A bow that shoots illuminated arrows its manufacturer says can fly up to 145 feet, and the “Catapencil” — a pencil with a miniature slingshot-style launcher at its erasure end — are among an annual list of unsafe toys released Wednesday.
World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., a Massachusetts-based consumer watchdog group, issued the “10 Worst Toys” list over possible hazards as the holiday shopping season gets underway.
THANKS!! to everyone who came out Nov. 19 to support MCHC and shopped at a store named STUFF WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
MAIC and Walgreens Pharmacies have provided almost 1,000 free flu shots so far! (GOAL: 3,000) Bee Wise – Immunize! Click HERE for a list of local health departments offering immunizations. Our partners are offering free flu shots, too: OTHER LOCAL FREE FLU SHOT CLINICS
MCHC works with more than 200 community partners to promote wellness and advocate excellence in health care for area mothers and children. We also help to nurture and enhance the knowledge and capacity of the healthcare community so it can better serve the needs of mothers, children and families. We are the only bi-state organization […]
Children are our future. That’s why Mother & Child Health Coalition (MCHC) believes that every child deserves a healthy start. It’s the best gift a community can give to its children and itself. MCHC focuses our energies on developing new community partners and enhancing current relationships with the business community and the population it serves.
MCHC serves as a catalyst, steering efforts toward a better community integrated service system with a major emphasis on health promotion and prevention services. Our efforts focus on increasing the availability, accessibility and utilization of health services, while decreasing health disparities between racial and/or socioeconomic groups.
WELCOME New Benefactor Level Organization Member: The Women’s Clinic of Kansas City THANKS for increasing your support!
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Memberships in MCHC provide valuable financial support that helps us continue our many programs and activities. Heart-felt thanks to the following individual members and organizational partners joining or renewing their membership during the period of January – March, 2018. Please let us know of any errors or omissions. (CLICK on the MCHC […]
MCHC is one of the local organizations stepping up to promote the Talk, Read, Play KC initiative. READ MORE
On Thursday, August 28, the bill signed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon that excuses breastfeeding mothers from jury duty, with a doctor’s written excuse, and protects them from public indecency charges when nursing or pumping milk in public, becomes law. HB#1320 was passed by all members of the Missouri General Assembly, without a single “nay” […]
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