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Read More >Donate to Haiti Relief
When making donation to the ARC please add message that your donation is to support the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities and this ensure better communication access for the communities in Haiti. Please make your donation either by texting the word HAITI to 90999 you donate $10 to The Red Cross in Haiti and it just shows up on your bill OR go to their website www.redcross.org and make a larger donation adding the memo to advocate and make them aware of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.
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What You Need To Know about FLU Season
Answers to Common Questions
Why is the Flu Vaccination an Important part of community & personal health?
Flu vaccines greatly contribute to the health of our entire com- munity, from the individual, to ourchildren, spouses, family members, teachers, clientele, and local community members. Vaccination promote herd immunity which inhibits the power of a virus, like the seasonal flu and H1N1, to infiltrate and entire population. Consider the following:
- School children have very high rates of flu illness, ex- ceeding 10% in most years. Children are one of the most important sources of flu transmission in the community. Adults often catch flu virus from children; therefore, immunizing children can also prevent ill- ness and death in our community.
