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- Volunteer opportunities are still available for the First Annual Priority Health Grand Cycling Classic on Sunday, Sept. 7. Described as the intensity of Tour de France meeting the excitement of NASCAR, the Priority Health Classic will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and feature races attracting some of the best professional and amateur cyclists from across the nation.

Volunteers are needed to act as course marshals, who direct foot traffic; and kids run coordinators. Prospective volunteers should register at priorityhealthclassic.com or send an e-mail to phclassic@priorityhealth.com for more information. Volunteer shifts vary from three to seven hours. All volunteers will receive a 2008 Priority Health Grand Cycling Classic T-shirt and boxed lunch from Bar Conor O'Neill's.

About Priority Health

Priority Health is a nationally recognized health plan company based in Michigan. It serves a half million members with a broad portfolio of products including commercial and government health plans. A nonprofit dedicated to providing all people access to affordable health care, Priority Health is Michigan's top-rated health plan and ranks eleventh in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Priority Health employs 1,000 people throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula with offices in Grand Rapids, Farmington Hills, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Saginaw and Traverse City.

About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, a member of Trinity Health, is a health care organization serving Washtenaw, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, western Wayne and southwestern Oakland counties. It includes 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital with 74 beds, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital in Howell with 136 beds and St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia with 304 beds. Combined the four hospitals are licensed for 1,051 beds, employ more than 8,400 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 1,500 physicians. For more information about Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, please visit sjmercyhealth.org.

Priority Health
Amy Miller, 616-464-8571