Golf outing raises $25,000

Golf outing raises $25,000

YOUNGSTOWN — Humility of Mary Health Partners Development Foundation’s first Edmund and Anne Marie Massullo Golf Outing attracted 76 golfers and raised $25,000. Proceeds will provide funding for all aspects of education for HMHPs’ medical students, including scholarships, equipment, research and program development. Dr. Edmund A. Massullo worked at St. Elizabeth Health Center for 50 years, during which time he started the cardiac surgical and intensive-care departments and performed the first open-heart surgery in Youngstown. He also served as chief of surgery for 10 years.

Hospice volunteer training

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Jameson Hospice of Lawrence County is offering hospice volunteer training sessions. The first class will begin Oct. 5 at 10 a.m., but flexible scheduling of classes is available after that date. All classes are at the Jameson Hospice office at the Jameson South Campus from 10 a.m. to noon. For information on the program or to register for the training, call (724) 652-8847.

Picked for national program

AUSTINTOWN — The Mahoning County District Board of Health has been selected by the national Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) to participate in a test of the new national voluntary public- health-accreditation program.

As one of 30 state and local health departments selected from more than 145 applicants, the county health board will work through the accreditation process and provide feedback that will inform the voluntary accreditation program’s national launch in 2011.

The county agency will receive financial and technical assistance for accreditation and quality improvement, funding to support quality improvement projects and funding to cover the costs of providing detailed feedback to PHAB. This “beta test” will begin in the fall of 2009 and conclude at the end of 2010.

Coaches vs. Cancer walk

YOUNGSTOWN — The second annual Coaches vs. Cancer walk to benefit the American Cancer Society is Saturday on the outdoor track at Youngstown State University behind the stadium on the corner of Elm Street and Service Road.

Registration begins at 8 a.m., and the three-mile walk will start at 9 a.m. In the event of inclement weather, the event will take place inside the gym in the stadium on the YSU campus. The entry fee is $5 per person. Each walker receives a T-shirt and water. A 50/50 raffle and Chinese auction also are planned. A.P. O’Horo is a company sponsor. Free parking will be available in the R-1 lot off of Elm Street.

Noted for traffic safety

INDEPENDENCE — Boardman Township and Canfield are among Northeast Ohio communities recognized by the AAA East Central office for their traffic-safety activities and for implementing safety programs and activities to reduce highway fatalities and injuries.

Ohio booster-seat law

AKRON — Ohio’s booster-seat law, which goes into effect Oct. 7, requires that children age 4 through 7 and shorter than 4 feet, 9 inches to be in federally- approved booster seats in the back seat when traveling in a car. The law also says that 8- to 15-year- olds not in child-safety seats must be secured in vehicle seat belts, said Lisa Pardi, injury prevention coordinator for Akron Children’s Hospital.

Motor-vehicle collisions are the most common cause of death in children age 4 and older, said the Ohio Department of Public Safety, and a national study found a 60 percent reduced risk of serious injury in 4- to 7-year-old children when a booster seat was used instead of a seat belt, Pardi said.

HMHP center gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN — Humility of Mary Health Partners’ Regional Tobacco Treatment Center has received a $223,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Health to continue evidence-based tobacco treatment services at no final cost to the participant. The grant runs through the end of June 2010. The center, which also receives financial support through the HMHP Development Foundation, has two locations: St. Joseph Minor Emergency & Diagnostic Center, 1296 Tod Ave., Warren; and St. Elizabeth Health Center, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown. For more information, call (877) 306-5010.

Free Medicare seminar

CORTLAND — A free Medicare seminar is Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Lake Vista Retirement Community Club House, 303 N. Mecca St. (state Route 45). Ohio Premier Health Solutions will present the basics of Medicare and some of the changes expected for 2010. To register, call (330) 638-2420 by Monday.

Awards for St. E’s, St. Joe’s

YOUNGSTOWN — St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown and St. Joseph Health Center in Warren have received Excellence in Healthcare 5- and 4-Star Awards, respectively, from Professional Research Consultants. The awards are based on a confidential PRC survey of medical staff perception of medical records.

Stuff the Bus Project

YOUNGSTOWN — The inaugural United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley Stuff the Bus Project has distributed more than 170 bookbags filled with school supplies to children in need in the Mahoning Valley.

The program will continue to distribute school supplies to those in need well into the school year. Residents who know of anyone in need may call the United Way office at (330) 746-8494. Funds, including $2,500 from V&M Star, were given to Youngstown, Struthers and Campbell schools to buy school supplies for their students. The three schools were chosen because they have the highest poverty rate in the Mahoning Valley, officials said.