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Metro Detroit school districts push for vaccinations ahead of graduation
Read full article: Metro Detroit school districts push for vaccinations ahead of graduationMany people look forward to the big day -- graduation. But things are going to be different this year, especially for the seniors in the Troy and Southfield public school districts.
Macomb County is expanding COVID vaccination transportation service for seniors
Read full article: Macomb County is expanding COVID vaccination transportation service for seniors(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)The Macomb County Health Department is expanding a program to help seniors who rely on bus services get to COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Interested seniors should call the SMART Macomb Vaccine Hotline at 586-421-6579 to register for the county wait list. Seniors or someone they know can avoid the call altogether by emailing the SMART Macomb Vaccine Hotline 24/7 at macombvaccine@smartbus.org, and including their name, address, phone number and date of birth. SMART will maintain a wait list, and the county will contact individuals from the list as appointments at Richmond/Lenox EMS or other community sites become available. Richmond/Lenox is being overwhelmed by calls and is not able to make appointments or add names to the wait list.
Senior citizens at Elmcroft of Downriver in Brownstown Township receive dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Read full article: Senior citizens at Elmcroft of Downriver in Brownstown Township receive dose of COVID-19 vaccineBROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Senior citizens living at the Elmcroft of Downriver in Brownstown Township were able to receive a dose of the coronavirus vaccine. READ: Local senior shares success story on making appointment to get COVID-19 vaccineMyra Mcquiston is a resident at the Elmcroft. She and more than 70 other senior residents and staff at the Elmcroft were able to receive either their first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. READ: Helping senior citizens in Michigan navigate the COVID-19 vaccination processAdJake Tutle is the executive director. READ: Michigan’s race to get everyone vaccinated leaves some senior citizens behind
SPOTLIGHT: Three-year varsity volleyball player wins Fan Choice Award
Read full article: SPOTLIGHT: Three-year varsity volleyball player wins Fan Choice AwardFavorite School Subject: MarketingFavorite Lunch at School: Buscemi’s subFavorite Artists: Shawn Mendes, Post Malone, Jason Aldean, Billie Eilish, and Luke Combs. I am so lucky to be as close to her as I am.”Henry Ford II High School’s girl’s volleyball player Olivia Happel is our 4Frenzy ‘Favorite Senior’ winner. Olivia started playing volleyball in the seventh grade and has been playing ever since. She has been playing varsity volleyball since her sophomore year of high school and was one of the captains this past year. To check out more of the winners of the 4Frenzy Fall Fan Choice Awards, click here.
Lake Trust Credit Union and Humble Design are giving back to communities. Here's how.
Read full article: Lake Trust Credit Union and Humble Design are giving back to communities. Here's how.This article is sponsored by Lake Trust Credit Union. Host Jason Carr talked to Andrea Mosher, the Senior VP of Lending Solutions with Lake Trust Credit Union and Lisa Crawford, the Director of Humble Design about working together to impact the community. Lake Trust Credit Union is a community-based credit union serving Michigan. When families or veterans transition out of homelessness, Humble Design can furnish, design and decorate their homes with donated items. Lake Trust Credit Union partnered with 6 non-profits including Humble Design.
At capacity after shootings, Chicago hospital stops admissions
Read full article: At capacity after shootings, Chicago hospital stops admissionsScott Olson/Getty Images(CNN) - Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital temporarily stopped accepting patients Sunday morning because they were at capacity following a series of shootings, a hospital official said. The hospital went "on bypass" in the early morning, said Roberta Rakove, Senior VP for External Affairs. Mount Sinai Hospital is one of five trauma centers in Chicago, according to Rakove. At its height early Sunday morning, Mount Sinai had 12 trauma patients, Rakove said. Rakove could not say when Mount Sinai Hospital went "on bypass," but said it came "off bypass" at approximately 6:30 am.