BOCA RATON — South Florida ThyCa, A thyroid cancer support group, has joined hands with a local gym to raise money for thyroid cancer support services and research.
Busy Body Gym, located at 9183 Glades Road in Boca Raton, will host a thyroid cancer fundraiser Sunday, March 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. Led by the area’s best dance-exercise aerobics instructors, participants will dance to the latest music including Zumba (Latin Dance), Hip Hop Dance-exercise, India’s Bollywood Dancing, and Rock N Roll Dancing and will have exercise choreographed to country music sung live by a well known thyroid cancer specialist, Dr. R. Mack Harrell MD, who is also an award winning songwriter.
All costs and services for this event have been donated. Therefore, the entire suggested $20 entrance fee will be donated to ThyCa. Each participant will receive a free colorful reusable water bottle as a gift from Busy Body Gym.
Thyroid cancer is one of the few cancers that have increased in incidence in recent years. It’s the fastest increasing cancer in both men and women.
ThyCa is an international non-profit organization that provides free information and support for thyroid cancer patients and their families and also funds research on thyroid cancer. ThyCa’s award winning website www.thyca.org, has a wealth of information about all types of thyroid cancer. All services and materials are also available in Spanish.
Thyca Support Groups meet to help patients and their families with needed information and support. The South Florida ThyCa Group meets on the
last Saturday of each month, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at The North Broward Medical Center, 201 East Sample Rd. in Deerfield Beach.
For more information, call Christine Ciletti, ThyCa facilitator- 561-852-8994 (home) or 561-706-7526 (cell).