OH WOW! gets $25,000 grant

OH WOW! gets $25,000 grant

YOUNGSTOWN

OH WOW!, The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology, has received a $25,000 grant from The Youngstown Foundation to support the construction/renovation of the organization’s new facility at the former McCrory Building, 11 W. Federal St. in downtown Youngstown.

OH Wow! summer hours are Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $7 per person with children 2 and under free. For more information, visit the OH WOW! Web site at ohwowkids.org.

UPMC open house

GREENVILLE, Pa.

The UPMC Horizon Medical Equipment Recycling Program is having an open house at its new Greenville location 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday. The Greenville office, 103 N. Main St., is across the street from UPMC Horizon’s Greenville campus. Refreshments will be served, and tours will be offered. For more information about MERP, call 724-983-8737.

Ohio gets $200K respite-care grant

COLUMBUS

Ohio Department of Aging has received a $200,000 Lifespan Respite Care Program grant from the U.S. Administration on Aging. The department will partner with the Ohio Children and Family First Council, the Ohio Respite Coalition and others to expand efforts to support caregiver respite at all ages and to promote respite as a valuable tool in supporting family caregivers who form the backbone of the state’s long-term care system.

The three-year grant will support the recently formed Ohio Respite Coalition to better coordinate existing respite services, identify areas lacking respite services and create the appropriate services for caregivers of older adults as well as those who care for children and adults of any age with special needs. Ohio will contribute approximately $68,000 to the project in the in-kind commitment of staff time and resources. More information about the national Lifespan Respite Care Program is available on the Administration on Aging’s Web site at www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/LRCP/.

Safety classes set

YOUNGSTOWN

The National Safety Council, Northern Ohio Chapter, Ohio One Building, 25 E. Boardman St., is offering safety classes on Aug. 17.

Pre-registration is required; call 330-747-8657.

Classes include: Cardio- pulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator for adults, children, infants at 8 a.m., fee is $32; first aid, 1 p.m., fee $32; bloodborne/airborne pathogens, fee $25.

Vaccines for youth at Trumbull clinic

WARREN

The Trumbull County Health Department, 176 Chestnut Ave. NE, is offering back-to-school walk-in immunization clinics for children and adults at the health department.

Shots for children are $10. No one will be denied because of inability to pay. Adults can call 330-675-2590, No. 3, for costs.

Clinic dates and times are: Aug. 23, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.; Aug. 24, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.; Aug. 25, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.; Aug. 30, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.; Aug. 31, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Vaccines will be available for kindergarten, seventh-grade and college entry.

Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult who should bring the child’s shot record.