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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.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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
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Community Health Fair
participants
(* Health screenings offered)
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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
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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
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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 |
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Environmental health |
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* Height screening |
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Home health |
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Public health |
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STDs information |
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* Vision screening |
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Wheels of Health |
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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 |
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Fatal Vision Goggles Course |
Lisa Madigan |
Child development, education |
Maple Ridge Care Centre |
Services |
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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 |
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Face painting |
United Cerebral Palsy Land of
Lincoln |
* Child developmental screening |
United Way of Logan County |
Informational materials |
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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.
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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]
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Drug task
force begins
to prioritize activities
[MARCH 24, 2003]
A strategic planning meeting called to address the
problem of substance abuse among area teenagers and young adults
drew around 40 participants to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital on
March 17. Eight substance-related deaths of people under 25 have
occurred locally in the past 15 months.
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Led by Jeff Nachbar,
a project director from Minnesota, meeting participants exchanged
insights about alcohol and other drug problems in the community and
provided input for prioritizing a list of actions to be taken. The
meeting was scheduled to run from 4 to 7 p.m. but was shortened to
enable those present to attend the Lincoln City Council meeting or
watch President Bush's address. As a result, Nachbar, who opened by
saying, "I believe in trying to figure out how to get things done,"
had to stop short of identifying clear-cut actions to be taken.
Instead, support for nine possible areas of effort will be tabulated
and the results presented at the next Alcohol, Tobacco and Other
Drugs Task Force meeting.
Nachbar is project
director for the Minnesota Join Together Coalition to Reduce
Underage Drinking, which focuses on changing statewide public policy
to reduce youth access to alcohol. He has additional experience as a
community organizer for the Minneapolis Police Department's Crime
Prevention Unit.
Participants in the
strategic planning meeting included elected officials,
administrators of city and county departments, school personnel,
substance-abuse counselors, mental health practitioners, high school
students, organization representatives and others. At least one
recovering addict attended, and a woman who had lost a grandson.
"This is an impressive gathering," Nachbar summarized. "You are
people who can get things done."
Kristi Lessen,
substance abuse prevention specialist for Logan-Mason Mental Health,
and Lincoln Chief of Police Rich Montcalm are co-chairs of ATOD.
Lessen provided a list of possible areas of effort culled from
previous responses to an ATOD questionnaire. They are (1) parental
education; (2) tailor consequences for underage drinking; (3)
outreach programs for school-aged children; (4) expand to younger
youth throughout the county; (5) programs that involve parents; (6)
educate adults and parents with meetings, news media, Internet; (7)
more community interest; and (8) look at social norms, regulations,
laws governing alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Logan County.
Participants added a ninth possibility: drug testing for
extracurricular activities in schools.
In four groups, task
force members first narrowed and interpreted the eight original
activities and noted their responses using four distinctive colors
of ink. For example, parental education generated these notes:
"parental attendance at drug education, pending registration -- and
consequences of not attending"; "work with a role model"; and "use
school enrollment days to provide information to parents."
The next step was to
prioritize the annotated activities. Individuals received 14
self-adhesive dots, representing available resources such as time,
money and enthusiasm. They then pasted the dots next to activities
on which they would like to spend their resources. The greater the
level of interest, the more dots. The result was a colorful display
of support for each activity. Lessen will tabulate the responses to
determine those with the strongest backing. Nachbar urged ATOD at
its next meeting to choose three of these activities and commit to
accomplishing them.
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"It was a step in the
right direction," Lessen said of Monday's meeting. "Success is going
to depend on the commitment and following through. I believe that
with the people that were there (and others not able to attend but
committed to the task force), we can be successful."
In defining the
process for articulating goals and objectives, Nachbar
differentiated between individual and environmental approaches and
between supply and demand sides of a problem. For example, a
supply-side approach to drug abuse would identify providers and
means of access and try to eliminate them. Nachbar acknowledged that
most supply-side activities are a police problem and outside the
scope of the task force. A demand-side effort would attempt to
intervene in a person's decision to use drugs. An individual
approach would aim to change personal behavior, while an
environmental approach would try to influence community norms and
institutions. Using one each of their 14 dots, the majority of
participants indicated that they favor demand-side interventions,
especially focusing on the community environment.
While acknowledging
that supply and demand, individual and environmental issues interact
to create the drug and alcohol problem in Logan County, Nachbar
urged participants to narrow the focus of activities in order to
achieve success. You don't have to pick the most important thing to
do first, he told them, but you need to start with activities that
you can agree hold high potential effectiveness and are not apt to
meet with great resistance.
Lessen said she and
Montcalm first spoke with Nachbar two months ago. His appearance was
funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services and Prevention
First, Inc. Sharon Mast, regional representative of the state
department, said that because there are only two agencies in the
community with programs funded by the Department of Human Services
-- Logan-Mason Mental Health and the Logan County Health Department
-- it is important for their personnel to confer with others outside
the area. She said community readiness evidenced by the work of a
number of individuals and organizations was one reason Lincoln was
chosen to receive the funding.
The next ATOD meeting
is scheduled for noon on Friday, April 11, at the Logan County
Health Department. It will be followed by a meeting of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving at 1 p.m. Both sessions are open to the
public.
ATOD is one of five Healthy Communities
Partnership task forces. The others are Rural Health Partnership,
Healthy Families Task Force, Senior Issues Task Force, and Domestic
Abuse and Violence Task Force. In turn, Healthy Communities
Partnership is a subcommittee of the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
Commerce Healthcare Committee.
[Lynn
Spellman]
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Health Matters
A monthly feature from
Logan County Health Department
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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.
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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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Red Cross
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West Nile Virus
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West Nile virus links
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LDN articles
Federal websites
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State websites
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Honors & Awards
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Announcements
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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.
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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.
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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]
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CICBC blood drive schedule |
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April 7,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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April 11,
at Lincoln Community High School
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May 5,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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May 14,
hours and location to be announced
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June 2,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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July 7,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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July 15,
hours and location to be announced
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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
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Sept. 24,
hours and location to be announced
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Oct. 6,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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Nov. 3,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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Nov. 12,
hours and location to be announced
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Dec. 1,
noon-6 p.m., at Logan County Paramedic Association building
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Mobile health unit schedule
The
Rural Health Partnership has announced the schedule for its mobile
health unit for 2002.
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Morning: 9-11 a.m. |
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Afternoon: 1-3:30 p.m. |
Monday |
1st and 3rd |
Hartsburg |
1st and 3rd |
Emden |
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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 |
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2nd and 4th |
Friendship
Manor-Lincoln |
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Friday |
1st, 2nd,
4th |
Village Hall-Latham |
1st |
Beason |
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2nd and 4th |
Broadwell |
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3rd |
Maintenance/ special
events |
3rd |
Maintenance/
special events
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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.
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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)
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911 Pekin St.
Lincoln, IL 62656
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Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital
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732-2161
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315 Eighth St.
Lincoln, IL 62656
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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
|
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2-15-02) |
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