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BEAVERCREEK TWP.
Trustees to meet today
The Beavercreek Twp. Board of Trustees’ regular meeting scheduled for Nov. 23 has been moved to today.
The meeting will start at 1 p.m. and be held in the community room located on the lower level of Fire Station #61, 2195 Dayton Xenia Road.
For more information, call 937-429-4472. SHARAHN BOYKIN
BEAVERCREEK
City selling gift certificates for classes
The Beavercreek Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department is selling gift certificates that can be used for a variety of classes that are offered.
Gift certificates can be used for yoga, pilates, PiYo, swing or ballroom dance classes, golf or a senior center membership.
For more information, call 937-427-5514, email parks@beavercreekohio.gov or visit www.beavercreekohio.gov. STEVEN MATTHEWS
FAIRBORN
Music Club raffling off quilt
The Fairborn Music Club is raffling off a quilt to benefit the club.
Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Fairborn Middle School Band Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Vespers Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, or the Vespers Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6.
All concerts will be held at Fairborn High School. The drawing will be held at the Dec. 6 concert. Winner does not need to be present.
Raffle tickets are one for $5, three for $10 and seven for $20.
For more information or to buy a ticket, contact the Gorrettas at the school or Jeanne Myers at 937-878-6176 or jmyers94@woh.rr.com. STEVEN MATTHEWS
FAIRBORN
2 students get funding for program
Two Wright State University students have won state funding to continue their programs aimed at raising awareness about postpartum depression among African-Americans.
Tawana Jackson and Tawanna Howard, both in WSU’s School of Professional Psychology, received a grant for a second year from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for their “My Baby & Me” programs.
The money will enable the students to host two programs during Minority Health Month next April. Last April, the programs drew more than 100 women and children.
The programs are free and open to the public for not only mothers, but also relatives and caretakers. Postpartum depression can affect women after childbirth with such symptoms as sadness, anxiety, irritability, low energy and changes in sleeping and eating patterns.
Jackson said postpartum depression is underdiagnosed and under detected in the community, and that the Dayton area has one of the highest infant-mortality rates in the nation. DIANA BLOWERS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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