PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, May 2, 2010 | GOH FORENSICS TEAM TAKES PART IN FINALS Gate of Heaven students participated in the Diocese of Scranton Regional Forensic Competition at Holy Redeemer High School on March 18 where they placed second and ad- vanced to the final Forensic competition at St. Claire/St. Paul School in Scranton on April 15. From left, are Anthony Khoud- ary, Justin Marshall, Chester Brennan, Maria Pino, Nicole Ca- vanaugh and Shelby Smith. LCCC NURSING FORUM HOLDS SWEATSHIRT SALE The Luzerne County Community College Nursing Forum re- cently held a sweatshirt sale. Proceeds were donated to vari- ous local charities. Members of LCCC's Nursing Forum are, from left, Raquel Smith, secretary, Wilkes-Barre; Melissa Pro- kopchak, vice president, Plains; Tori Spencer, president, Sweet Valley; Theresa Gulbish, Wilkes-Barre; Peggy Sosnak, associate professor, nursing and Nursing Forum adviser; and Shannon Thomas, treasurer, Dallas. Ritch Bernick, of Swoyersville, plants a viburnum bush at the park. Volunteers rally to clean up state park They showed up with rakes, shovels, gloves and a healthy dose of enthusiasm. Volunteers participated in Clean Up Day at Frances Slocum State Park on April 24. The day, scheduled to help celebrate the 40th anniver- sary of Earth Day, saw the park getting spruced up for the up- coming summer season. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Christine and Rose Zavaskas, of Kingston Township, sign up for duties at the park. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST A group of 20 people will travel to St. Marc, Haiti from May 12-18 for Back Mountain Harvest As- sembly’s fifth annual medical missionary trip. From left, first row, are Majorie Redan, Maude Geary, Becky Stokes, Gerry Marks and Marie Beauvais. Second row, Ron Hillard, Bill Haas, Becky Gilbert, Suzanne Hillard, Jeanie Haas, Maryellen Giannuzzi, John Plucenik and Bob Marks. HAITI Continued from Page 1 registered nurse since 1968. She was asked to go on the trip by the Hillards. “I think people have an innate sense of wanting to contribute, whether it’s money or time or whatever they can contribute to a bad situation,” Giannuzzi said. “I think it’s a gift to be able to go and do that. If you have a skill that somebody needs, that’s kind of really neat. I think it’s just the right thing to do.” Hillard said the missionaries were hand picked because they are all experienced medical per- sonnel who have been on mis- sions before. In addition, Hillard said everyone going has been screened for chronic illnesses be- cause mosquitoes and flies are everywhere in Haiti and could transmit a disease. Also, each volunteer is paying for the trip at his or her own ex- pense, Hillard said. St. Marc, located about an hour and a half north of Port-au- Prince, has become a center of tent cities for people displaced by the earthquake, Hillard said. The group hopes to operate in three tent towns with a total pop- ulation of about 30,000 people, he said. “These people in Haiti contin- ue to suffer even with all the aid,” Hillard said. “Most of the aid has not gotten to the people. They are pouring Clorox in their eyes to stop a virus that’s making them blind. Hundreds of women each week die from lack of post- delivery care. Malaria, typhoid, T.B. (tuberculosis) and rabies are rampant everywhere. Church missions like ours through the help of mission families already on the ground are really the only ones doing the majority of the front line health care.” The Rev. Rehill said the group expects to see up to 500 patients a day while in Haiti. That's al- most the same amount of pa- tients in one day as the total number of patients seen on each trip to Nicargua. In 2008, the group treated a total of 565. peo- ple. The missionary group has al- ready sent medicine, thousands of protein bars, fly traps and sev- eral hundred pairs of eyeglasses to Haiti for the mission. The sup- plies were sent to Florida where they were then flown to Haiti by a charity called Agape Flight. “One of the things we try to maintain is we might not be able to help everybody, but we can help somebody,” the Rev. Rehill said. “We're just going to try to help as many ‘somebodys’ as we can.” MU students The Misericordia Universi- ty Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) made more than 100 comfort blankets for Dr. Francis J. Collini, M.D., to pre- sent to Ecuadorian children when he returns to the South American country in June. Through Community Cares for Kids, Dr. Collini and a team of surgeons have been providing corrective surgery since 1997 for children in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The vol- unteer organization is based in Shavertown and has reac- hed out to help needy chil- dren, particularly those born with birth defects or suffering from deforming injuries, like cleft lip and palate. Community Cares for Kids was founded by volunteers and businesses to help needy children in developing coun- tries. Every summer, a team of doctors and nurses provides the necessary medical servic- és and supplies to about 100 children who otherwise would not receive proper care. During the June 5-12 visit, Dr. Collini and his wife, Su- san, will also present children with comforting blankets that were made by Misericordia donate blankets to Ecuador Students in the Misericordia University Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association donated more than 100 comfort blankets to children in Ecuador. From left, are Kelsey Davis, of Clarks Summit, secretary; Maggie Constable, of Lewisburg, president; Mrs. Susan Collini, Dr. Francis J. Collini, MD; and Katie Lawlor, of Hillsdale, N.J., vice president, recently delivered the blankets to Dr. Collini's Shavertown office. University Speech-Language Pa- thology majors, as well as two ar- ea senior knitting clubs. The blankets come in many different styles, sizes and colors. Some were crocheted while oth- ers were knitted or assembled using fleece. The knitters also sewed a spe- cial message — “Sonrisas recon struidas, caritas felices, esperan- za cumplida” - onto the blankets, which means “reconstructive smiles, happy faces and hope ful- filled” and a Misericordia Univer- sity tag. PUZILE ANSWERS — King Crossword — Answers Solution time: 25 mins. 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