Healthy Dates

Healthy Dates for Jan. 30, 2012

Applause: St. Jude students make blankets for infants, hospice patients

St. Jude students make baby blanketsNEW LENOX — On Dec. 15, the Helping Hands students from St. Jude School made 30 infant-size fleece tie blankets for the Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center Special Care Nursery in Joliet. The students also made nine adult-size blankets for patients at Heartland Hospice in Frankfort.Helping Hands is a service club for St. Jude students in grades 4-8. They meet ...

Home and Garden Show, Outdoor Expo, Health Fair planned

A wide variety of products and services for the home, lawn and garden will be on display in more than 175 booths at the 2012 Hamilton County Home and Garden Show Feb. 11 and 12 on the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Aurora.

Entertainment Events

CITRUS CENTER KIWANIS CLUB Lakeland Program with Chris Bredbenner, Good Shepherd Hospice. WHEN: Begins with breakfast at 7 a.m. LOCATION: Lakeland Yacht Club COST: $10 for breakfast

Volunteer opportunities

The Fresh Air Fund’s Harrisburg area committee needs volunteers and host families for youths ages 6-18 who will come to the are this summer from New York City. Information: Roberta Popp at 717-487-8096, The Fresh Air Fund at 800-367-0003 or www.freshair.org.