Cancer society holds flower fundraiser
The American Cancer Society is selling daffodil bouquets for its annual Daffodil Days fundraiser that kicked off this week.
Volunteers throughout Anne Arundel County are distributing thousands of daffodils to area homes, offices, hospitals, churches and synagogues to spread hope for a future where cancer is no longer a life-threatening disease.
A bunch of 10 daffodils or a pot of bulbs is available for a $10 donation, and a Bea R. Hope Boyd's Collectors' Bear is available for $25.
Donations can be made at a dozen locations throughout Anne Arundel County this week:
Tomorrow: Anne Arundel Medical Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Baltimore Washington Medical Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday: The county Department of Public Works Lobby at 2664 Riva Road from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Boscov's at Marley Station mall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday: Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville, the Crofton Giant, Starbucks and the Amish Market at the Annapolis Harbour Center, the Waugh Chapel Safeway and the Edgewater Safeway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday: Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Information: 410-721-4304.
Medical center adds kids' speech therapy
Anne Arundel Medical Center has added outpatient pediatric speech-language therapy to its outpatient speech rehabilitation services.
The new program is for children up to 5 years old who have developmental delays, phonological disorders, or require fluency and voice services. These children may have speech-language delays due to recurrent ear infections, extended hospitalization, prematurity or adverse socioeconomic conditions.
The new outpatient pediatric speech therapy center is on the lower floor of the Wayson Pavilion and includes a dedicated treatment room and a pediatric gym for patients who require physical and/or occupational therapy in addition to speech therapy.
Patients will need a prescription or referral from their physician based on their insurance.
Information: 443-481-4080.
Arundel lab wins accreditation
The Anne Arundel Medical Center Laboratory was recently awarded an accreditation by the College of American Pathologists' Commission on Laboratory Accreditation.
Recognized by the United States federal government, the accreditation recognizes the AAMC laboratory as providing the highest possible level of care.
