Salem businesses to offer free spine scans

March 30, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

SALEM — At 2487 State St., WellnessOne and Sport Connection will offer free computerized spine scans from 3-5 p.m. Thursday for people who suffer from neck pain, back pain or headaches. Call Kim at (330) 505-3515 for more information.

MS Walk in April at the fairgrounds

CANFIELD — The 2008 Mahoning Valley Multiple Sclerosis Walk, sponsored by Christopher Banks and Giant Eagle, will be April 12 at the Canfield Fairgrounds, 7265 Columbiana-Canfield Road (state Route 46). Check-in time for the four- or two-mile routes is 9 a.m. Walkers can participate as individuals or as part of a team, collecting pledges and earning incentive prizes.

For more information about multiple sclerosis or the 2008 Walk MS event in the Mahoning Valley, call (800) 667-7131 or visit the Walk MS Web site at www.MSohiowalk.org.

Health screenings set at Park Vista April 15

YOUNGSTOWN — Life Line Screening is offering health screenings on April 15 at Park Vista Retirement Community, 1216 Fifth Ave. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. For more information about screenings, costs and to schedule an appointment, call (800) 697-9721. Preregistration is required.

Forum Health Hospice offers volunteer training

YOUNGSTOWN — Forum Health at Home Hospice is offering a hospice volunteer training and orientation program. The three-session program is on consecutive Saturdays, April 12, 19 and 27, and meets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3530 Belmont Ave. Volunteers must attend all 18 hours before getting volunteer assignments. To register and for more information about the program, call Diana Griffith at (330) 884-2587 or toll free at (800) 862-3090.

Mammography Day is set

COITSVILLE — The American Cancer Society is offering a Mammography Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Victory Christian Center, 3899 McCartney Road (U.S, Route 422). The Tiffany Breast Care Center mobile mammography van will provide mammograms for women who attend the center and for other women in the community. Women who do not have insurance coverage or have inadequate health insurance may qualify for the American Cancer Society’s Breast Education Screening Together (BEST) program or the Ohio Department of Health’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP). To register for the Mammography Day, call (330) 629-8624.

Health fair at Kent State

CHAMPION — Kent State University Trumbull Campus is having its annual Campus and Community Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 in the Classroom/Administration Building. A variety of health information and screening services will be available, and the American Red Cross will be on site for blood donations. This event is open to the public and free of charge, with the exception of mammograms. Mammograms require registration by calling Tiffany Mobile Mammography at (330) 629-8624. For more information, call (330) 847-0571.

Help Hotline event will feature Miriam Fife

BOARDMAN — Miriam Fife, of the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Victim Witness Advocate program, is the guest speaker for Help Hotline Crisis Center’s annual Luncheon in Honor of Victims April 16 at the Holiday Inn on South Avenue. Youngstown Police Chief Jimmy Hughes is the keynote speaker.

Conducted during National Crime Victims Rights Week, April 13-19, the luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration is required by April 9. Continuing education units are available for social workers and counselors. Checks in the amount of $15 are to be made out to Help Hotline Crisis Center and mailed to Help Hotline Crisis Center, P.O. Box 46, Youngstown 44501. For more information, call (330) 747-2696.

Knox Trust donates $20,000 to Jameson

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — The Caroline Knox Memorial Trust has given Jameson Health System a $20,000 grant for its “Joining Together” capital campaign to expand the hospital’s Emergency and Surgical Department. The project will nearly double the size of Jameson’s emergency department from 8,000 square feet to approximately 15,000 square feet. It will include 20-22 new emergency patient rooms and four beds equipped for trauma, orthopedic, cardiac and obstetric patients. The department will be reconfigured to function more efficiently and enhance privacy and security for patients and families. Nine operating rooms will be replaced with five larger, state-of-the-art operating arenas and two endoscope rooms to accommodate new technologies. All major mechanical support systems will be replaced with the latest technologically advanced systems, officials said.

Second Harvest gets help

YOUNGSTOWN — Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley has received $13,882 from the Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF) to combat child hunger. The grant will be used to support the BackPack Programs in Campbell and Warren City elementary schools. The BackPack program sends food home with eligible students on weekends.

The grant is the result of CPEF’s teaming up with Fox and “American Idol” to present “Idol Gives Back,” which aired on Fox in April 2007. “Idol Gives Back” was a two-night special that raised awareness and funds for organizations that focus on providing resources for young people in extreme poverty in the United States and Africa, Second Harvest officials said.