The Alice Aycock Poe Center For Health Education Names Time Warner Cable Premier Sponsor

RALEIGH, N.C. – Kim Raynor, interim chief executive officer for The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, has announced that Time Warner Cable, the second-largest telecommunications operator in the United States, will be the premier sponsor of the 2007 Annual Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Poe Center, located at 224 Sunnybrook Road in Raleigh. The Poe Center is a statewide nonprofit whose mission is to positively impact the lives of North Carolina youth through health education.

Other sponsors of the event include: Rocky Top Hospitality, MMI Associates, Inc., Women’s Edge, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, and Women In The Triangle.

Dr. Sheila Collins, director of Translational Biology and the Program in Endocrine Biology and senior investigator at The Hamner Institutes, will be the keynote speaker, and will address obesity and diabetes. The meeting will feature a healthy breakfast provided by Rocky Top Hospitality. For more information, please visit their Web site at www.poehealth.org.

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News Facts:

• Time Warner Cable, the second-largest telecommunications operator in the United States, will be the premier sponsor of the 2007 Annual Meeting of The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education.
• The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Poe Center, located at 224 Sunnybrook Road in Raleigh.
• Other sponsors of the event include: Rocky Top Hospitality, MMI Associates, Inc., Women’s Edge, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, and Women In The Triangle.
• Dr. Sheila Collins, director of Translational Biology and the Program in Endocrine Biology and senior investigator at The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, will be the keynote speaker, and will address obesity and diabetes.
• The meeting will feature a healthy breakfast provided by Rocky Top Hospitality.
• For more information, please visit their Web site at www.poehealth.org.

Quotes:
“I am pleased to announce Time Warner Cable as a premier sponsor of the Poe Center’s Annual Meeting,” said Raynor. “With the help of Time Warner and our other sponsors, I am sure that the meeting will be a huge success.”

About The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education:
The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., specializes in delivering and developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy. All programs follow The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Healthful Living Curriculum. The Poe Center conducts a number of specialized projects, made possible through the collaboration and support of health education friendly partners. Since opening its doors in November 1991, the Poe Center has provided healthy lifestyle education to communities, schools and organizations, serving over 675,000 participants from 73 counties in North Carolina. For more information, you can visit their Web site at www.poehealth.org.

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