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LUZERNE COUNTY – The Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross hosts community blood drives throughout the month.

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Donors who are 16 years of age or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and are in relatively good health may give blood every 56 days.

To find out how to donate or to schedule a blood donation, call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

In addition to those listed below, blood drives are conducted at the Red Cross regional blood center, 29 New Commerce Blvd., Hanover Industrial Park, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1-6 p.m. and Thursdays, 1-7 p.m. Collections also take place every Monday from 9 a.m.-noon at the Hazleton Chapter House, 165 Susquehanna Blvd., Hazleton.

All presenting donors at Red Cross blood drives throughout the month of November will be entered to win a weekly raffle for a $200 grocery shopping spree. In addition, the Red Cross will be collecting non-perishable food items at its Scranton and Wilkes-Barre fixed donation sites, as well as at specific blood drives in the region, to help the needy. For a complete donation schedule, visit nepagivelife.org or call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE, ext. 2150.

Area blood donation sites include:

• Today, 12:30-6 p.m., VFW Post 4909, 403 Main St., Dupont.

• Thursday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wyoming Seminary, 201 N. Sprague Ave., Kingston.

• Sunday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 237 William St., Pittston.

• Monday, noon-5 p.m., Wyoming Valley Chapter House Special Event, 256 N. Sherman St., Wilkes-Barre.

• Nov. 17, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468 Northampton St., Edwardsville.

• Nov. 19, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 60 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre.

KINGSTON — The Day Development Program of Community Counseling Services’ Abilities through Art program will hold an art sale from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday in the basement of the Nesbitt Memorial Medical Center, 562 Wyoming Ave. The sale includes the paintings, pottery, jewelry and crafts of the program’s gifted artists.

The Abilities through Art program was created to demonstrate the talents of artists with various intellectual and physical disabilities.

All proceeds from the sale directly support the art therapy program.

DALLAS – The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Auxiliary will celebrate 25 years of service by holding an Open House from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Sunday at the center, 55 W. Center Hill Road.

The public is invited for tours, refreshments and an awards program.

DALLAS TWP. — Mercy Center Nursing Unit and Misericordia Social Service Department are presenting a workshop 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Mercy Center.

Jim Siberski, Misericordia University professor of geriatrics, will present “The Effects of Sleep”; “REM sleep”; and “Understanding how sleep patterns change as we age and how it affects dementia individuals.”

Dr. Hunter Manasco, Ph.D., of the University’s speech-language department, will present “The Effort to Express.” His presentation will address what speech therapy can offer individuals with swallowing difficulties and people with dementia.

In “Accepting Change,” Jackie Boyle and Jill Parisi from the Pennsylvania Health and Aging Coalition will provide information about where individuals can turn for support with preventive and behavioral health services.

The presentation will be held in the Rivers Room. The public is welcome.

For more information, call 674-6945. Four Continuing Education hours are available through Misericordia.

MOOSIC — The American Lung Association’s Scranton office will hold Freedom From Smoking Facilitator Training from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 3 and 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 4 at the Boy Scout Center, 1 Bob Mellow Road. Participants will be trained to facilitate cessation programs at their own facilities for their employees and the public.

Cost of the training is $200 and includes materials and lunch. All participants are required to have been smoke-free for at least one year. Deadline for registration is Nov. 18.

For more information, contact Tony Delonti at 346-1784 or adelonti@lunginfo.org.

WILKES-BARRE — The Commonwealth Medical College is hosting an open house from 4-7 p.m. on Nov. 23 at Genetti Hotel and Conference Center, 77 E. Market St.

Students interested in a Doctor of Medicine degree or a Masters of Biomedical Sciences degree are invited to attend. The college’s clinical faculty and representatives from Admissions, Student Affairs, Social Justice and Diversity and Financial Aid departments will be on hand to discuss the programs in detail, including admissions criteria, curriculum and the regional campus/community experience.

For more information, please contact JStrzelecki@tcmedc.org.

HEALTH PEOPLE Dr. Wade Smith , Geisinger orthopedic surgeon, recently received a $97,000 grant from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association for a pilot study that will expand Geisinger’s ProvenHealth Navigator advanced medical home to include care for patients recovering from hip fractures.

Smith was recognized with the highly competitive peer-reviewed grant to monitor the outcomes of hip fracture patients in a pilot ProvenHealth Navigator advanced medical home. The program provides integrated, clinical care coordination and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It emphasizes enhanced collaboration between specialists, hospital systems and primary care providers with the goal of providing high quality care while preventing hospital readmissions.

Dr. Jeffrey Becker, director of vision services at the NeuroSensory Center of Eastern Pennsylvania, was recently published in the international magazine, The Autism File. Becker’s article, “Therapy Can Help Children with Visual Dysfunctions,” appeared in the October issue of the magazine.

Robert Bohlander, Ph.D., director of NeuroPsychology at the NeuroSensory Center of Eastern Pennsylvania and professor of psychology at Wilkes University, recently had an article appear in Exceptional Parent magazine. The article was titled, “How Treatment of Neurosensory Disorders Can Improve Psychological Well-Being in Children.”

Dr. Thomas Fiume, psychiatrist at Behavioral Health Services of Wyoming Valley, was recently awarded the Penn State Faculty Award for his outstanding educational guidance of medical students. Behavioral Health Services is an affiliate of Wyoming Valley Health Care System and provides education to student physicians through the Wyoming Valley Academic Medicine program. Penn State presented the award based on student recommendations of faculty who demonstrate exceptional teaching ability and educational leadership. Fiume is the medical director of the Psychiatric/Substance Abuse Unit and teaches medical students during their psychiatric education rotation at First Hospital Wyoming Valley and other Behavioral Health Services programs.