Tonight from 5 to 7 pm, Strom Center in Monmouth will be hosting their annual Ice Cream Social with entertainment being provided by the Monmouth Municipal Band beginning at 7 pm. The following Thursday, July 17th, Executive Director Carol McCrery informs health screenings are being offered by OSF HealthCare:
“We are really, really blessed in our community because we have OSF HealthCare. Stephanie Hilten has offered to do healthcare screenings that OSF has on Thursday, July 17th. That will be in the morning for two hours, so you don’t want to miss that. We will vitals being taken, blood pressure readings, and oxygen readings. Then the really great benefit to coming is you can have your blood tested, blood glucose and cholesterol will be tested by a single finger prick test. Fasting is not necessary, and the nice thing is that you will get the results within about two minutes. They do suggest drinking plenty of water prior to the testing and we will not be making appointments; it will be just as you come in.”
The health screenings at Strom Center in Monmouth will be held from 9 to 11 am on Thursday, July the 17th.