Lake County Educational Service Center

Coming Up in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff for week of June 30

Business

Career Resource Center, Inc. is located at Grove Cultural Campus, 40 E. Old Mill Road, Suite 105, Lake Forest. For information, call (847) 295-5626 or visit www.CareerResourceCenter.org. Career Resource Center provides professional, individualized and comprehensive resources for re-employment. Members free unless otherwise specified. The June following programs are:

Children

The Chicago Bears will offer 27 non-contact football camps in 23 communities. Each five-day camp runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Learn to run, throw, catch, defend and compete the Bears way. All programs provide football instruction, athletic skill development, fitness and agility training. The camp costs $389 with early registration discounts available. Visit www.BearsCamps.com or call (312) 226-7776. Lake County camps are: Lake Forest, June 27-July 1; Libertyville, July 18-22; Lake Zurich, July 18-22; Lincolnshire, July 25-29.

Clubs

Al Anon is an anonymous fellowship of family and friends whose lives have been affected by someone else’s abuse of alcohol or drugs. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. every Monday at Gorton Community Center, 400 E. Illinois Rd. Call (847) 680-4640 for further information.

American Association of University Women Lake Forest Lake Bluff Branch welcomes college graduates to join with other area grads in stimulating and enjoyable meetings and special interest activities. Call (847) 234-5886 or (847) 295-8814.

Artists on the Bluff meets at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at Blair Park community room, Green Bay Road and Washington, Lake Bluff (one block north of Route 176). Join fellow area artists for demonstrations, talks, workshops, community activities and the summer Arts Festival. Call Julian Gordon, membership chairman, at (847) 234-2089.

Kiwanis Club of Lake Bluff and Lake Forest holds dinner meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month at Village Grill, Lake Bluff Golf Course (Green Bay Road and Washington - one block north of Route 176). Cost $15. Learn more about service and social opportunities with this charitable organization. Call David Lee at (847) 615-3083.

Drop-in Center Patients, Staff Say Get Tested for HIV — Gurnee ...

If you stop in at THE (Total Health Education) Group on Wednesdays, you could meet a great-grandmother, a young man who is a recovering alcoholic and a young woman who first came to the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center simply to have a physical exam.

While their backgrounds and interests are varied, they all have something in common. They are living with HIV.

“I just didn’t know what to do from there (being diagnosed). I felt like I was going to stop breathing,” said Crystal, who started coming to THE Group three years ago after being told she was HIV-positive.

THE Group is a drop-in center in Waukegan for counseling, peer support, treatment education and sharing through the Health Department’s confidential and anonymous program called NEED2KNOW for those with HIV-AIDS. People from all walks of life participate to share their views about an illness that has taken thousands of lives since the Centers for Disease Control first reported the disease in gay males 30 years ago.

Much has been learned about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), but members of THE Group agree there are still misconceptions, stigma and a lack of awareness.

Probably the largest misconception, they agree, is people generally believe HIV is AIDS. It is not. A positive result from an HIV test does not mean the person tested has AIDS. Those with the virus do not have AIDS until they develop serious symptoms. AIDS is only a diagnosis, not a separate illness. With early detection from testing and medications that have improved over time, people are living longer and stronger. Many who attend THE Group sessions are diagnosed as having undetectable viral loads, which means their medications are stopping destruction of white blood cells that help protect the body.

Without testing, there is no early diagnosis and members in THE Group point out the importance of being tested for HIV. June 27 is National HIV Testing Day as designated by the National Association of People with AIDS. Typically not a test requested by a physician during a routine physical exam, HIV can be carried by someone for years without any symptoms. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control says one of every five people living with HIV is unaware that he or she has the virus.

Liz Arias, the new peer advocate at the Health Department’s Medical Management Clinic, was unaware until something traumatic changed her life. Liz discovered she was HIV-positive five years ago after her architect husband crashed their car into a tree. He was diagnosed after a visit to the doctor, but did not inform her. Instead, he decided to take his own life, her life and that of their unborn child by crashing their car into a tree. She learned of his diagnosis from insurance companies investigating the crash that killed him.

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