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August 27, 2015
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Drive for school supplies continues in area
Clothing giveaway planned
Hundreds of area residents
are expected at the annual
Health and Wellness Fair at the
Romulus Senior Center planned
for Sept. 22. The event targets
senior citizens but is open to
people of all ages fromRomulus
and surrounding communities.
The day-long event will fea-
ture resources and information
froma variety of vendors includ-
ing BCBS of Michigan, HAP,
Senior Alliance, Corpore Sano,
Belton Hearing Center,
Romulus Athletic Center, the
Lodge at Taylor, Regency Health
Care, Health Quest and many
more.
“We are happy to continue
our Health Fair again this year
and encourage all residents, not
just our seniors, to maintain an
active and healthy lifestyle,”
said Romulus Mayor LeRoy D.
Burcroff.
Vaccinations for both the flu
and shingles will be provided
along with blood pressure
checks, blood sugar screenings,
raffles andprizes.
The Salvation Army will con-
tinue to accept needed donations
of school supplies this week at
various locations in the area.
Laurie Aren, director of family
and community ministries for
The Salvation Army, said that Van
Buren Schools Board of
Education President Brent
Mikulski had spearheaded the
efforts and expressed her thanks
to him.
“Knowing that the month of
August is often the last hurrah for
families before school starts, we
wanted to offer more opportuni-
ties for folks to participate in the
collection of new school sup-
plies,” Aren said in a prepared
statement.
Donations of new school sup-
plies will be accepted theweek of
August 24-28 at:Van Buren
Township Hall at 46425 Tyler
Road; Belleville City Hall at 6
Main St. Photography by
Shannon at 374 Main St.:
Perspective Eyewear at 11824
Belleville Road; the Belleville
Chamber of Commerce at 248
Main St. and The Salvation Army
at 9451 S. MainSt. inPlymouth.
Since 2008 over 700 Van Buren
Public School students have
received new backpacks, school
supplies and Payless gift cards
($25 value) so they can start the
new school off in a positive way,
Aren said.
“We need your help to contin-
ue this tradition. The Salvation
Army pre-registers families with
demonstrated need to receive
these supplies. Any remaining
supplies after distribution will be
shared with the Van Buren
Public Schools and Plymouth-
Canton Community Schools for
distribution where the need is
the greatest,” she added.
“Our K-12 students and teach-
ers are most deserving of our
communal support this coming
school year. Together we can
make that happen. Should you
have any questions or concerns
about this year's effort, please feel
free to contact me at (734) 453-
5464.
“If you know of a family that
would benefit from this program,
please refer them to our offices -
we will be sure that they are
given an appointment to receive
assistance,” Aren concluded.
3 4 t h
D i s t r i c t
Judge Tina
Green gets
her annual
flu shot at
the Senior
C e n t e r
Health Fair
last year.
Middlebelt Baptist Church in Inkster is
planning another clothing giveaway event
from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.
12.
The church will have clean, gently-
used items of clothing for men, women
and children that will be given away at no
cost.
The event is open to the public.
This month, a spokesperson said, the
church will also have some household
items that will also be available for those
attending the giveaway event. The church
usually hosts a clothing giveaway twice a
year.
The clothing is donated by church
members and collected from other bene-
factors, washed and mended in prepara-
tion for the giveaway, which often draws a
large crowd.
The church is located at 943
Middlebelt Road in Inkster.
For more information about the cloth-
ing giveaway, call (734) 728-3838.
Library offers digital service
The Inkster Public Library is now
offering Zinio for Libraries to library
patrons. Through
org, patrons will have unlimited multi-
user access to complete digital maga-
zines, easily viewed on most internet-
enabled devices. This service is avail-
able to patrons with an active library
card beginning with the 29003 prefix.
Patrons can upgrade to the new card
with the 29003 prefix at the Inkster
Public Library for a $2 charge,
explained Sarah Marsack, youth serv-
ices librarian.
She said the facility has some spe-
cial events scheduled this month
including LEGO Nights for children 10
and younger which take place from
4:30-5:30 everyTuesday.
The Leanna Hicks Public Library of
Inkster is located at 2005 Inkster Road
in Inkster.
For more information, call (313) 563-
2822.
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Romulus senior Health Fair set for Sept. 22
