Classroom dedication

Classroom dedication

YOUNGSTOWN

D&E Counseling Center recently dedicated its Camp Challenge facility’s educational classroom in the names of John and JeanAnne Pelusi Sr.

“The Pelusi Family, specifically J.C. and John Pelusi Jr., are strong financial supporters of the work provided by the camp and in discussing how we may recognize that support, John requested we do it in the name of his parents. It is this kind of family members caring about each other that represents the best in families,” said Greg Cvetkovic, executive director of D&E Counseling.

The D&E Center also recognized the Mahoning County Board of Mental Health, Boardman Rotary, The Swanston Trust, The Youngstown Foundation, The Circle of Friends and The Crandall Foundation for their donations to facilities and program service projects at Camp Challenge.

Grant received

YOUNGSTOWN

Protestant Family Service, 496 Glenwood Ave., received a $10,000 grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio to address the emergency needs of people 60 and older, such as utility disconnections, life-sustaining medications and food.

Pumping reminders

ELLSWORTH

The Mahoning County District Board of Health is mailing pumping reminders to 580 Ellsworth Township residences with septic systems that have not been pumped in the last three years.

There is no law that requires homeowners to get their septic tanks pumped, but getting septic systems regularly serviced can save thousands of dollars in repairs, said Matthew Stefanak, health commissioner of the county health board. Septic tanks should be pumped at different intervals depending on household size and water usage. On average, the ideal frequency is every three years, Stefanak said.

Easter Seals gets grant

YOUNGSTOWN

Easter Seals of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties and the Youngstown Hearing & Speech Center received a $10,000.00 grant from the Kennedy Family Fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. The grant will support the outpatient medical rehabilitation services.

Video podcast

AKRON

In a new video podcast from Akron Children’s Hospital, Dr. Richard Hertle, director of pediatric ophthalmology, notes that eye exams starting at an early age can be critical to a child’s proper growth and development.

“It’s important for parents to observe their children, as they naturally do,” said Dr. Hertle. “Issues that are a tip-off to bringing the child in to see an eye specialist are excessive blinking, light sensitivity, persistent redness, tearing or drainage, and delayed ability to make eye contact.”

Between one and three and one and five children require prescribed corrective glasses to correct a vision problem, such as myopia, which is a difficulty in seeing distant objects.