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Free health fair

YOUNGSTOWN

New Beginnings Outreach Ministries is offering a free health fair Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2007 S. Schenley Ave. The event will include a dental van, mammogram exams, blood- pressure testing, Alzheimer’s and Help Hotline Crisis Center information, and Youngstown State University exercise and eating tips.

Emergency kits

AUSTINTOWN

Home Instead Senior Care has worked with Humana Points of Caregiving Æ to develop the Caring for Your Parents: Senior Emergency Kits, an information management tool that can help family caregivers keep important information at their fingertips such as their senior’s doctors, pharmacy and insurance company, medications and dosage details, as well as allergies.

New research shows that many adult children are not prepared with the information they need to assist in the event of a medical emergency with their parents. For example, nearly one in 10 adult children surveyed believe they could be thrust into caregiving responsibilities at any moment, but only 47 percent said they are knowledgeable about their parents’ medical conditions; nearly half could not name any of the medications taken by their parents, and 40 percent did not know the name of their parents’ primary physicians or if they have one.

For more information, go to www.SeniorEmergencyKit.com. Kits can also be picked up at the Home Instead Senior Care office at 5665 Mahoning Ave., or by calling 330-729-1233.

Annual Fun Day

AKRON

Athletes, kids and even the family dog are invited to join Akron Children’s Hospital for its 26th annual Kids Are #1 Run and Family Fun Day on June 5.

Activities begin at 11 a.m. in Perkins Square Park at the hospital and the first running event, the Miracle Mile intended for competitive runners capable of running less than an 8-minute mile, begins at 1 p.m. The Fun Run, a one-mile, noncompetitive run for all ages, walkers and runners, starts at 1:15 p.m. followed by a competitive 5K Run through downtown Akron and Glendale Cemetery. Dog owners and their canine companions may join Akron Children’s Doggie Brigade for Paws for a Cause, a one-mile, noncompetitive run/walk, at 2:30 p.m.

Participants may register up to 15 minutes before the start of each of the four races. Pre-registration ends June 1. The Fun Run and Miracle Mile cost $10 per person and the 5K Run and Paws for a Cause cost $15 per person.

Registration fees increase on the day of the race. Proceeds benefit Akron Children’s Hospital. For details, call 330-543-3897 or visit www.akronchildrens.org/kidsrun.

Older Americans Month

COLUMBUS

Governor John R. Kasich has proclaimed May as Older Americans Month in Ohio and designated Tuesday as Senior Citizens Day. The theme for 2011 is “Older Ohioans — Connecting Communities.”