The STS Foundation, a nonprofit student exchange organization, is looking for host families in the Henderson area to house high school exchange students for the 2007-08 school year.
The goal is to experience culture as an American high schooler does. In return, the exchange students will provide insight for peers into their own culture.
Host families provide a separate bed, family meals and a safe environment.
For more information, call Sean at (800) 522-4678, e-mail to seant@stsfoundation.org or visit www.stsfoundation.org.
HEALTH
MERIN hosts donation open house this week
The Medical Education and Research Institute of Nevada will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday on the subject of anatomical donation.
The open house serves to provide information about anatomical or whole body donation after death and to assist those who already have made the decision with the necessary paperwork.
MERIN is located at 874 American Pacific Drive, Suite 120, in Henderson. For more information about the open house, call donor liaison Bonnie Cap at 933-5627.
For information, visit www.merinv.org.
Presentation to discuss weight loss
The Foundation for Wellness Professionals will host a seminar on losing weight at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Green Valley Public Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway.
The presentation covers how body metabolism works, why most diets don't work, the true value of being healthy and fit, how food, water and medication play a role in your health and how pain limits a person from achieving full potential.
Dr. Robert DeMartino will speak at the limited seating seminar. To reserve a spot, call 643-9900.
Health District offers immunizations
The Southern Nevada Health District will provide back-to-school immunizations throughout the summer at the valley's four public health centers.
Immunizations will be available between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Parents must bring immunization records. Children without immunization records will have to begin the immunization sequence from the beginning. Non-custodial adults may accompany the child, but written consent must be provided at the time of service.
There is an administrative fee of $16 per patient for one immunization or $20 per patient for two or more immunizations. Some vaccines require an additional fee.
The health district's public health centers are located at the Henderson Public Health Center, 520 E. Lake Mead Blvd.; Ravenholt Public Health Center at 625 Shadow Lane in Las Vegas; East Las Vegas Public Health Center, 560 Nellis Blvd. in Las Vegas; and North Las Public Health Center, 1820 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite F, in North Las Vegas.
The Clark County School District requires the following vaccinations for students enrolling in public or private school: chicken pox; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; polio, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP); measles; mumps; and rubella (MMR).
For more information, call 759-0850 or visit www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/nursing/clinic_locations.htm.
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