More FREE STUFF To Do Around Town!

 FREE Fall Festival At Prospect Library

 Children of all ages are welcome to attend a FREE “Fall Festival”  11 am Oct. 29 at Prospect Park Library.  Join professional storyteller, Don Dougherty as he performs “A Not So Scary Halloween Story!”  Hear how Mac O’Lantern teaches about his “inner light.”  Children can make a Halloween craft too.
   Call 610- 532 -4643, email prospectpark@delcolibraries.org  or visit http://www.prospectparklibrary.org/ to register. 
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Crozer-Keystone Marks Lung Cancer Awareness Month With a Range of Free Events Throughout November

Crozer-Keystone Health System has planned a range of free activities in November, which is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, to raise awareness and provide education about lung cancer and how it can be prevented and treated.

· Nov. 1, Informational tables: Informational tables about lung cancer and cancer prevention will be available in public areas at CKHS hospitals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

· Nov. 2, Educational Program: Educational program and free spirometry screenings in the Conference Center at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, 501 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill. Speakers: Thomas Prestel, M.D., chief of Pulmonology at Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH), and Rajesh P. Thirumaran, M.D., DCMH medical oncologist. Registration and screenings at 5:30 p.m.; program at 6 p.m.

· Nov. 7, Lunch and Learn Educational Program: Lecture and free spirometry screenings in Classrooms A and B at Taylor Hospital, 175 E. Chester Pike, Ridley Park, noon to 1 p.m. Speaker: Daniel DuPont, D.O., chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Taylor Hospital. Lunch will be served.

· Nov. 8,  Lunch and Learn Educational Program: Lecture and free spirometry screenings in Northeast Conference Room #2 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, One Medical Center Boulevard, Upland, noon to 1 p.m. Speaker: Asad Khan, M.D., Crozer pulmonologist. Lunch will be served.

· Nov. 9, Lunch and Learn Educational Program: Lecture and free spirometer screenings in Meeting Rooms A and C at DCMH, noon to 1 p.m.. Speaker: Rajesh P. Thirumaran, M.D. Lunch will be served.

· Nov. 10, Lunch and Learn Educational Program: Free spirometry screenings and lecture in the First Floor Conference Room at Springfield Hospital, 190 W. Sproul Rd., Springfield. Speaker: Daniel DuPont, D.O. Lunch will be served.

* Nov. 16, Educational Program: Educational program and free spirometry screenings in the Community Room at the Crozer Medical Plaza at Brinton Lake, 300 Evergreen Drive in Glen Mills. Speakers: John Sprandio, M.D., medical director of the Delaware County Regional Cancer Center; John Lamond, M.D., radiation oncologist at Crozer; Leonard Berkowitz, M.D., chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Crozer; Walter Scott, M.D., chief of Thoracic Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center; Stacy Su, M.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center thoracic surgeon. Registration, screenings and a light dinner at 5:30 p.m.; program at 6 p.m.

All programs are open to Crozer-Keystone employees as well as the community. Pre-registration is necessary.

For more information or to register for these events, contact Healthline Services at (610) 284-8158.

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Protect Your Home From Healthcare Costs and Taxes

  A free program, “How To Best Protect Your Home From Healthcare Costs and Taxes,” sponsored by Senior Community Services, will be offered 1p.m., Thursday (Oct. 27) at the Brookhaven Municipal Building, 2 Cambridge Road.
  Presenters Robert and Dana Breslin, Esq. will discuss how to prevent a nursing home or state from taking a home if the owner is inn need nursing care.
  Is it a good idea to transfer a home to children? What are the different tax implications with transfers or after death? Learn about the existing programs which can help.
  For a registration form, call Lori Detweiler at 610-237-8100, ext. 11.
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‘The Black Death’ At Swarthmore Library

  Between 1347 and 1352 the Black Death ravaged Europe and many other parts of the world, decimating about one third of the European population, roughly 18 to 20 million inhabitants. The demise of so many people in such a short time not only had far-reaching economic and sociological consequences. It also had a devastating impact upon human interaction.
  Francis B. Brevart of Swarthmore will give a presentation, “The Black Death,” 7p.m., Thursday (Oct. 27) at Swarthmore Library, 121 Park Ave.
   Brévart has been teaching medieval German and literature at the University of Pennsylvania since 1981. Prior to coming to the U.S., he taught at the universities of Munich, Münster, and Bayreuth in Germany. He now investigates various aspects of daily life in the Middle Ages, focusing specifically on the relationship between medicine, magic, and religion.
  All programs are free and open to the public. Register at the library; call 610-543-0436 or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org. or use the Eventkeeper link at http://www.delcolibraries.org/.

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‘Cruisin’ Not Boozin’ FREE Program For Schools and Other Organizations Now Accepting Registrations for 2011-2012 School Year
 

   Cruisin’ Not Boozin’ (CNB), the award-winning program sponsored by Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, is scheduling presentations for the 2011-2012 academic school year. This important community outreach program provides teenagers and young adults with a critically important injury prevention message.  CNB brings teenagers face to face with survivors of automobile accidents that were the direct result of texting or talking on a cell phone while driving; or drinking and driving. The survivors share their personal stories about the accidents, the life-altering injuries and the long-term recovery and rehabilitation they experienced. CNB speakers talk candidly about their disabilities that limit them.
   Some of the speakers were drivers of the vehicles involved in the accidents; others were passengers. Each tells how their lives changed as a result of their decision to drive while intoxicated or distracted.

Teens at High Risk

   The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of teenage death in the United States, accounting for more than one in three deaths in this age group. The CDC reports that 25% of drivers between the ages 16 and 20 who died in motor vehicle accidents were driving while intoxicated or driving with someone who was intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. In addition, the CDC reports that 16 people are killed each day and more than 1,300 people are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver, someone who took their eyes or hands off the road to use a cell phone, text, eat, drink or talk with passengers.

A Mission to Prevent Injuries

The mission of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital is two-fold: treat individuals who suffer catastrophic injuries; and prevent injuries through education and research. CNB is a premier injury-prevention program that garnered awards from the Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (PARF) and the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), among others. The program is funded through foundation grants and corporate sponsorships, as well as gifts received through the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Employee Giving campaign and donations from individuals in the community.
   Since its inception in 1989, CNB has reached hundreds of thousands of students in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The program is available to middle schools, high schools, colleges and adult community programs.
  Any school, community organization or parent group that would like the CNB program to visit, can contact the CNB Program Coordinator at 484-596-5465, e-mail cnb@mlhs.org or visit www.mainlinehealth.org/cnb.
  Also, volunteer drivers are always needed to transport speakers to CNB programs throughout the Delaware Valley. If interested in volunteering,  contact CNB.