March 12, 2024

Cruise Into Wellness at the 23rd Senior Health and Wellness Expo

Grab your passport, gather your friends and hop aboard! You're invited to set sail at the 2024 Senior Health and Wellness Expo!

📅 March 20

🕥10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

📍 Cabarrus Arena & Events Center

🎟️ FREE parking and admission

This year's theme is 'Cruise into Wellness' and showcases the Mediterranean lifestyle.

Get ready for a day full of activities, resources and fun, including door prizes, health screenings, exercise demos, lunch, entertainment, exhibitors, educational sessions and more! Anyone 18+ is welcome to attend. Wear your vacation attire.

For more information on the 2024 Senior Health and Wellness Expo, email the "Cruise Director" Gail Brindell at gpbrindell@cabarruscounty.us or call 704-920-3476.

Gail was featured on WCCB News Rising to detail the event and describe the meaning of Cruise into Wellness. Watch the full interview.

5 Things to Know

🏃‍♀️ The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office participates in the 2024 North Carolina Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run in May. You can support the initiative by purchasing a T-shirt for $20, a cap for $30 or a beanie for $25. ALL proceeds go directly to NC Special Olympics. If you have any questions or would like to purchase a shirt (pictured below), please contact Kelly Schroeder (klschroeder@cabarruscounty.us) or Donna McCombs (djmccombs@cabarruscounty.us).

⚽️🎾 2024 Harrisburg Summer Camp sign-ups now open:

Tennis:

Session 1: June 3 - 6 

Session 2: June 17 - 20 

Session 3: July 22 - 25 

*Available for ages 8 to 15 years

Register

Soccer:

Session 1: June 24 - 28, ages 6 to 12

June 24 - 27, ages 3 to 5 

Session 2: July 22 - 26, ages 6 to 12 

July 22 - 25, ages 2 to 5 

Register

📚 Join the Friends of the Mt. Pleasant Public Library and the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society as they celebrate Women's History Month with author Katherine Reay. The event is March 18 at 6 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Library. RSVP on Facebook.

📌 Help us build toward a safer future! Please take this short survey to share your thoughts about our Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan identifies and assesses our community’s hazard risks and identifies strategies that determine how to best minimize or manage those risks.

💊 The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is hosting another Operation Medicine Drop drive-thru event:

• Saturday, March 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. 
• Big Lots parking lot (Concord - in front of Dream Center)
• Safely dispose of unwanted, unused or expired prescription medications

Cabarrus This Week

Let's get plugged in!

In this episode of Cabarrus This Week, we're:

• Cruising into wellness at the Senior Health and Wellness Expo

• Welcoming back the Cabarrus Burger Madness Challenge

• Getting you ready for an egg-citing Easter egg hunt

CTW archives

Serve it up

It's a BIG Dill

🥒🏓 Calling all CabCo pickleballers! The inaugural Sweet and Sour Pickleball Classic is happening on Saturday, April 6 at 8 a.m. at Frank Liske Park. This is a mixed doubles tournament, but all skill levels are welcome. The cost is $30 per team and the top two teams in each division receive a trophy. 

Pickleball classes are offered at Frank Liske Park on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. now through April 29. Cost is $10. Register today!

Weigh in

2024 Luck O' the Irish disc golf tournament | Saturday, March 16 | 9 a.m. | Frank Liske Park | $15 per player

Beginning yeast bread class | March 25 | 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Cabarrus Cooperative Extension Kitchen | 715 Cabarrus Avenue W, Concord | View all Spring & Summer 2024 classes

Spring Plant & Herb Festival | April 13 | 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Cabarrus Arena & Events Center | 4751 State Hwy 49, Concord

Living Healthy with Diabetes Workshop | April 9 - May 15 | 1 to 3:30 p.m. | Cabarrus Health Alliance | 300 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis

View all Cabarrus County Library System events

View Active Living and Parks session guide

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In the News

• (Independent Tribune) Morris confident Cabarrus commissioners will lower tax rate this year

• (Independent Tribune) Robyn Benjamin: CabCoTV 22 offers something for everyone

• (WCCB, Charlotte's CW) Cabarrus County’s 23rd Annual Senior Health and Wellness Expo

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