Michele Jacobs, Director of Marketing for The Gardens Mall. “Dr. Nicholas encourages healthy physical activity in people of all ages, and she is on a mission to help reverse the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle.”

  

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in Nordstrom Court. Light bites will be served. Beginning at      9 a.m., Dr. Nicholas will discuss osteoporosis and bone health issues. Stretching and mall walking will follow at 9:30 a.m.

 

New members will receive a complimentary Mall Walker Fit Kit from Jupiter Medical Center, which includes a tote bag, water bottle, pedometer, and T-shirt. Membership also includes special offers from participating mall retailers, and invitations to health and wellness screenings, events, and lectures.

 

To reserve your spot to Walk with a Doc, please contact Teresa Dabrowski, Guest Services and Tourism Director, at tdabrowski@thegardensmall.com or call 561.622.2115.

 

Mall walking hours are Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Gardens Mall is located at 3101 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens.

 

About The Gardens Mall

The Gardens Mall is located one mile east of I-95 on PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The luxurious, 1.4-million-square-foot, super-regional shopping center features more than 150 world-class retail specialty shops and restaurants. It is anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, and Macy’s. The Gardens Mall is owned and managed by The Forbes Company. For more information about The Gardens Mall, call 561.775.7750 or visit the mall online at thegardensmall.com or floridaluxuryshopping.com.

 

About Jupiter Medical Center

A not-for-profit, 327-bed, regional medical center consisting of 207 private acute-care hospital beds and 120 long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation and Hospice beds, Jupiter Medical Center is reimagining how to restore the community’s health and wellness. Award-winning physicians, world-class partnerships, and innovative techniques and technology enable Jupiter Medical Center to provide a broad range of services with specialty concentrations in cardiology, oncology, imaging, orthopedics and spine, digestive health, emergency services, lung and thoracic, women’s health, weight management and men’s health. For more information on Jupiter Medical Center, please call 561.263.2234 or visit jupitermed.com.