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Susan Helmrich

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Swim Across America helps Bay Area cancer research

by Guest contributor Oct. 03, 2013, 11:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Swimmers cross the Bay to Crissy Field during the 2012 Swim Across America event. Photo: SAA By Eli Wolfe Susan Helmrich was just 21 when she fought her first battle with cancer at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City. In the 37 years since that first treatment, she has been diagnosed with and […]

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Swim Across America raises funds for cancer research

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Sept. 24, 2012, 2:46 p.m.October 4, 2022

Swimmers cross San Francisco Bay during the 2010 Swim Across America event. Photo: SAA When Edna Helmrich was pregnant with her second child in the 1950s, her doctor recommended she take a new drug, DES, to prevent miscarriages. Edna followed her doctor’s advice and gave birth to Susan on Nov. 14, 1955. For 21 years, […]

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Swim Across America checks fund local cancer research

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor March 14, 2012, 4:30 p.m.October 4, 2022

Desanne Martin and her son Grant who has swum the Bay for Swim Across America, and benefitted from treatment for cancer at two local SAA beneficiary hospitals. Photos: Tracey Taylor Grant Martin, 11, swam under the Golden Gate Bridge in September, and he says he’ll do it again. Why? Because Martin wants to follow in […]

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12 steps to get fit for 2012

by Guest contributor Dec. 29, 2011, 9:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

A hiker and her dog going up Claremont Canyon fire trail. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel By Susan Helmrich Last year, around this time I wrote an article about New Year’s resolutions and exercise. So, how did you do? The holiday season is upon us once again, and it is time to reflect on the past year […]

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Swimmers cross Bay to raise funds for cancer research

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Sept. 21, 2011, 1:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Swimmers cross the bay in the 2010 Swim Across America. Photo: SAA About a year and a half ago, Steve Barbour, the CFO of Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream, decided to take up swimming to get back in shape. While he had loved the water while growing up in southern California, he had stopped exercising regularly […]

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Tips to get fit in 2011

by Guest contributor Jan. 04, 2011, 2:00 p.m.October 4, 2022

Hiker in Claremont Canyon. By Susan Helmrich It’s four days into the New Year. How are you doing with your fitness goals? As a health and wellness coach in Berkeley, I have seen every type of resolution, from people vowing to eat fewer fatty foods and to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables to […]

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