Vista’s Healthy Woman event welcomes Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth Smart, a nationally known kidnapping survivor and prominent child protection advocate, will hold her first scheduled speaking engagement in the Chicago area when she appears this fall at the Healthy Woman Expo & Dinner sponsored by Vista Health System.
This event will be Oct. 4 at the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, where people can meet Smart and hear her inspirational story.
The event begins with the free Women’s Health Expo from 3 to 6 p.m. The expo will include health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol and bone density. Vista physicians, nurses and staff will provide information on a wide range of women’s health issues.
The expo will include dozens of booths featuring products and services of interest to women.
Smart will make an appearance during the last hour of the expo to meet people and sign autographs.
A ticketed dinner will immediately follow the expo in the resort’s Grand Ballroom where Smart will speak on “Overcoming Adversity.” Tickets for the dinner are $45 for Healthy Woman members and $55 for nonmembers; however, membership for Healthy Woman is free.
Dinner seating is limited and advanced reservations are required. Visit www.VistaHealth.com/HealthyWoman to purchase dinner tickets online, join Healthy Woman or receive more information.
“This will be a beautiful, inspirational evening. I encourage people to call their friends and make it out for this event,” said Barbara Martin, president & chief executive officer of Vista Health System.
“We are very excited to bring Elizabeth Smart to the greater Chicago area, and I know that everyone in attendance will be inspired by Elizabeth’s story.”
In early June 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City home in the middle of the night. The search to find her was a national news story as her kidnapping nightmare continued for nine months.
In the years since her traumatic ordeal, Elizabeth has become a highly visible advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs and legislation, and she is a correspondent for ABC News.