Area residents received an invitation in the mail this week to make a contribution to the 2018-19 United Way of Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland Township.
This year’s campaign goal is $26,500. Ten area non-profit organizations benefit from contributions.
Becky Boban, a Bluffton University senior, will present “Beyond the Words” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Boban, a senior from Madison, Ohio, is an art and writing major who spent the summer of 2018 pursuing her passion for writing. Through grants from Bluffton University, she attended two writers’ workshops and honed her craft.
Boban has been published in “The Merrimack Review,” “Asterism,” “Periphery” and “Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal.”
“Unexpected Decisions,” focusing on advanced directives and Ohio DNR, will be presented on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 12-1 p.m. at Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 Elm St., Bluffton. The presentation is approved for one contact hour for social workers and nurses.
Presenter Niki Sidle, MSW, LISW-S, will discuss the challenges individuals encounter when required to make difficult decisions and how medical professionals can support those individuals. Sidle is bereavement coordinator at Bridge Home Health & Hospice.
Lions throughout the state have been challenged to screen all children in the age group of 3 to 6 for eye pathology.
For the sixth year Bluffton Lions have been screening children’s eyes ages 3 and into kindergarten.
Local schools and day care facilities have been compliant in obtaining parental consent for this eye screening, making the volunteer process go quite smoothly.
Jan Emmert, member of the Bluffton Lions Club, performs a vision screening of an area preschooler. For the sixth year Bluffton Lions screened children’s eyes ages 3 and into kindergarten. CLICK HERE for more information about this project.
Dr. Jennifer Hohman, M.D., pediatric hospitalist, joined the Bluffton Hospital staff this month in a new service offered by the hospital.
She joined the staff on Sept. 4, and is able to admit youth who require hospitalization. Her focus is newborns through 18-year-olds.
In addition, she is in training with Dr. Lorie Thomas to see persons in the Beyond MedSpa at Bluffton. Here, she will handle laser hair removal, laser facials involving removal of age spots and administer Botox injections. Her Beyond MedSpa treatments involve women and men.
