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Cover the Uninsured Week Draws Attention

HMHP Plans Activities to Help the Uninsured
The problem of the uninsured is continuing to grow. The federal government estimates that 47 million individuals lacked health insurance coverage of any kind during 2006.
Nearly 20 percent of uninsured Americans - 8.7 million individuals - are children. Health insurance is particularly important for children. Uninsured children are more likely than insured children to lack a source of health care, to go without needed care and to experience worse health outcomes.
In an effort to draw attention to this national crisis, April 27 through May 3 has been designated Cover the Uninsured Week, a nonpartisan campaign to focus attention on the need to secure health coverage for all Americans.
Helping Kids Get Covered
Locally, Humility of Mary Health Partners' St. Joe's at the Mall will distribute Cover the Uninsured Week materials, as well as a flier detailing the application process for enrolling children in SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program). A representative from the Mahoning Valley Covering Kids Coalition will be at St. Joe's at the Mall on the following dates to assist parents in enrolling their children in SCHIP:
· May 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
· May 15 from 1 to 4 p.m.
· May 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
· May 29 from 1 to 4 p.m.
St. Joe's at the Mall is located in the Eastwood Mall, Niles, next to Sears.
Men's Health Tune-up
St. Elizabeth Health Center will sponsor a health screening program for uninsured men ages 40 to 64 from 8 to 11 a.m. June 7 at the St. Elizabeth Family Health Center, 1053 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, across from St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Entitled Men's Health Tune-up, the free program will include screenings for cholesterol (12-hour fast required), blood pressure and body fat. Men ages 50 to 64 can participate in a prostate cancer screening.
Participants will also have the opportunity to talk to a physician, pharmacist, and diabetes educator, as well as obtain information on healthy eating, advance directives and smoking cessation.
This program is for men who have no Medicare, Medicaid or insurance coverage. Registration is required by May 30 by calling the Humility of Mary Healthline at 330-480-3151 or toll-free 1-877-700-4647. Parking is free and light refreshments will be served.

You can see all of Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County adoptable pets at www.petfinder.com or at www.awltc.org. The pets can be adopted at 545 Brunstetter Road SW, Warren or call the shelter at 330-394-4122.

Traveling exhibit about Midwest Prisoners of War

The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will host a mobile exhibit, "Behind Barbed Wire: Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany," from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 2 in the parking lot of the Main Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW in Warren.
Housed in a converted school bus, "Behind Barbed Wire" explores the experiences of Midwest prisoners of war (POWs) in Nazi Germany in WWII, and the human context in which their experiences took place.
The St. Paul-based, non-profit educational organization TRACES created this exhibit, which consists of display panels illustrated with photographs, documents, audio and DVD documentaries, artifacts and more. Visitors of the exhibit will gain insights into conditions the POWs experienced; how art, free time, and religion helped POWs survive; assistance that was given by Germans and Austrians; how liberated POWs later came to terms with their experiences; and much more.
According to TRACES, many people are not aware that the first U.S. troops sent to fight in WWII came from the Upper Midwest, or that the region's 34th "Red Bull" Division served the longest uninterrupted duty in U.S. military history--about 600 days. Even fewer know that, as some 1,800 mostly Midwest soldiers were captured in one night in North Africa in February 1943, until the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 the most U.S. POWs in Nazi-German camps came, per capita, from the same region.
The exhibit is open to the public. Reservations are not required. There is no charge to visit the exhibit.
For more information, call 330-399-8807 ext. 128 or visit the library's web site at www.wtcpl.org.

Mandee (left) is a pretty female calico cat, she is 2 years old and very snuggly! Sheila (right) is just a sweet Husky mix, she is very playful and friendly. She is 2 years old.
Animal Welfare does microchipping for $10, please call 330 394 4122 for an appointment!

Warren Kiwanis to host
annual golf outing

The Warren Kiwanis Club will hold its 11^th annual Children's Rehabilitation Center/Warren Kiwanis Charity Golf Outing on Friday, June 6 at the Tamer Win Golf & Country Club in Cortland.  The day will begin with a 10 a.m. shotgun start.  Early sign-in will be available at 9 a.m.
"A fantastic day of golf, food, prizes and fun will be in store for our participants," said Mark Beard, one of the outing co-chairs. 
"The Kiwanis priority is young children, so half the proceeds from this charity outing are annually donated to the Children's Rehabilitation Center in Warren to continue their fine work, and the other half supports the Kiwanis Club in its community service."
The outing is a four-person scramble format.  The $70 per player cost includes:
· 18 holes of golf with riding cart
· Lunch & beverages on the course
· Steak dinner in the pavilion
· Special hole-in-one prize (2008 vehicle donated by Cole Valley Motors)
· Opportunity to win a variety of prizes
The outing is limited to 32 teams.  Non-metal spikes are required. 
Outing applications or hole sponsorship information ($100 each) are available by contacting Howard Agueda at (330) 394-5280, or Mark Beard at (330) 856-6200.
Many thanks to Cole Valley Motors for continuing as an event sponsor for this
annual outing.  We are pleased to welcome First Place Bank Community Foundation as a new event sponsor.
Team registrations must be paid & postmarked by May 16.  Complimentary outing shirts (M-XXL) are available to those who meet the registration deadline.
Send applications & fees to Warren Kiwanis, P.O. Box 891, Warren, OH  44482.
To learn more about the Warren Kiwanis Club, visit  www.warrenkiwanis.org.