NEW ORLEANS — Ochsner Health System and Elmwood Fitness Center are teaming up with the New Orleans Saints this season to offer a fun and fitness-fueled Pregame Experience before Saints games.
The family-friendly pregame experience will include a DJ, Zumba sessions led by a certified Elmwood Fitness Center trainer, dancing, an Ask-the-Doctor station and "Future Doctors" photo booth for children. Guests can also enter a raffle to win autographed Saints gear and free memberships to Elmwood Fitness Center.
"Ochsner is constantly looking for new opportunities to engage the community from a health and wellness perspective,” said David Gaines, CEO of System Retail Services & Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Ochsner Health System. “Partnering with the Saints is another great way to connect with fans.”
The first of five Ochsner Pregame Experience events will be ahead of the home opener on Sunday, September 20, 2015, by Gate A on the plaza level of the Mercedes Benz Superdome, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The other Ochsner Pregame Experience events will take place on November 1, November 8, December 6 and December 27.
Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 25 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 50 health centers.
Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” across six specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 90 countries worldwide each year.
Ochsner employs nearly 17,000 employees, over 1,000 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties and conducts more than 900 clinical research studies. Ochsner Health System is proud to be a tobacco-free environment.
