Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Help Hotline receives one-year, $44K grant
YOUNGSTOWN
Help Hotline Crisis Center Inc. has been awarded a one-year, $43,955 grant from the Hine Memorial Fund of the Youngstown Foundation that will help support the agency’s Mahoning County Special Navigator for Special Needs Families project.
The project creates a central information/referral source for parents and caregivers of children with special needs and provides personal contact. Special Navigator for Special Needs Families is overseen by Pamela Petras, a parent/family specialist.
The need for the project was based on the 2009 Parent/Caregiver survey completed by the Hine Memorial Fund of the Youngstown Foundation.
Diabetes education
YOUNGSTOWN
The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy/Berry’s Natural Food Market is sponsoring a free diabetes-education class, “Monitoring Your Diabetes,” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 162 S. Raccoon Road.
Participants are asked to RSVP by calling 330-792-6585.
Brightside Project gets 501(c)(3) status
SALEM
The Brightside Project, a new nonprofit that launched in late 2016, has received its 501(c)(3) status, said Scott Lewis, founder and director.
“This should open many doors for us and enable us to reach out to more of the community’s children,” Lewis said in a news release.
The project’s vision is to reach out to children living in hard-to-reach places through a mobile unit.
The Leadership Columbiana County class will present Lewis and The Brightside Project with a monetary donation at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Salem Chamber of Commerce, 713 E. State St.
Visit brightsideprojectohio.org to donate to The Brightside Project. Checks are also accepted. Make them payable to The Brightside Project and mail them to PO Box 314, Salem, OH 44460.
Naturopath offers free consultations
Board-certified naturopath Dr. Dannielle MacDuff is offering free “Can you help me?” consultations Friday and June 9.
Join her at her Boardman office inside Mussler Chiropractic, 755 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Call 330-758-9567 to RSVP.
Dr. MacDuff’s session June 9 will be from 9 a.m. to noon at Associated Chiropractic, 837 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Call 330-307-5967 to RSVP.
Naturopathy is a more personalized approach to achieving optimal health by using body, mind and spirit.
Living With Grief
NEW CASTLE, PA.
Jameson Hospice will host the Hospice Foundation of America’s Living With Grief Program “When Grief is Complicated” from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 8 at the UPMC Jameson main campus cafeteria, private dining room 2.
The Hospice Foundation of America presents a nationally recognized distance learning program annually to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities.
“For more than a decade, HFA’s educational events have been instrumental in educating health care professionals and families on issues affecting end-of-life care,” said Marsha Parrish, UPMC Jameson chaplain. “This program provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals to share and exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits.”
The program is practical for individuals or families dealing with this issue and all levels of professionals.