TRIAD Offers Health and Wellness Insights for Seniors
For the month of January we will be hosting a presentation on “The Influenza Virus, ShingleVirus, and Pneumococcal Diseases - Education and Adult Vaccinations”
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Spots Still Open for Senior Car Safety Check
Students will inspect cars for seniors during this free event Nov. 8 at Lincoln-Way North High School.
Area seniors looking to get their checked out before winter are in luck. The Senior Safety Car Check at Lincoln-Way North High School still has openings available Tuesday, Nov. 8. This free event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will have L-W automotive class students inspect cars, making sure their owners know what, if any, work needs to be done on them before colder temperatures hit the region. Along with the inspections, there also will be free refreshments and raffles. Call Frankfort Police Officer Leanne Bender at 815-469-9435 to make an appointment. The car check is sponsored by Frankfort/Mokena TRIAD, a cooperative effort between Frankfort and Mokena police departments and the Will County Sheriff's Office to help improve the…
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Health Clinic Offers Free Shots for Seniors
Local law enforcement agencies and other sponsors are holding a special health event for seniors Wednesday at the Frankfort Township Administration Building.
Frankfort/Mokena TRIAD's second senior health and flu shot clinic will be from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Frankfort Township Administration Building. The clinic will offer free flu, pneumonia and shingles shots to seniors who are Medicaid or Medicare Part B patients. Shots for everyone else are $23. Free diabetes and blood pressure screenings will be provided by Dominick's Pharmacy, and the Frankfort Lions Club will give hearing tests. Free refreshments and saftey information also will be provided. The clinic is sponsored by Frankfort/Mokena TRIAD, the Will County Sheriff's Office, Frankfort Police Department, Mokena Police Department, Dominick's and the Frankfort Lions Club. TRIAD is a cooperative effort between local …
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Prime Pastimes
Ballroom Dance Your Way into Fitness
Dancing is said to help you lose weight, increase your life expectancy, improve your memory, build your confidence and allow you to have fun.
With the season 12 cast of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars recently announced and the season officially beginning March 21, ballroom dance fever is in full swing again. If you find yourself tapping your foot to a beat more often than usual, it’s time you took a ballroom dance lesson. Take advantage of the fact that a Fred Astaire dance studio resides right in Mokena. It is the perfect opportunity for people of any age and gender, couple or single, to shake their hips, burn some calories, meet new people and have fun. The studio received its name from the famous Mr. Fred Astaire, who co-founded the dance studio company in 1947. Bill and Kim Davy own the Fred Astaire studio in Mokena. Bill Davy began teaching in 1975, after the steel mill where…
