MCBDD meetings

MCBDD meetings

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities’ annual meeting will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 27. at Bev MASCO, 825 Bev Road, Boardman.

A second meeting will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the MCBDD Board Office, 4791 Woodridge Drive, Austintown.

The meetings will provide information on programming at MCBDD.

Spielman to speak

YOUNGSTOWN

The Help Hotline Crisis Center is presenting “An evening with Chris Spielman,” an ESPN broadcaster, former NFL Pro Bowler, College Football Hall of Famer and former Ohio State star who wrote “That’s Why I’m Here.”

The event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Lake Club, 1140 Paulin Road, Youngstown.

Cancer campaign

BOARDMAN

Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley has teamed up with Go4theGoal Foundation’s Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer campaign to get local teams and athletes involved.

These campaigns give schools, businesses and sports teams an opportunity to raise awareness and support for kids battling cancer.

In 2014, the campaign began at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Akron campus where $25,000 was raised. All funds raised will be used to support patients being treated at the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders.

Not only will teams and athletes be asked to Lace Up, but also schools and businesses will be invited to participate in Go4theGoal’s fifth annual National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Day on Sept. 25.

Contact Nate Mulberg at natemulberg@go4thegoal.org or 856-979-8384 to get started.

Proposed statute

COLUMBUS

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted recently announced the Ohio Ballot Board has certified a proposed initiated statute concerning the price paid for prescription medications by state agencies.

Petitioners must now collect 91,677 signatures, a number equal to 3 percent of the total vote cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election, 2014, in order to bring the issue before the general assembly for consideration.

Petitioners must file the required number of valid signatures with the secretary of state’s office no less than 10 days before the start of any legislative session, which begins on the first Monday of each calendar year.

Demolition to begin

SHARON

Sharon Regional Health System will soon begin demolishing the former St. Joseph School property east of the hospital.

The clearing and site preparation of the school property is expected to start within the next couple of weeks and will leave Sharon Regional with 3.85 acres of property for future expansion.

Sharon Regional acquired the property from the Diocese of Erie in 2013. The original school was built in 1890 with additions in 1930 and 1954.

The demolition and site preparation is expected to be completed by the end of December.

President named

PITTSBURGH

UPMC recently announced the appointment of Michael Grace as president of UPMC Mercy.

Grace succeeds Will Cook, who was recently recruited to become the president and chief executive officer of the University of Colorado Hospital.