Hospital, foundation expand to voucher program The ACMH Foundation has received an $8,000 grant from the Margaret Patton for Charities Foundation that enables eligible recipients an opportunity to obtain $10 worth of fresh fruits and vegetables. The voucher program expands on the HEALTHY Armstrong (Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles — Together Helping Youth) concept, a countywide wellness initiative with partners including Armstrong County Memorial Hospital and its foundation, Children’s Community Pediatrics-Armstrong, Armstrong School District, UPMC Health Plan and Armstrong County. The goal of HEALTHY Armstrong is to increase wellness by providing nutrition education and fitness programs to schools and communities in Armstrong County. The fruit and vegetable vouchers are being distributed through the Hospital’s Rural Health Centers and obstetrical offices. The Rural Health Centers include Leechburg Primary Care, Elderton Primary Care and South Bethlehem Primary Care. The obstetrical offices include the offices of Drs. Maureen Russell, Steven Paterno, Jeffrey David, Craig Herring and Yanouchka Narcisse. The primary targets for the vouchers are families with children and obstetrical patients. Each office has a list of eligibility requirements. For information, contact Patricia Shiring of ACMH Foundation at 724-543-8850 or shiringp@acmh.org. Sugar Creek Rest to hold Annual 5K Walk Sugar Creek Rest in Worthington is gearing-up for its annual 5K Walk on Saturday, but this year’s event offers an additional attraction: a fall craft festival. Registration for the Walk starts at 8:30 a.m., and there still is time to join in the early-morning jaunt around the Tack family farm. The Walk will begin at 9 at Sugar Creek Rest’s McCloy Pavilion. After the walk, participants may have light refreshments and visit crafts displays on the Sugar Creek grounds. Several craft vendors from Western Pennsylvania will display and sell their one-of-a-kind hand-crafted creations along the walkway between Sugar Creek Rest and personal-care facility Meadow Lake Manor. Proceeds from the 5K Walk will benefit Sugar Creek Rest’s Dream a Little Dream program. This program aims to fulfill the dreams of long-term Sugar Creek Rest residents who might be ill or debilitated, and is funded via money raised by the facility’s wellness committee. For information or a sponsorship packet, call Sugar Creek Rest at 724-445-3000. Flu clinic set in Bradys Bend The Young at Heart of Bradys Bend will sponsor a flu clinic from 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 17 in the social hall of St. Patrick, Bradys Bend. Payment can be made through Medicare Part B, Security Blue, Freedom Blue or self-pay of $30. For those who know of someone homebound and could be benefit from the event, call Pat at VNA at 724-431-3473. VA schedules flu clinics VA Butler Healthcare will offer flu vaccine clinics to community veterans at the facility’s main campus and other community locations within the facility’s service area. Below is a schedule of flu clinic dates, times and locations. Veterans not currently registered at the facility, or who have not received the flu vaccine from the VA in previous years, must bring a copy of their DD 214 as verification. The Visiting Nurses Association will be present at all locations to provide flu shots to veteran spouses. The cost to veteran spouses would be $30 (after a 15 percent discount) payable that day in cash or check. However, veteran spouses who have Medicare Part B, Security Blue, Freedom Blue, UPMC For Life (Medicare Specialty), UPMC For You, Gateway Medicare Assured, Gateway and Over 21as their primary insurance will not incur an out of pocket expense. Veteran spouses who have Medicare Part B must be prepared to show proper insurance identification. The pneumonia vaccine will be available on request from the Visiting Nurses Association. Dates and times for the clinics are: • Thursday , 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Moose Lodge, 440 Broad St., New Bethlehem • Oct. 23 , 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mechling-Shakley Vet Center, 1413 Route 268, Cowansville • Nov. 6 , 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Greendale Bowling Lanes, 10631 State Route 85, Kittanning Red Cross offers classes, blood drives The American Red Cross classes offered for October at its location at 418 Third Ave., Suite 4, Ford City are: • Thursday , 6-10 p.m. All Recertification • Oct. 23 , 6-10 p.m. Adult, Child or Infant CPR Training • Oct. 24 , 6-10 p.m. First Aid For information, call 724-763-2272. Classes available on request are lifeguard management, baby-sitting and adult, child and infant automated external defibrillation. To make arrangements, call the Armstrong County Chapter of the American Red Cross at 724-763-2272. The American Red Cross blood drives for October are: • Saturday , 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Church of God, 276 Clay Ave., Templeton; • Oct. 19 , noon-6 p.m., First Church of God, Chestnut and Woodward Avenue, Kittanning; • Oct. 30 , 1-7 p.m., former Holy Trinity Church, 1008 Sixth Ave., Ford City. Domestic violence support group set A support group for victims of domestic violence and their children will be from 5-6 p.m. Mondays beginning Oct. 15-Nov. 19. A support group for adult victims of sexual assault will be from 4-5 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Oct. 16-Nov. 20. A support group for child survivors of sexual assault and their significant others will be from 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Oct. 16-Nov. 20 All groups will meet in HAVIN offices. Each group is free and confidential, and all sessions are open to new participants. For information, call 724-548-8888 or 800-841-8881, or visit www.havinpa.org. IUP center presents workshop, speaker The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Center for Counselor Training and Services will host Fred Hanna for its fall 2007 workshop. The one-day event, “70 Strategies for Counseling Difficult, Defiant Adolescents,” will be Oct. 26 at the Performance Auditorium of CCAC-Boyce Campus in Monroeville. Hanna is the director of the School of Applied Psychology and Counselor Education at the University of Northern Colorado. Before arriving at UNC, he was a professor of counseling at Johns Hopkins University for 11 years. He has had positions on the editorial boards of six scholarly journals and has been published. He also is a trainer to community agencies and school systems across the United States. Registration information is available at www.iup.edu/ce/CCTS.html. VNA Hospice offers support groups • Weathering Grief, a monthly support group, will meet from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Armstrong County Health Center Adult Day Care Center, 265 S. McKean St., Kittanning. This meeting is open to anyone who has lost a loved one. There is no fee. Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month. The event is sponsored by VNA Hospice, Western Pennsylvania. Details: Jolene, 800-245-3042 or 724-431-3520. • Precious Dreams, a pregnancy-loss support group, will meet the second Tuesday of each month at ACMH Hospital in Conference Room 1 on the second floor. The next meeting is 7-8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Support groups meet in Kittanning These groups are sponsored by the Mental Health Association in Armstrong County: • Self Esteem Workshop: 6:3008 p.m. Wednesday at Union Avenue Methodist Church, 421 Union Ave., Kittanning. • Bi-polar support group: to resume 2:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday at New Vision Drop in Center, 107 N. Jefferson St., Kittanning. • Depression support group: 6:30-8 p.m. Friday at Union Avenue Methodist Church, 421 Union Ave. Kittanning. • Anger Management support group: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at Union Avenue Methodist Church, Kittanning • Spiritually Based Depression group: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Salvation Army, 205 S. Jefferson St., Kittanning. Questions may be directed to 724-548-5054. Double Trouble meets Fridays Double Trouble (dual-diagnosed) will meet from 2:30-4 p.m. Fridays at ARC Manor, 200 Oak Ave., Kittanning. Details: 724-548-5054. Safe-driving course offered for seniors Seniors for Safe Driving will sponsor a highway safety education program for those age 55 and older. The program is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and upon completion was makes senior citizens eligible for a 5 percent discount on their automobile insurance premiums forthree years. Anyone who has participated in a program in the past only has to attend a refresher program that is 3 1/2 hours in one day. Those who have never participated in the program must attend a seven-hour program. The class is informative and entertaining; there is no testing or on-the-road driving. A nominal tuition fee is charged. The class location, date and time are: • 5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 11 and 12, ACMH Hospital, One Nolte Drive, Kittanning. • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23 at St. Andrews Viollage, 1155 Indian Springs Road, Indiana. • 8:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 8 and 9, ACMH Hospital, One Nolte Drive, Kittanning. • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 16 at St. Andrews Viollage, 1155 Indian Springs Road, Indiana. • 8:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 6 and 7, ACMH Hospital, One Nolte Drive, Kittanning For information and to register call 800-559-4880. Register online at www.seniorsforsafedriving.com or www.sfsd-pa.com., or mail to Seniors For Safe Driving, P.O. Box 2132, Butler, Pa.16003.

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