Events
New-FOUR TOWNES ROTARY 10TH ANNUAL RIVER FEST EVENT - SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - IT'S FUN AND IT HELPS MOMS AND BABIES!
WHO:
YOU, and people like you, who work to support Safe and Healthy Moms and Babies in our community
WHAT:
Four Townes Rotary 10TH Annual River Fest – an annual fundraising event held by the Four Townes Rotary Club to raise money for local non-profit agencies.
Healthy Start has been one of the agencies that receives money raised from this event. We’ve have received over $10,000 for this event, which has been used to buy cribs for our families who cannot afford them and support related safe sleeping and SIDS risk reduction education. Healthy Start is in charge of manning the ticket booths.
 WHEN:
Saturday March 6, 2010 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sign up to sell tickets for a four-hour shift, and then enjoy the rest of the day with your family and friends.
WHERE:
Gemini Springs in Debary – located at Dirksen Blvd.
WHY: To have FUN and at the same time help raise money for cribs and related safe sleeping and SIDS risk reduction initiatives to benefit our families. Money raised at the event is donated to the four designated non-profits based upon the level of volunteer participation from each. River Fest is a 100% volunteer-run event, so without volunteers, this event could not take place.
HOW:
It’s EASY! Call or e-mail Peggy at peggy.cage@healthystartfv.org; or (386-252-4277) at the Healthy Start Coalition to sign up for a four-hour shift.
Remember to give your t-shirt size when you sign up, because all volunteers receive a free River Fest Volunteer t-shirt, and a hamburger/hotdog meal ticket (a $5.00 value).
VOLUNTEER DETAILS:
We are in need of 20 volunteers to work a four-hour shift to cover three ticket booths for the day. If some volunteers sign up to work more than one shift, we’ll need fewer volunteers. Five volunteers are needed for each shift. The four-hour shifts are as follows:
Shift #1: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Shift #2: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Shift #3: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Shift #4: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 pm.
Anyone interested in volunteering can email me their preferred time slot and please be sure and include your T-Shirt size as soon as possible. People who sign up for the same time slots will be assigned to various ticket booths throughout the park.
Bring the family and have some FUN!
New-Expect Success Evidence Based Programs: Lasting Impacts Conference
February 25 and 26, 2010 – West Palm Beach, Florida
* Registration Opens October 1, 2009*
This conference is sponsored by the Children's Services Council. Presentations will be made by nationally recognized experts in evidence-based programs and practices for early childhood, youth development, juvenile justice, substance abuse, mental health, teen pregnancy, and violence prevention. Click here for Conference Brouchure
Swine Flu (H1N1) Information
General Flu Shot and Flu Season Information
Did you know that
each year an estimated 36,000 people die nationwide from flu and an estimated 200,000 are hospitalized from influenza complications?
While October is the start of the flu vaccine season, people are encouraged to get flu vaccines well into early 2008. The flu season typically peaks after the beginning of the year.
Flu Shot Clinic Information
Please call your closest health department for flu shot clinic schedules.
For more information about flu vaccine clinics in your area, please visit www.volusiahealth.com or call your local doctor. You may also call the health department’s Flu Vaccine Department at 386-274-0635.
Flu Prevention Tips
- Clean hands often with soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand cleanser.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
- Stay home when you are sick and keep sick children home.
- Avoid close contact with people who are ill.
- Do not share eating utensils, drinking glasses, towels or other personal items.
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
Annual Vaccination for Influenza is Recommended for:
- all persons, including school-aged children, who want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting influenza to others;
- all children aged 6–59 months (i.e., 6 months–4 years);
- all persons aged >50 years;
- children and adolescents (aged 6 months–18 years) receiving long-term aspirin therapy who therefore might be at risk for experiencing Reyes syndrome after influenza virus infection;
- women who will be pregnant during the influenza season;
- adults and children who have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, hematological or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus);
- adults and children who have immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus;
- adults and children who have any condition (e.g., cognitive dysfunction, spinal cord injuries, seizure disorders, or other neuromuscular disorders) that can compromise respiratory function or the handling of respiratory secretions or that can increase the risk for aspiration;
- residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities;
- health-care personnel;
- healthy household contacts (including children) and caregivers of children aged <5 years and adults aged >50 years, with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children aged <6 months; and
- healthy household contacts (including children) and caregivers of persons with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe complications from influenza.
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