Thursday, February 23, 2012
Crohn’s workshop
INDEPENDENCE
The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation offers a workshop, “All You Need to Know About Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis,” from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 3 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. N., Independence. The program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Call 216-524-7700. Continental breakfast is provided.
Lifeguard training
Youngstown
The YMCA of Youngstown is offering Lifeguard Training and Certification classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 6 through April 5, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central Y downtown at the corner of Commerce and Champion streets, and the Davis Y off McClurg Road in Boardman.
Candidates must pass a physical competency test consisting of swimming 300 yards, treading water for 2 minutes using legs only, feet-first surface dive to 10 feet and swimming underwater for 15 feet.
The program is open to people 16 and older. The fee is $175 if registered before Monday and $200 after that date. Call 330-480-5656.
Wellness open house
BOARDMAN
The Ohio Naturopathic Wellness Center, office of Dr. Ted Suzelis, is having a public open house Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at 755 Boardman-Canfield Road Suite D-3. Appetizers, desserts and wine and free 15-minute massage therapy and/or reflexology sessions and a mini-fitness class are offered. To register for a therapy session or fitness class, call 330-729-1350.
Food donations
WARREN
The Warren Family Mission, with locations at 2671 Youngstown-Warren Road SE and 361 Elm Road NE, needs food donations for its pantry.
Particularly needed are dry, box items such as macaroni and cheese, rices, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, canned fruits, oatmeal, cereal, instant mashed potatoes, snacks, crackers, stews and soups. The pantry also is low on canned goods, juices and dairy products. To donate, bring items to either location. For information, call 330-394-5437.
Healthy Heart event
CANFIELD
Northside Medical Center is offering “A Healthy Heart Loves Wine & Chocolate” Sunday at the Massage Cafe, 4259 Boardman-Canfield Road.
The free event, offered at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m., is in conjunction with Northside’s Healthy Woman program designed to provide women with the information to maintain a healthy body, mind and spirit for themselves and their loved ones.
Attendees will celebrate Heart Month with information from Northside’s Heart and Vascular program, sample wine and chocolate from Vino Novello and Dove Chocolate Discoveries, and receive a mini-massage. Registration is required. Go online to www.northsidemedicalcenter.net/healthywoman, or call 330-884-1066.
Free mammogram and pap-smear clinic
WARREN
A free mammogram and pap-smear clinic is offered to women 40 to 60 with limited income and no insurance March 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Warren City Health Department, 418 Main Ave. SW.
Call toll-free at 800-443-2168 to schedule an appointment. The event is sponsored by The Mission Possible: Breast and Cervical Health Coalition. Members include The American Cancer Society, Breast and Cervical Cancer Project Region 12 and the city health department.