October 7, 2009
Community Service Day, October 24th
Community Service Day is a day set aside for Montgomery County's community members to come together to volunteer and make a difference in our community.
Save the Trees!
Maydale Nature Center Park. 9:30 AM – 12 Noon
Meet at 9:30 AM in the parking lot to Maydale Nature Center – 1638 Maydale Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905. Rain or shine! Bring gloves, pruners, saws and lopper or borrow ours.
Maydale Nature Center is an oasis tucked into a community that truly loves their park!! The park offers a wonderful small fishing pond, wetlands, pristine Paint Branch Stream Valley, and deciduous and pine forests – all within 14 acres!! Unfortunately, the park’s native trees and plants are threatened by invasive plants. Come join Councilwoman Nancy Navarro and Montgomery County Park Rangers as we manually remove the invasive plants and save the trees!! Be part of the great community effort to save the trees of Maydale!
For more information contact: Lynette.Scaffidi@montgomeryparks.org or 301-949-0223
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County Sponsors First H1N1 Vaccination Clinic Friday, October 9th
Montgomery County Health and Human Services will offer its first H1N1 vaccination clinic on Friday, October 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Dennis Avenue Health Center, 2000 Dennis Avenue in Silver Spring.
The County has received 2500 doses of the intranasal H1N1 vaccine (nasal spray), which will offered at this clinic. The County expects to receive injectable flu vaccine (flu shots) in the next several weeks. There will continue to be deliveries of both types of flu vaccine in the coming weeks and months.
The nasal spray form of the vaccine contains a live-but-weakened form of the H1N1 influenza virus. It is licensed for the vaccination of healthy individuals between the ages of two and 49. However, it is not licensed for use in pregnant women or children and adults with chronic illnesses. Health officials expect to begin receiving injectable vaccine shortly.
This clinic will be focused on the following priority groups:
· Healthy children from ages two to 18
· Healthy adults up to age 49 who are caretakers of infants younger than six months of age, and
· Healthy health care workers up to age 49.
The intranasal flu vaccine may NOT be given to:
· Pregnant women
· Children or adults with chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes
· Healthy children from ages two to 18
· Healthy adults up to age 49 who are caretakers of infants younger than six months of age, and
· Healthy health care workers up to age 49.
The intranasal flu vaccine may NOT be given to:
· Pregnant women
· Children or adults with chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes
If adults or children received the FluMist form of the seasonal flu vaccination, they must wait 28 days before receiving the intranasal H1N1 vaccine. If the seasonal flu vaccine was given in injectable form (flu shot), there is NO waiting period.
Health officials recommend that everyone consider receiving an H1N1 vaccination when ample supplies become available at a later date.
In addition to local health departments, retail locations and some private physicians will be receiving the H1N1 vaccine as well.
For updated information, check the County’s website at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/h1n1flu or call the flu hotline at 240-777-4200. The hotline is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Maryland Homeowners' Property Tax Credit program
As you encounter people at work and at home who may be eligible for the Maryland Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit program, please let them know that the deadline has been extended to November 2. The program gives eligible homeowners a credit against their property tax bill if the property taxes exceed a fixed percentage of their household income. In other words, it sets a limit on the amount of property taxes any homeowner must pay based upon his or her income. Eligibility guidelines include:
· Having an annual household income of about $64,000 or less; and
· Owning and living in the home as a principal residence for at least six months of the year.
Applications are available from the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation
(SDAT) by calling 1-800-944-7403, or going to www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/htc.html and downloading the form.
· Having an annual household income of about $64,000 or less; and
· Owning and living in the home as a principal residence for at least six months of the year.
Applications are available from the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation
(SDAT) by calling 1-800-944-7403, or going to www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/htc.html and downloading the form.
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