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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

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	1^st and 3^rd	Hartsburg	1^st and 3^rd	Emden
	2^nd and 4^th	San Jose	2^nd and 4^th	Greenview
Tuesday	Weekly	Chestnut	Weekly	Mount Pulaski
Wednesday	Weekly	New Holland	Weekly	Middletown
Thursday	1^st and 3^rd	Elkhart	Weekly	Atlanta
	2^nd and 4^th	Friendship Manor-Lincoln
Friday	1^st, 2^nd, 4^th	Village Hall-Latham	1^st	Beason
			2^nd and 4^th	Broadwell
	3^rd	Maintenance/ special events	3^rd	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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