Announcement

Announcement items

Fast Free Electronic Tax Preparation

February 1 - April 14, 2010

Tuesday & Wednesday evening walk-ins, first come, first served.

5:30pm - 8:00pm

Open to general public.

North Side Community Federal Credit Union

1011 W. Lawrence Ave

Chicago, IL 60640

 

Support Haiti

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              

January 15, 2010

CONTACT:          Sirch Chanthyasack, MBA

                                Chief Executive Officer

                                (415) 680-4027 or Sourichanh@lana-usa.org

The Laotian American National Alliance (LANA) would like to express our love and support to the people of Haiti, Haitian American community and the Haitian diaspora suffered from the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. We are personally and deeply sorry for your loss.

On Tuesday, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many as 3 million people have been directly affected. This is a tragic human disaster that continues to unfold even as relief efforts make their way to the country’s capital. This could possibly be one of the most devastating global natural disasters in recent history, potentially rivaling Southeast Asia’s tsunami in 2004, which killed more than 200,000 people.

Cash is best! To buy exactly what they need. Instantaneous if people give online. The most pressing immediate needs are water, food, and shelter. Where and ways to help:

The White House: President Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake

-         Clinton Foundation http://www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake/

-          Red Cross http://american.redcross.org/supporthaiti

-          Center for International Disaster Information http://www.usaid.gov/locations/latin_america_caribbean/country/haiti/eq/

United Nation organizations:

-         World Food Program https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti

-         UNICEF http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=1023561

-         The World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization https://www.pahef.org/donate/donate.aspx?source=Her

-         Central Emergency Response Fund http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/DonateNow/HowtoDonate/tabid/1819/language/en-US/Default.aspx

 

Our common humanity demand WE ACT. This is a top priority for the U.S. Federal government.

LANA is asking and encouraging all Americans and people of the world to help in any way they can.

New Americans Health Information Portal

 Free access to qualityhealth information:

 
 
The New Americans Health Information Portal (NAHIP) is a collaboration between the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights and the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences. The goal of the portal is to serve both as an Internet portal to identified quality multi-lingual health education documents and as a receptacle for health documents created by Heartland's Refugee Health Programs.
 
Languages include:
Amharic    •   Arabic    •   Bosnian Bosanski   •   Burmese    •   ChineseCroatian Hrvatski   •   French Français   •   Haitian Creole kreyòl ayisyen   •   Hindi
Karen   •    Khmer    •   Korean   •   Lao   •   Nepali   •   Russian russkiy yazyk
                                Somali Soomaali  •   Swahili Kiswahili   •   Thai    •   Tigrigna    •   Vietnamese                   
                                               
 
This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3503

 

LACS' Annual Holiday Party 2009 Raffle Prize Winners

1st Prize Cash $200:                                                                                #589      Politip Subanajouy

2nd Prize Cash $100:                                                                               #1016    Kenny Sakamoto

3rd Prize Cash $50:                                                                                   #1002    Lammone

Furama Gift Certificate $100:                                                                   #533      Khamsing Singvongsa

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant Gift Certificate $50:   #852      Lloyd Bueno

Auto Services of Chicago Complete Oil Change:                                 #549      Sarah Singvongsa

Auto Services of Chicago Complete Oil Change:                                 #585      Polatip Subanajouy

Bath Set:                                                                                                        #1034   George Putnam

Hu-Friedy Fleece Blanket:                                                                          #593     Rung & Nat Kleebmek

Ethnic Specific Midlife Women's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity

Background information

eMAPA is a NIH/NINR funded study (1R01NR010568-01) entitled "Ethnic Specific Midlife Women's Attitudes Toward Physical Activity".

The changing racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. will require health professionals to practice with cultural competence in areas such as promotion of physical activity, where cultural beliefs may mediate health promotion behaviors. Although the benefits of physical activity are now widely accepted, midlife women, especially ethnic minority women, have low participation rates in physical activity, and prevalence rates of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, and all-cause mortality among ethnic minority women (that can be effectively reduced by increasing physical activity) have been reported to be much higher than those of White midlife women. A plausible reason for the low participation rate is that the women's ethnic-specific attitudes toward physical activity have rarely been incorporated into relevant interventions.

The purpose of this study is to explore attitudes of midlife women from four ethnic groups [Hispanic, Non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African Americans, and N-H Asians] toward physical activity while considering the relationships between their attitudes and their actual participation in physical activity within the ethnic-specific contexts of their daily lives. Data will be gathered via Internet survey and ethnic- specific online forums to allow for a national sample.                                                                                                  

World Sport Chicago Scholarship

$10,000 WORLD SPORT CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP

Are you a high school junior? Do you live and attend school in Chicago? Have you played an Olympic or Paralympic sport for two seasons in the last three years?
If so, the World Sport Chicago Scholarship is for you!

Who is Eligible?

• High school juniors

Hollywood House Affordable Senior Housing

Hollywood House Affordable Senior Housing

Location:   5700 N Sheridan Rd

                   Chicago, IL  60660

An exciting and affordable community designed for seniors 62 and older.  Hollywood House is a 12story secure building conveniently located near shopping, parks, restaurants, publc transportation andwith breath taking views of the lake.

Tour available by appointment only - Call 773-728-2600

Census 2010

                        

    Lao American Community Services Supports Census 2010!

        ຈະມີກາຣສຳຫລວດສຳມະໂນປະຊາກອນ ໃນປີ໒໐໑໐

 

Public Benefits

Assistance in filling out form for:

           -   Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

             -   Citizenship

             -   Family Reunification

             -   Food Stamps

             -   General Assistance/Transitional Assistance (GA/TA)

             -   Green Card

             -   Medical

Public Benefits in Lao

Syndicate content