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National Alcohol Screening Day April 10

[APRIL 5, 2003]  The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Geriatrics Society, the National Mental Health Association and others are sponsoring the fifth annual National Alcohol Screening Day, which is April 10. Its purpose is to raise awareness about alcohol problems through outreach, education and screening, and referrals for further evaluation.

There will be more than 2,000 screening sites.

Local sites

  • Eastland Mall
    Bloomington, IL 61701
    (309) 827-6026
    April 10, 2-8 p.m.

  • Parkland College Counseling Center
    Champaign, IL 61821
    (217) 353-2254
    April 10, noon to 1 p.m.

To find other screening sites, visit www.mentalhealthscreening.org.

An estimated 14 million Americans meet diagnostic criteria for alcohol-use disorders. Approximately one-half of adults in the country report family history of alcoholism or problem drinking.

Older people are particularly susceptible to "late-onset alcoholism." This is a dependency that develops after the death of a spouse or close friend or upon retirement, for example.

 

According to the National Mental Health Association, older adults are at risk of developing alcohol problems because:

--As people age, even smaller amounts of alcohol cause serious health problems.

--People 65 and older consume 25 percent to 30 percent of all prescription medications, and more than 150 medications interact harmfully with alcohol.

--As older adults experience lift changes such as retirement, the loss of loved ones or deterioration in physical health, they may turn to alcohol to cope.

 

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Heavy drinking raises the risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, certain cancers, accidents, violence, birth defects and overall mortality.

Reactions to alcohol vary tremendously. The same person can react differently under different circumstances. Reactions depend on many factors: body weight, mood, food and medication. Generally, older people drink smaller quantities than younger people but will be more quickly and adversely affected.

Alcoholism is a serious illness and may be confused with other psychiatric problems, such as depression. Alcohol abuse can mask and worsen the symptoms associated with depression. Use of alcohol can cause other drugs to be metabolized more rapidly, producing exaggerated responses.

Some early warning signs of alcoholism are drinking more, and more often than normal; mood changes; personality changes; confusion; and irritability.

For more information, call (781) 239-0071 or visit www.nationalalcoholscreeningday.org.

[Fact sheet provided by
Illinois Department on Aging]


This year's health fairs better than ever


Children's Health Fair

[APRIL 3, 2003]  The 17th annual Children's Health Fair will be at the Lincoln Park District Indoor Sports Complex at 1400 Primm Road on Friday, April 4, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Fifth-grade students from Lincoln and Logan County schools will be brought to the sports complex for two-hour-long segments during the day. Home-schooled fifth-grade students are also invited to attend. The goal of the Children's Health Fair is to encourage children to learn about health in a way that allows them to play an active part in the learning process. More than 30 agencies will be represented at the fair.

The children will receive information about such topics as cancer prevention, exercise, nutrition, hospitals, dental health, disabilities, drugs and alcohol, emergency services, safety, personal hygiene, and posture.

Special features for 2003

New to this year’s fair will be a Fatal Vision Goggles Course, presented by the Lincoln Police Department. Fatal Vision simulator goggles allow young people to experience firsthand the potentially fatal consequences of alcohol and drug impairment. Young people are told that, by becoming impaired, their coordination, their judgment and their driving skills become impaired. Fatal Vision goggles will give the students the opportunity to understand those dangers without taking a drop of alcohol or using drugs of any type. In addition to the goggles the students will don cardboard car shapes before trying to maneuver their way through the course.

The students will once again be going through a Heart Adventure Challenge Course. Research studies have supported the notion that children learn best through play experiences. The Elementary Heart Adventure Challenge Course does just that. What better way to learn about the most important muscle in the body than to experience going through it! Students are physically involved while navigating the blood's pathway through the body.

 

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The fifth-graders will also view a presentation by students from Hartsburg-Emden High School about the dangers of smoking. The skit will enable the students to get information about tobacco prevention via the performing arts.

Students will conclude their stay at the fair with a visit from the Springfield-based Air Evac helicopter. Air Evac Lifeteam was founded in Missouri by a group of private citizens who wanted to give the people in their community better access to emergency medical care. Air Evac has provided air ambulance care to more than 50,000 patients in rural communities since 1985 and currently has bases in nine states.

As in the past, the children were encouraged to make posters, prior to the fair, relating to some aspect of health. Prizes will be awarded and the posters will be displayed at the fair. The top four wining posters are on display at Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's restaurants before the health fairs.

Questions about the fair in general or about involving home-schooled children should be directed to Marcia Dowling at the Logan County Health Department, 735-2317, or Marcia Greenslate at the Lincoln Park District, 732-8770, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

[Provided by  Lincoln Park District
and Logan County Health Department]

 


Community Health Fair

[APRIL 3, 2003]  This year's edition of the Community Health Fair, “Take Time to Get Healthy,” will have a different look while focusing on what's hot in safety, health and fitness. The 18th annual fair will be Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Park District's Indoor Sports Complex. Admission is free. Everyone is invited to attend.

More than 70 organizations will have displays or will offer health screenings. Guests at the fair will learn new and innovative approaches to wellness. Many new safety exhibits will be a part of this year’s fair. Included in an outdoor display will be emergency vehicles from the Air Evac Lifeteam, Lincoln Fire Department, Logan County Paramedic Association and the Logan County Sheriff’s Department.

Health screenings are always popular at the fair. More than a dozen screenings will be offered. These screenings are for blood pressure, blood sugar and diabetes, bone density, child development, cholesterol, hearing, height, hemoglobin, pulmonary function and vision. All screenings except those for hemoglobin ($1) and cholesterol ($5) will be free of charge.

The American Red Cross will again be conducting a blood bank in conjunction with the health fair. Hours for the blood bank will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Your gift of blood can help save someone's life, so please make plans to give at the American Red Cross blood bank. First-time donors are welcome. No experience needed!

Coming attractions

For the first time, the Fatal Vision Goggles Course, presented by Logan-Mason Mental Health, will be a part of the fair this year. Fatal Vision simulator goggles are being used by police officers, driver's education instructors, hospitals, DARE officers, the American Red Cross, MADD chapters, the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army, National Guard, and other traffic safety programs across America.

 

Fatal Vision goggles allow people to experience firsthand the potentially fatal consequences of alcohol and drug impairment. Participants will have the opportunity to understand the dangers of impaired driving without taking a drop of alcohol or using drugs of any type.

Returning to the fair will be the Disability Obstacle Course. The Logan County chapter of the Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois will be manning the course. Visitors to the fair will be able to experience the obstacles of daily living.

Also making a return visit is the Child Identification Program. The Lincoln Police Department is bringing this popular program to the fair. Parents will have the opportunity to have their children fingerprinted at no charge. Pictures will also be taken. Both forms of identification have been very beneficial to the police in locating missing children. Parents are urged to take advantage of this program offered from 9 a.m. to noon while supplies last.

Smokey Bear of the Forestry Department of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be on hand throughout the day promoting safety.

 

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Saturday entertainment

All ages will be treated to plenty of scheduled entertainment during the day as well. At 10:30 a.m. Dan Dugan and his students of Yo Shu Kai Karate will be on hand to entertain you with an enthusiastic demonstration on this self-defense discipline.

At 11 a.m. Ronald McDonald is sure to captivate both children and adults with his magical performance. Representing McDonald's restaurants, Ronald is a talented performer who has touched the hearts of kids for many years with fun and laughter.

In a first appearance, the "Reality House -- It's a Matter of Choice," will be presented by Tri-County AmeriCorps at 11:30 a.m. The skit will demonstrate the reality of making choices, both right and wrong, that youth make every day.

At noon Deputy Jerry Melton and She-bear from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department will be on hand to demonstrate how canines are used in law enforcement. This segment is always a crowd-pleaser

Concluding the day's entertainment at 12:30 p.m., the Possum Holler Pickers will take center stage. The spirited performance of bluegrass music is sure to entertain all ages.

In addition to the above lineup, bingo will be available to guests of the fair. Maple Ridge Care Centre is once again sponsoring this activity for all from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The fair will also have face painting available for the youngsters. Volunteers from AmeriCorps will be doing the artwork.

Closing credits

Nutritious foods prepared by Lincoln Land Catering will be available for purchase at the fair throughout the day.

The Community Health Fair is co-sponsored by the Lincoln Park District and the Logan County Health Department.

Click here for participants and their topics..

Questions about the fair should be directed to Marcia Greenslate at the Lincoln Park District, (217) 732-8770, or Marcia Dowling at the Logan County Health Department, (217) 735-2317.

[Provided by Lincoln Park District
and Logan County Health Department]


Health screenings offered at Community Health Fair

[APRIL 3, 2003]  Several health screenings will be offered to the public at the Community Health Fair, which will be at the Lincoln Park District’s Indoor Sports Complex, 1400 Primm Road, on Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free.

People interested in the screenings should plan to arrive early enough to allow time for all of the screening to be done before the fair ends. Those who arrive after 1 p.m. may not be able to complete all the screenings. Fasting is not necessary before the tests.

Screening is an accurate and safe procedure when done by trained health care professionals.

Questions about the screening may be directed to Marcia Dowling at the Logan County Health Department, (217) 735-2317.

Screenings to be offered at no charge include:

--Blood pressure (by Parish Nursing)

--Bone density (by Logan County Health Department)

--Blood sugar and diabetes (by Graue Pharmacy)

--Child development, age 0-3 (by United Cerebral Palsy)

--Hearing (by Lions Foundation), 9 a.m. to noon

--Height (by Logan County Health Department)

--Pulmonary function (by Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, respiratory therapy)

--Vision (by Logan County Health Department)

 

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There will be a small fee for two screenings, to help defray the expenses involved with offering the tests.

--Hemoglobin (by Family Medical Center), $1. Done primarily to evaluate anemia, this screening is by means of a finger-stick blood sample. Results are completed in less than one minute.

--Cholesterol (by Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Lab), $5


Community Health Fair participants

(* Health screenings offered)

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, lab * Cholesterol screening
ALMH, nutrition Healthy, quick recipes; exercises
ALMH, radiology MRI
ALMH, rehab Balance assessment; exercises
ALMH, respiratory therapy * Pulmonary function test
Air Evac Lifeteam Air Evac helicopter on display
All About You Massage, reflexology
American Cancer Society Programs, activities
American Red Cross Blood bank
America Red Cross, Logan County chapter Services offered
Central Illinois Community Blood Center Services, bloodmobile
Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities Obstacle course
CIEDC Services
Community Child Care Connection Child care information
Creative Memories Scrapbook displays
Curves for Women Ladies fitness
Easter Seals Central Illinois Disability awareness, education
ESDA-911 Bicycle helmet safety
Epilepsy Resource Center Epilepsy; your brain
Family Medical Center * Hemoglobin screening, services
1st Choice Chiropractic Chiropractic
The Fitness Balance Information
Gift of Hope Organ tissue donation
Graue Pharmacy * Diabetes screening
Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Breast health information
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Groundwater protection
Lincoln Fire Department Firetruck on display
Lincoln Health Care Specialists Osteoporosis
Lincoln Medical Supply Respiratory care
Lincoln Parents' Center Parenting resources
Lincoln Park District Total fitness center information
Lincoln Police Department Child fingerprinting; Jeep display
Lincoln Public Library District Library materials available
Lincoln Railsplitter REACT Inc. REACT information
Lions Foundation * Hearing screening
Living Alternatives -- Crisis Pregnancy Center Services
Living Well and Elegance from Earth Therapeutic-grade essential oils
Logan County Farm Bureau Women's Committee Soy product promotion
Logan County Health Department * Bone density screening
  Environmental health
  * Height screening
  Home health
  Public health
  STDs information
  * Vision screening
  Wheels of Health
  WIC program
Logan County Paramedic Association Ambulance on display
Logan County Salvation Army Services, information
Logan County Sheriff’s Department Squad car on display
Logan-Mason Mental Health Substance abuse
  Fatal Vision Goggles Course
Lisa Madigan Child development, education
Maple Ridge Care Centre Services
  Bingo
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center Talking book information
MS Walk Multiple sclerosis
Nikken Nikken magnets
Parish Nursing * Blood pressure screening
Jim Percival Reflexology
Quixtar-Nutrilite Products
Reliv International Nutrition
Senior Citizens of Logan County Programs, services, events
Senior Issues Task Force Information
Sojourn Shelter Domestic violence prevention
Springfield Center for Independent Living Disability awareness
Springfield Family Counseling Counseling services
Sugar Creek Orthodontics Dental health
Thrivent Financial Financial planning
Toughlove Parent Support Group of Logan County Parenting information
Tri-County AmeriCorps Information
  Face painting
United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln * Child developmental screening
United Way of Logan County Informational materials


CICBC brings state-of-the-art
technology to Community Health Fair

[MARCH 29, 2003]  Visit CICBC's bus or booth at the Community Health Fair in April and check out the technology and services Central Illinois Community Blood Center provides for Logan County residents.

CICBC is much more than simply the blood provider for Lincoln residents. Central Illinois Community Blood Center provides a variety of services, including some of the latest automated technology for blood component donation.

On Saturday, April 5, at the local health fair, CICBC will have its "blood bus" and new double red cell machine. CICBC invites the public to tour the bus, check out this new technology, and sign up to win a T-shirt. There will also be information about other available technology and services.

Therapeutic phlebotomy for people with hereditary hemochromatosis is a new service offered by CICBC. This service is provided free of charge, either at your local blood drive or at the blood center in Springfield. More information will be available on the bus at the Community Health Fair.

 

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Central Illinois Community Blood Center is nonprofit, governed by a local volunteer board of directors, licensed by the FDA and operates as a partner with local hospitals. CICBC is your community blood center and the sole provider of blood to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Hopedale Medical Complex, all of the Springfield hospitals and seven other local hospitals. It is also a member of America's Blood Centers, an association of 75 community blood centers representing over 500 blood collection sites that provide over 50 percent of the blood for this country. After these blood centers meet local needs, blood is shared throughout the United States through a resource-sharing network. Through this network CICBC is also called upon to help supply blood to our troops in time of war.

Be sure to visit Central Illinois Community Blood Center's "blood bus" or their booth to find out more about how your community blood center helps your community.

[CICBC press release]


Health Matters

A monthly feature from  Logan County Health Department

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

[APRIL 1, 2003]  Since 1983, when April was designed Child Abuse Prevention Month, communities across the country have used this monthlong observance to increase awareness of child abuse and its prevention. It is a time when individuals, schools, businesses, hospitals, religious organizations, and social service agencies join forces in the battle against child abuse.

Child abuse is a serious social and public health issue. More than a million children are abused each year in the United States. In Illinois, last year 100,000 children were reported as abused or neglected. Recognizing that everyone can participate in efforts to eliminate this serious threat to children, communities across the country are stepping forward to promote the message that child abuse can and must be prevented.

Prevent Child Abuse Illinois offers the following suggestions about ways to help prevent child abuse in your community.

Be a better parent

--Recognize that you are the most important person in your children's lives. What you say to them and how you treat them determines how they feel about themselves. Offer positive words and praise every chance you get.

 

--When you're feeling troubled or lonely, and when pressures build up, don't lash out at your child. Stop and take a deep breath. Remember you are the adult. Close your eyes and pretend you're hearing what your child is about to hear.

--If you think you need help, you're not alone. Being a parent isn't easy for anyone, and sometimes it's very hard. Take the first step. Reach out for help. Check your community's phone directory for a child abuse or crisis hot line, parent group or family service agency.

Help and support other parents

--If you know a parent under stress, offer him or her a break. Take care of the children for a while so the parent can relax.

--Establish a parent support group, or volunteer to work with an existing program.

--Support home visitation programs and other community resources available to parents.

 

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Raise public awareness and public concern

--Get involved with Child Abuse Prevention Month to raise public awareness about child abuse prevention. April activities include blue-ribbon campaigns, media conferences, displays and special events focusing on the needs of children and families.

Report suspected abuse or neglect

--Children count on the adults in their lives. Report suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect. In Illinois, call 1 (800) 25-ABUSE [1-800-252-7328] and in emergency situations call 911.

Prevent Child Abuse Illinois was founded in 1990 to address the issues of child abuse and neglect prevention throughout Illinois. Prevent Child Abuse Illinois accomplishes its mission through public awareness campaigns, parent education and support programs, professional training and technical assistance, and community prevention programs. For more information about Prevent Child Abuse Illinois, call (217) 522-1129 or visit www.preventchildabuseillinois.org.

Prevent Child Abuse Illinois has offices in Bloomington, Chicago, DeKalb, East St. Louis, Glen Ellyn, Harvey, Joliet, Marion, Peoria, Rock Island and Springfield. The address for the home office is 528 S. Fifth St., Suite 211, Springfield, IL 62701.

[Provided by Logan County Health Department]


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CICBC blood drives monthly at paramedics' building

Blood supplies across the nation are critical. In some areas, there is less than a one-day supply. Fortunately, thanks to the dedicated donors in central Illinois, these tremendous shortages have not yet touched our hospitals. However, the blood supply is a resource that must be renewed. Every three seconds someone needs a blood transfusion of some kind. To accommodate this constant usage, community members must continually help replenish the supply. Since a donor can donate whole blood only every eight weeks, Central Illinois Community Blood Center needs community members to come forward and help with this lifesaving effort.

Central Illinois Community Blood Center provides all of the blood and blood products for 12 area hospitals, including those in Lincoln, Hopedale and Springfield. No other organization provides blood in these hospitals. CICBC is a community-based blood center whose mission is to provide a safe and adequate blood supply for patients in local hospitals in a cost-effective manner.

When you donate blood through CICBC, you help to keep a safe and adequate blood supply for your community. You also help keep local medical costs under control.

 

Regularly scheduled blood drives are on the first Monday of each month (except Labor Day) at the Logan County Paramedic Association building, 1300 N. Postville Road. (See schedule.) Please help by donating blood.

CICBC also provides other services for the communities served, such as therapeutic phlebotomy at no charge for patients with hereditary hemochromatosis.

For more information, call Terry Bell at 753-1530.

[CICBC press release]


CICBC blood drive schedule
  • April 7, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • April 11, at Lincoln Community High School

  • May 5, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • May 14, hours and location to be announced

  • June 2, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • July 7, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • July 15, hours and location to be announced

  • Aug. 4, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

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  • Sept. 8, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • Sept. 24, hours and location to be announced

  • Oct. 6, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • Nov. 3, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building

  • Nov. 12, hours and location to be announced

  • Dec. 1, noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building


Mobile health unit schedule

The Rural Health Partnership has announced the schedule for its mobile health unit for 2002.

 

Morning: 9-11 a.m.

 

 

Afternoon: 1-3:30 p.m.

Monday

1st and 3rd

Hartsburg

1st and 3rd

Emden

 

2nd and 4th

San Jose

2nd and 4th

Greenview

Tuesday

Weekly

Chestnut

Weekly

Mount Pulaski

Wednesday

Weekly

New Holland

Weekly

Middletown

Thursday

1st and 3rd

Elkhart

Weekly

Atlanta

2nd and 4th

Friendship Manor-Lincoln

Friday

1st, 2nd, 4th

Village Hall-Latham

1st

Beason

     

2nd and 4th

Broadwell

 

3rd

Maintenance/ special events

3rd

Maintenance/
special events

The mobile health unit does not operate on the following dates for holidays during 2002:  Jan. 21 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), Feb. 18 (Presidents' Day), March 29 (Good Friday), May 27 (Memorial Day), July 4 (Independence Day), Sept. 2 (Labor Day), Oct. 14 (Columbus Day), Nov. 11 (Veterans Day), Nov. 28-29 (Thanksgiving break) and Dec. 24-25 (Christmas break).

For more information on the mobile health unit schedule and services, contact Dayle Eldredge at (217) 732-2161, Ext. 409.


Community resource list

This family resource list to save and use is provided by the Healthy Communities Partnership and the Healthy Families Task Force, 732-2161, Ext. 409.         

Agency

Phone number

Address

Lincoln agencies

911

911 (emergency)
732-3911 (office -- non-emergency)

911 Pekin St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital

732-2161

315 Eighth St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

American Red Cross
www.il-redcross.org  

732-2134 or 
1 (800) 412-0100

125 S. Kickapoo
Lincoln, IL 62656

Catholic Social Services
www.cdop.org 

732-3771

310 S. Logan
Lincoln, IL 62656

Lincoln/Logan County Chamber
of Commerce
www.lincolnillinois.com 

735-2385

303 S. Kickapoo St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Community Action (CIEDC)

732-2159

1800 Fifth St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Crisis Pregnancy Center/
Living Alternatives

735-4838

408 A Pulaski St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

DCFS (Department of Children
& Family Services)

735-4402 or 
1 (800) 252-2873
(crisis hotline)

1120 Keokuk St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Heartland Community College
- GED program

735-1731

620 Broadway St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Housing Authority

732-7776

1028 N. College St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP)
www.logancountyhealth.org 

735-2317 or 
1 (800) 269-4019

109 Third St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Illinois Employment and Training Center (replaces JTPA office)

735-5441

120 S. McLean St., Suite B
Farm Bureau Building
Lincoln, IL 62656

Lincoln Area YMCA

735-3915

319 W. Kickapoo St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry

732-2204

P.O. Box 773
Lincoln, IL 62656

Lincoln Parents' Center

735-4192

100 S. Maple
Lincoln, IL 62656

Lincoln Park District

732-8770

1400 Primm Rd.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Logan County Department of Human Services (Public Aid)
www.state.il.us/agency/dhs 

735-2306

1500 Fourth St.
P.O. Box 310
Lincoln, IL 62656

Logan County Health Department
www.logancountyhealth.org 

735-2317

109 Third St.
P.O. Box 508
Lincoln, IL 62656

Logan-Mason Mental Health

735-2272 or
732-3600 (crisis line)

304 Eighth St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Logan-Mason Rehabilitation Center

735-1413

760 S. Postville Drive
Lincoln, IL 62656

The Oasis
(Senior Citizens of Logan County)

732-6132

501 Pulaski St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Project READ

735-1731

620 Broadway St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Salvation Army

732-7890

1501 N. Kickapoo
Lincoln, IL 62656

Senior Services of Central Illinois

732-6213 or 
1 (800) 252-8966
(crisis line)

109 Third St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

U. of I. Extension Service
www.ag.uiuc.edu 

732-8289

980 N. Postville Drive
Lincoln, IL 62656

Springfield agencies

Department of Aging
www.state.il.us/aging

785-3356

421 E. Capitol, #100
Springfield, IL 62701-1789

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org 

546-7586
(24 hour)

1305 Wabash, Suite J
Springfield, IL 62704

Community Child Care Connection
www.childcaresolutions.org 

(217) 525-2805 or
1 (800) 676-2805

1004 N. Milton Ave.
Springfield, IL 62702-4430

Hospice Care of Illinois

1 (800) 342-4862
(24 hour) or
732-2161, Ext. 444

720 N. Bond
Springfield, IL 62702

Illinois Department of Public Health
www.idph.state.il.us 

(217) 782-4977

535 W. Jefferson
Springfield, IL 62761

Legal Assistance Foundation

(217) 753-3300 or
1 (800) 252-8629

730 E. Vine St., Suite 214
Springfield, IL 62703

Sojourn Shelter & Services Inc.
http://www.sojournshelter.org/

732-8988 or
1 (866) HELP4DV
(24-hour hotline)

1800 Westchester Blvd.
Springfield, IL 62704

U. of I. Division of Specialized Care for Children
www.uic.edu 

524-2000 or 
1 (800) 946-8468

421 South Grand Ave. West
Second Floor
Springfield, IL 62704

Logan County libraries

Atlanta Library 

(217) 648-2112

100 Race St.
Atlanta, IL 61723

Elkhart Library

(217) 947-2313

121 E. Bohan
Elkhart, IL 62634

Lincoln Public Library
www.lincolnpubliclibrary.org 

732-8878

725 Pekin St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

Mount Pulaski Library

792-5919

320 N. Washington
Mount Pulaski, IL 62548

(updated 2-15-02)

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