Gurnee
Fundraiser: Run From the Cops will be held June 6 at Gurnee Police Department, 100 N. O’Plaine Road. The majority of the course will be on the Des Plaines River Trail. This is a collaborative effort between Gurnee Fraternal Order of Police Social Lodge No. 266, which is composed of the men and women of the Gurnee Police Department, and the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center, which provides assistance to abused children. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and race begins at 8 a.m. Cost is $30 for the 5K walk/run and $40 for the 10K walk/run. For more information, call 847-599-7000.
Clean-up: The Warren Township Democrats will commence the first of its 2015 Adopt-A-Highway Clean-ups of Stearns School Road from Dilley’s Road to U.S. Route 41 and back beginning at 9:30 a.m. May 30. Reflective jackets, orange bags and arm-extending picker-uppers will be provided. The assembly for this event will be at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady at the corner of Dilley’s Road in the west side of its parking lot. Everyone is welcome to attend and help. For more information, call 847-223-0795 or visit http://www.warrentwpdemocrats.org.
New Board: At the May 19 meeting, the board of trustees of the Warren-Newport Public Library District seated four new members and elected officers. Newly elected trustees George Kotsinis and Tom Colwell were sworn in to six-year terms and Nancy Sheldon was sworn in to a two-year term. Sue Niemi was appointed and sworn in to fill a vacancy. Officers elected include Jo Beckwith, president; Tom Colwell, vice president; Andrea Farr Capizzi, treasurer; and Nancy Sheldon, secretary. The board of trustees meets monthly to establish policies, approve and monitor the annual library budget, determine the library’s service program, keep abreast of library law and standards and employ the executive director. Trustees serve without pay.
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Grayslake
Opening: The Grayslake Chamber of Commerce will gather from 4:30 to 6 p.m. May 28 for the grand opening of Four Lakes Dental at 859 E. Belvidere Road. For more information, call 847-231-2537.
Great Lakes
Commemoration: Battle of Midway Commemoration at 10 a.m. June 4 at Great Lakes Naval Museum, Building 42, 610 Farragut Ave. Those who fought and died at the Battle of Midway will be honored. Capt. James Hawkins, commander of Naval Station Great Lakes, will make remarks during this wreath-laying ceremony. There is no charge and admission to the museum and parking are free. For more information, call 847-688-3154 or email [email protected].
North Chicago
Telehealth van: Patients, caregivers and the public are invited to Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 28, to see the latest advancements in telehealth, an increasingly beneficial way of delivering health care to patients close to home, or in many cases, at home. A Telehealth Education Delivered (TED) van will set up in parking lot B, in front of Building 46, 3001 Green Bay Road, and telehealth equipment will be displayed and demonstrated. Telehealth technology extends health care access, enhances patient care and enables collaboration among health care providers and patients. Lovell FHCC continues to increase the number of telehealth services available to Veteran patients at its three community based outpatient clinics in Kenosha, Wis. and Evanston and McHenry — as well as to recruit patients at Naval Station Great Lakes. For a recruit, telehealth may save a sailor a trip to the main hospital in North Chicago for a dermatology consult, which maximizes his or her training time. For Veteran patients of the CBOCs, telehealth technology allows them to participate in remote weight-management classes and counseling sessions, have their eyes checked using teleretinal imaging, or “see” their North Chicago providers for teleaudiology appointments and follow-up telecardiology visits. The TED van is run by Iron Bow, a company that supplies Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics with the latest technology in long-distance care. TED is on a national tour to 150 VA medical centers and is equipped with an assortment of touch-screens, cameras, smart boards and laser wands to show how technology is changing the way veterans and military patients are receiving medical care. For more information, call (224) 610-3714.
Lake County
Volunteers: Northern Illinois Food Bank is seeking 11 dedicated AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers to serve one-year commitments throughout its 13-county service area. The positions are administered through AmeriCorps VISTA and include a small stipend. Northern Illinois Food Bank’s partnership with AmeriCorps VISTA is a great opportunity for college graduates interested in working in the nonprofit field to gain experience with an established and successful hunger relief organization. Each position falls into one of six project areas: Capacity Building, Communications, Community Engagement, Community Garden Coordinator, Senior Hunger Program Ambassador and Volunteer Engagement. The positions will be based out of the Food Bank’s three centers located in Geneva, Park City and Rockford. More information and applications for VISTA projects are available through Corporation for National and Community Service state offices at http://www.vistacampus.gov/how-apply-americorps-vista. For more information, call 630-443-6910.
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