Make A Difference Day is the mos

Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. The next event is Saturday, October 28, 2006.

Millions have participated. In 2005, 3 million people cared enough about their communities to volunteer on that day, accomplishing thousands of projects in hundreds of towns.

Stansbury Park is sponsoring their own Make A Difference Day that will include several activities throughout the entire month of October.

Members of the Utah Highway Patrol will be available on October 7th, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Stansbury Park Clubhouse in a effort to enhance public safety for Stansbury Park residents by holding a Child Restraint Safety Checkpoint. The purpose is to ensure that all children in Stansbury from ages 0-16 are properly restrained in a restraint system that is correct for their age and size while they travel in motor vehicles. In the mid 1990’s The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted a study of the use of children restraint systems and found that 79 percent of the restraints that they inspected were being misused. As the SPCA we would like to encourage residents to bring their children and safety restraint systems to this event, so that you can have a member of the UHP inspect it for safety. There is no other precious cargo that you will ever take with you in your motor vehicle then your child. So please take this opportunity to ensure that your child will have the quality of life they deserve. It is our duty as parents to prevent the risk of injury to our children by taking the time to inspect child safety seats, booster seats, and safety belts.

Come join us for a evening of education on the subject of substance abuse, presenters will be Valley Mental Health and Salt Lake County Youth Services. Almost everyone knows that drug and alcohol abuse is a overwhelming problem. Did you know that in the United States nearly 60 percent of our population consumes illegal drugs. This is not slowing down, in fact it’s on the rise and growing at a rapid rate! Please join us on October 17th, 2006 at the Clubhouse at 7:00 p.m. to be educated on this increasing problem of Substance Abuse. Points that will be covered:

Signs that someone is using drugs or alcohol
Understanding addiction
How do we treat addiction
What you can do to help a person with drug addiction
Stages of substance abuse
Myths about drug abuse and treatment
You are not alone
Helping others with a problem
Finding treatment

The Stansbury Park Community has invited the Tooele County Health Department to provide flu vaccines to our residents on Saturday, October 28th. The cost will be $25 for a flu shot or mist. If you have insurance that will cover flu vaccines the Health Department is able to bill the following insurances:

Blue Cross, Altius, United Health Care, PEHP, IHC, Medicaid and Medicare

Please make sure to verify with your insurance before coming. The Flu mist is available for healthy individuals ages 5 to 49 years of age. The flu shot is for individuals that are high risk such as 6 months to 4 years of age, and over 50 years old, pregnant women, and those with chronic health issues. Also available will be Pneumonia and Tdap vaccines. Please bring your insurance card if your insurance covers the vaccines and also bring your co-payment if your insurance above requires it, or just simply bring $25.