Mental health specialists will be available to help families affected by last week's tornado.
As students head back to school following last week's category 3 tornado that touched down in Dexter, mental health specialists across Washtenaw County are standing guard offering multiple services for families affected by the storm. "After an incident like this, it is perfectly normal for victims to suffer from a lack of sleep, poor appetite, changes in mood or mini flashbacks," Naomi Zikmund-Fisher, coordinator for the Washtenaw County Health Department's Traumatic Events Response Network said. "These symptoms usually dissipate in a few weeks." Zikmund-Fisher said the county is working with representatives from American Red Cross of Washtenaw County, who are assessing mental health cases on an individual basis. "We have people on the …
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Officials with the Red Cross say blood donations are needed to help cover emergencies during the winter months.
The American Red Cross of Washtenaw County is teaming up with libraries in Dexter and Chelsea to host two blood drives during the holidays. The Dexter District Library will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday in the lower-level meeting rooms. The Red Cross will collect whole blood, which will be used to help individuals in southeast Michigan who need transfusions during surgeries, as a result of accidents or as a part of ongoing medical treatments, the library said in a press release. "We're always in need of blood donations, especially during this time of the year," said Mark Huizenga, blood services coordinator for the Red Cross. "We typically see less donations now — not because people don't want to donate, but simply because …
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