New website design for Youngstown Foundation

March 1, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Foundation has launched a newly designed website, www.youngstownfoundation.org. designed for easy navigation for visitors such as grant seekers, donors, financial advisers and community organizations, said Jan Strasfeld, executive director.

In addition to providing information on grant guidelines and deadlines, fund development and distributions, the website has an online donation option for donors to make contributions to The Youngstown Foundation as well as more than 80 approved local charities through the Foundation’s Support Fund.

Donors who do not wish to use the online function can send checks made payable to the The Youngstown Foundation and mailed to The Youngstown Foundation, P.O. Box 1162, Youngstown, Ohio 44501. The donors must identify in writing the approved charity or charities they wish to support.

St. E’s wins awards

YOUNGSTOWN/BOARDMAN

The Emergency Departments at St. Elizabeth Health Centers in Youngstown and Boardman have won the Top 5 Percent Emergency Department Excellence Designation from HealthGrades. This is the third consecutive year St. Elizabeth Youngstown has won the designation from HealthGrades and the second consecutive year for St. Elizabeth Boardman. According to HealthGrades, patients admitted to top hospitals for emergency medicine have a 40 percent lower death rate.

Teens needed for fibromyalgia study

AKRON

Akron Children’s Hospital is enrolling patients in a clinical study aimed at helping teens suffering from fibromyalgia. Because the disease is most commonly diagnosed in adults, many people are unaware that fibromyalgia occurs in children and teens, and many go undiagnosed or untreated for this chronic pain condition, said Dr. Mary Toth, director of Rheumatology at Akron Children’s.

The national MyFi clinical study is being conducted to see if an investigational drug, milnacipran, approved for the management of fibromyalgia in adults, is safe and effective in helping teens manage their fibromyalgia.

A teen may be eligible for the study if he or she is 13 to 17; has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or has symptoms consistent with fibromyalgia but has not yet received a diagnosis; and has tried nondrug treatments for fibromyalgia, such as diet, exercise and acupuncture, with unsatisfactory results.

To see if a child is eligible for the study, visit www.MyFiResearch.com or call the Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute at Akron Children’s at 330-543-5012.

Rich Center for Autism receives donation

CANFIELD

Dr. Doug Musser of Canfield donated $5,000 to the Rich Center for Austism that he collected from people who stopped at his home over Christmas to see his extensive light display. His son, Robbie, is a former student at the Rich Center.

Curves International kicks off food drive

WACO, TEX.

Curves International’s 14th annual food drive began today . Participating clubs ask members to donate bags of nonperishable food or cash throughout March to support area community food banks.

In addition, Curves clubs will waive the joining fee for new members who bring in a bag of non-perishable food or donate $30 to their local food bank from March 12 – 25. Also, Curves clubs may qualify to win cash prizes for their local food banks, and Curves International will award cash prizes to the clubs that collect the most food, the clubs that show the greatest increase in donations over the 2011 food drive, and to two additional clubs randomly selected from all the clubs that enter the contest.

For information about the 2012 Curves Food Drive, visit www.curves.com.