News Briefs

Lee Health Coconut Point hosts Women’s Breast Health Day

On June 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lee Health invites the community to visit Lee Health Coconut Point, 23450 Via Coconut Point, Estero, to learn more about breast health and services available at Lee Health. Complete your routine mammogram with accepted insurance, and follow it up with essential oil make-and-take, chair massages, and food samples from the teaching kitchen.

Screening mammograms for breast cancer are recommended every year for all women starting at 40 years old or earlier if there is a family history of breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, about 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women this year. Outcomes improve with early detection.

Classes will be available to help attendees learn about various health and wellness resources from the Lee Health Coconut Point – Healthy Life Center, including nutrition for breast cancer prevention and a gratitude workshop. The Pink Heals fire truck will also be on-site to celebrate survivors, honor them in the battle with breast cancer, and remember the heroes.

WHAT: Opportunity to receive a mammogram to screen for breast cancer and learn more about breast health and local services available at Lee Health.

WHEN: Friday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pink Heals Fire Truck on-site by 12:30 p.m.

RSVP for these classes:

11 a.m. to noon: Cooking demonstration on cruciferous vegetables for breast health.

1 to 2 p.m.: Gratitude workshop for a guided gratitude meditation and creating a gratitude jar.

Register for classes by calling the Healthy Life Center at 239-468-0050 or by visiting www.leehealth.org/special-pages/general-scheduling-a-mammogram

Lee Animal Services invites you to ‘cattitude’

Lee County Domestic Animal Services is in the middle of kitten season and invites everyone to channel their inner ‘cattitude’ and enjoy its reduced adoption fees this June.

Starting June 1 through the end of the month, all cat and kitten adoptions will be reduced to $20 with an approved application. The adoption package includes a spay or neuter, microchip, up-to-date vaccinations, county license and a 10-day health guarantee. This is a $600 package. Volunteers and staff are waiting to introduce your new family member to you. Stop by 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the adoption center, 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers.

For more information about Lee County Domestic Animal Services’ pets for adoption, go to www.LeeLostPets.com or call 239-533-7387 (LEE-PETS). You may also submit an adoption application online.

Lee Library System recognized for efforts to employ people with disabilities

The Lee County Library System has received recognition from the Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind for employing people with disabilities.

The Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind recognizes employees and their employers every quarter at its quarterly update public forums. The Lee County Library System received this recognition to highlight circulation assistant Dylan Catino, who is legally blind. Catino has been with Lee County since 2019 and works at the North Fort Myers Public Library. He began as a library page in 2019 and was promoted to circulation assistant in 2023.

Laura Cifelli, the Library System’s Manager of Public Services, accepted the award on behalf of the Lee County Library System. Catino will be featured in this month’s edition of the Florida Rehabilitation Council for the Blind’s newsletter.

About the Lee County Library System: The Lee County Library System, founded in 1964, has 13 branches with more than 1.5 million items. Currently, more than 294,000 Lee County residents are registered users. The Lee County Talking Books Library (a division of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled) provides digitally recorded books and magazines, postage-free, to people who need to “hear” their reading because of a visual disability or a physical disability that makes it difficult to hold a book or turn a page.

For more information about the Lee County Library System, call 239-479- INFO (4636) or visit www.leelibrary.net . ¦

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