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New home for clinic

ALLIANCE

A medical office on the second floor of the Alliance Community Hospital’s Professional Office Building is the new home of ACH’s Anticoagulation Clinic. The clinic is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by special appointment. Call 330-596-7970 for more information.

Red Cross classes

BOARDMAN

The American Red Cross of the Mahoning Valley is offering two classes at its Boardman facility at 8381 Market St. They are:

Sports Injury Prevention and First Aid, Feb. 19, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cost is $35.

Standard First Aid today, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The class is for anyone 15 years and older. The cost is $35.

To register for either class, call 330-726-6063 or 330- 392-2551, or go online at www.mahoningvalley.redcross.org.

Free seminars

FARRELL/GREENVILLE, PA.

The UPMC Horizon Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Center is offering free information seminars in Mercer, Lawrence, and Crawford counties in February and March. To register, call 724-588-6660. The dates of the seminars, all of which are at 6 p.m., are:

Wednesday: Hampton Inn and Suites Grove City, 4 Holiday Blvd., Mercer, Pa., Dr. Christopher Myers.

Feb. 23; Hampton Inn and Suites New Castle, 2608 W. State St., New Castle, Pa., Dr. Myers.

March 9: Days Inn Meadville, 18360 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, Dr. James J. Kolenich.

Grant awarded

YOUNGSTOWN

The Walmart Foundation has awarded $15,595.20 to Second Harvest Food Bank.

The grant was part of a $270,750 contribution made by the Walmart Foundation to the 12 Feeding America food banks in Ohio.

Second Harvest, which distributes food to 153 hunger relief organizations in the Mahoning Valley, will use the funds to purchase freezers and refrigerators.

Developing list

YOUNGSTOWN

Help Hotline’s 40th Anniversary Committee is developing a list of all former board, staff and volunteer members to be added to the mailing list for anniversary activities in May.

Interested persons should e-mail their name, address and phone number to hhcc@helphotline.org and in the subject box type Anniversary Committee; or send the information to Help Hotline, P.O. Box 46, Youngstown, Ohio 44501 by Feb. 28.

Health program

BOARDMAN

The Humility of Mary Health Partners if offering its Health at Home program, which teaches individuals self-care and how to make decisions about their health.

The program is 11 a.m. to noon and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, 8401 McClurg Road.

The program is free but registration is required by calling 330-480-3151 or toll-free 877-700-4647.

Drive extended

NILES

Burlington Coat Factory, ABC’s Good Morning America and One Warm Coat have extended their fourth annual Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive through Feb. 13.

Burlington Coat Factory is offering 10 percent off purchases to anyone who donates gently-worn coats at its Niles location on Youngstown-Warren Road.

All donated coats in the Niles area stay in the Niles area and are distributed by the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley.