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March Golden Opportunity Events

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Ochsner’s Golden Opportunity Program March 2013 calendar of events:
Culinary Run: Beausoleil Restaurant
Friday, March 1
11:00 am
Beausoleil
7731 Jefferson Highway
Let’s do lunch!  Meet at Beausoleil  Restaurant with your Golden Opportunity friends.   
Call 755-4984 to RSVP for this event.
Breakfast Bunch: Men’s General Health
Wednesday, March 6
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge Cafeteria
17000 Medical Center Drive
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Ochsner Urologist Dudley Atkinson, MD will discuss common men’s health concerns such as enlarged prostate (BPH), prostate cancer, low testosterone and more.   
Call 755-4984 to RSVP for this free event.
GO Road Trip: Pope John Paul II Exhibit / Lunch at Drago’s Restaurant
Friday, March 8
Depart Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge at 9:30 am and return at 5:00 pm. 
Cost is $70.00 per person and includes admission into the Pope John Paul Exhibit and lunch at Drago’s Restaurant.   
“You Again: Blessed John Paul II,” exhibit will portray the life of John Paul in four phases: childhood and adolescence; from laborer to cardinal-archbishop in Poland; his papacy and the period since his death in 2005.  The exhibit has over 100 items from the personal possessions of Pope John Paul II. The items come from the Pope John Paul II Center in Krakow, Poland and from the Vatican Collections. Never before has a collection of the personal belongings of a Roman Catholic Pope been on display in the United States.  
Call 755-4984 to RSVP for this event.
Breakfast Bunch: Kidney 101
Wednesday, March 20
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge Cafeteria
17000 Medical Center Drive
9:30 am – 11:00 am
What role do the kidneys play in the body?  What are the risk factors for kidney disease?  Ochsner Nephrologist Ronald Reichel, MD, PhD will answer questions regarding the kidneys and provide an overview of how they function and what diseases may impact them.
Call 755-4984 to RSVP for this free event.
Movie Review:  Admission
Thursday, March 28
10:00 am
Grand Cinema Theater – 15365 George O’Neal Road
Meet at Grand Cinema on George O’Neal Road for a private showing of this latest movie.  Admission cost is $6.50 per person and this includes admission, small drink and small popcorn.
Call 755-4984 to RSVP.
    Golden Opportunity is a program for adults 50 and older in the Baton Rouge region.  The program promotes an active, healthy, independent lifestyle for all seniors.  Golden Opportunity offers a broad range of wellness services, educational information and seminars, wellness screenings, special discounts, social activities and travel opportunities.  Anyone interested in learning more about Golden Opportunity can contact the office at 755-4984.
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