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Artful Update for UAC Website Hoop It Up on 8-8-8
T
he United Arts Council of Collier
County’s newly updated website
now includes information about
auditions, arts jobs and volunteer op-
portunities in the arts community. The
information can be found at UACCol-
lier.com/Auditions.htm. Postings are
updated weekly as new information
becomes available.
Local theater and performing arts
groups post information on auditions
Naples Players in “Humble Boy”
for upcoming plays and events. Local
arts organizations and galleries list
both job openings and volunteer opportunities.
The United Arts Council, the official, nonprofit arts agency serving Collier County,
“
T
he coming together of the hoops sym-
bolizes the world coming together,”
promotes art and culture on behalf of the entire arts community, provides education
declares Annie O’Keeffe, who founded
in the arts to at-risk students, and offers outreach programs to underserved areas of the
World Hoop Day, inaugurated July 7,
county. The website includes a comprehensive calendar of arts and cultural events.
2007 (7-7-7). This year’s 8-8-8 celebration
on August 8 celebrates fun, fitness and
For more information, call 239-263-8242 or visit UACCollier.com.
peaceful unity, held locally in Centen-
nial Park from 7 to 9 p.m., in downtown
Ft. Myers. Enthusiasts will join in a drum
circle and hula hoop jam. Hoops are
Acupuncture Facelift Demonstration
provided.
The free, local event is facilitated by
I
ntegrated Skin Care’s Open House on August 23 will feature an acupuncture face-
LeeLee and Gina, owners of Wonder-
lift demonstration, presented at noon by Sheila Nair, acupuncture physician and
Whirl Hoops and certified hoop dance
hypnotherapist.
instructors. “Hooping creates a blissful
The acupuncture facelift can help improve tired features, baggy eyes and luster-
spiral of energy,” Gina advises, “while it
less skin, without inducing redness or requiring downtime.
improves coordination, confidence and
Dr. Nair, who recently joined the Integrated Skin Care staff, returned 13 years
clarity. Plus, it burns 100 calories in 10
ago to join her father in his 25-year Ft. Myers/Naples acupuncture practice. He has
minutes.”
since retired and she continues to practice on her own, specializing in a rare and
World Hoop Day is a not-for-profit
gentle Japanese technique. Nair’s scope of practice includes pain management, stress-
organization that brings hula hoops to
and emotion-based conditions, women’s issues, gastrointestinal disorders, and the
impoverished children across the globe,
acupuncture facelift.
facilitating fun and physical fitness. Last
year’s hoop donations went to children in
Integrated Skin Care offers a comprehensive line of natural, organic anti-aging
Mexico, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Costa Rica and
products, treatments and therapies. It is located at 4755 Summerlin Rd., Ste. 3, in
the United States. Hoops will reach more
Ft. Myers. For information, call 239-425-2900 or visit IntegratedSkincare.com. See
children in more countries this year.
ad on page 25.
“My hope is that the whole world will
be hooping and at peace on December
12, 2012,” says O’Keeffe, citing World
Hoop Day’s motto: “Like Hands Across
Donate Children’s Books & Supplies
America, Hoops Around the World.”
For the second year, the American Red Cross of Collier County has agreed
For information about purchasing a
to serve as the headquarters for collection of back-to-school supplies and
hoop or upcoming classes, call Gina
new and gently used books for distribution to 500 homeless children in
at 941-505-7661 (Charlotte and North
Collier County. Drop off school supplies at the American Red Cross, 2610 Lee) or LeeLee at 239-777-5157 (Col-
Northbrooke Plaza Drive, in Naples. Monetary donations may be made pay-
lier and South Lee). Email Hoops@
able to the American Red Cross Collier County Chapter–School Supplies
embarqmail.com or visit WonderWhirl.
Project. For more information, call 239-596-6868.
com. For information on the big day, visit
WorldHoopDay.com.
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