Relay for Life Meeting slated
ELYSBURG - A reorganizational meeting for the Relay For Life of Southern Columbia will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the library at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church, 599 W. Center St.
This meeting is open to everyone. Anyone considering becoming involved in the fight against cancer by serving on the committee to help organize the event or starting a team is asked to attend.
Life Flight open house Oct. 2
DANVILLE - Geisinger's Life Flight 1 base will open its doors to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at its base on the Geisinger campus. The open house is in recognition of Life Flight's 30 years of service.
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Life Flight staff, tour a state-of-the-art helicopter and enjoy light refreshments with the crew.
This rain-or-shine event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Lisa Weston at 271-6217.
Children's Roundtable Summit held
SUNBURY - Leaders in serving and protecting the youth of Northumberland County participated in the Children's Roundtable Summit this week. The team was led by Judge Charles H. Saylor and Karen Miller, director of Northumberland County Children and Youth Services.
It included Judy Jones, court-appointed special advocate director; Cheryl Humes, guardian ad litem for children in foster care; and Cathy Gemberling, director of permanency services for Children and Youth Services.
The conference featured national experts on children's grief and loss, and also the topic of the impact on children of the addiction issues of their parents.
Saylor led a discussion group on teens in court and transitioning from foster care to independent living.