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COURTESYPHOTO TheRedBluffHighSchoolGayStraightAllianceClubheldanAnti-BullyingPledgeweekcalledAllyWeek. Students and staff signed pledges to stop any type of bullying on campus. Prizes were given out and the club was impressed with the large turn out of pledge signers. EDUCATION RE D BL UF F SU PP OR TS ANTI-BULLYING PLEDGE Advocacy American Legion, Las- sen Post 0167 Red Bluff, 528-1026 American Legion, Rais- ner Post 45 Corning, 518-3152 Am Vets, Post 2002 Corning, 526-2883 VFW Los Molinos, 384-1301 Red Bluff, 528-1026 Corning Post 4218 Dis- trict 15 Auxiliary 4218, District 15 824-5957 DAV 529-4579 Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140 (888) MCL-1140 Military Family Support Group 529-1852 or 529-2416 Services Tehama County Veter- ans Service Office 529-3664 Tehama County Veter- ans Collaborative Tehama Together, 527- 2223 Veteran Resource Cen- ter Chico (530) 809-2831 Redding (530) 223-3211 VA Crisis Hotline (800) 273-8255 VA Homeless Outreach (530) 247-7917 Redding VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 226-7555 Chico VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 879-5000 Veterans Home, Red- ding (530) 224-3800 Faith Based Advocacy PATH — Poor And The Homeless 736-3959 Pastor Dave Lambers, VCF 736-3400 Serving veterans? Ifyourlocalorganization or government entity offers service specific to veterans, sendcontactinformationto editor@redbluffdailynews. com,faxto527-9251ordrop it off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff during busi- ness hours to be added to this listing. RESOURCES Veterans services, advocacy groups I would like to thank Julie Johnson of the Corning Observer news- paper for her gener- osity and support of veterans in our county by provid- ing space in the newspa- per for VSO news articles. A Tehama County Combat Vietnam Vet- eran read a VSO article in the Corning Observer. He came into the VSO office the end of November 2015 and filed a VA compensa- tion claim. In late April his claim was approved and he is rated 50% ser- vice-connected disabled and receiving more than $800 a month and more than $6,500 retroactive pay back to October 1, 2015 — all tax free. Redding Veterans Re- source Center case man- ager Michele Fox will be available in the Red Bluff VSO office 1:30-4 p.m. May 19 to meet with homeless Tehama County veterans concerning tran- sitional housing and other VRC assistance. There are many state and federal benefits and programs available to vet- erans and their depen- dents. To find out if you are eligible for any of these benefits, call the Tehama County Veter- ans Service Office at 529- 3664. The VSO address is the Bank of America Build- ing, 955 Main St., Ste. C, in Red Bluff. Office ap- pointment hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. The Red Bluff of- fice VSO is by appoint- ment only. Corning VSO walk-ins are at the Veter- ans Memorial Hall 9-11 a.m. the first three Tues- days of the month. Fri- day's we are closed for administration and out- reach. We are looking for- ward to meeting you or seeing you again on your return visit. KellyOsborne,retired U.S. Coast Guard, is the Veterans Service Officer for Tehama County. VSO NEWS Corningpaperhelpsconnect veteran with benefits Kelly Osborne PLEASERECYCLETHISNEWSPAPER. The VA2K Walk and Roll benefit is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 at the Redding VA outpatient clinic, 351 Hart- nell Ave. Take a 30-minute mid- day break and stroll or roll with organizers to help out homeless veterans. Organizers are asking for donations of hygiene kits, socks, first aid kits or other non-perishable items, which can be brought be- fore the event or dropped off at the Redding VA Clinic on the date of the event. Veterans, family mem- bers and members of the community are welcome to join in. For information, call Susan Tieden at 247-7917, write to Mary.Tieden@ va.gov or visit www.publi- chealth.va.gov/va2k/index. asp. BENEFIT Walk and Roll to support homeless veterans By Kathy Matheson The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Doctors and nurses hope to lower the city's high infant mor- tality rate by distributing baby boxes that encourage safe sleeping habits for new- borns and their caregivers. Temple University Hos- pital this week began giv- ing out the cardboard boxes that are lined with a mat- tress and function like a bas- sinet. They're meant to dis- courage parents from sleep- ing with their babies, which could lead to accidental suf- focation. The program is the larg- est effort of its kind by an academic health system in the U.S., hospital officials said, though that could not immediately be confirmed. It's based on a successful baby box initiative in Fin- land that began in the 1930s and lowered that country's infant mortality rate. At Temple, Brianna De- vero received the first box a few days ago after her son, Steven Tonzelli Jr., was born. The boy arrived two weeks early — before her house was ready for the new arrival. "He loved it because it was like sleeping in the bassinet from the hospital," Devero said Friday. "And it was really just good be- cause it was something that I could use just right then and there, and didn't have to worry about assembling anything." Philadelphia, which has one of the nation's highest poverty rates, has an infant mortality rate nearly dou- ble the U.S. average — 11.2 deaths per 1,000 births com- pared with six per 1,000 na- tionwide, according to the city Health Department. The rate is even higher in some low-income neighbor- hoods that Temple serves. Poor families sometimes don't have the resources or education to properly care for newborns. Temple's box initiative aims to reduce risky behavior associated with infant deaths, such as sharing beds or using un- safe bedding. The hospital plans to give out 3,000 boxes for free over the next year — one for each woman who gives birth there, regardless of need. The boxes, which include clothing, diapers and educa- tional materials, are worth $80 to $100 and were partly paid for with grants and crowdfunding, officials said. "We have every hope that our patients will find this a useful tool in caring for their newborns," said Dr. Gail Herrine, medical direc- tor of the postpartum unit. Temple patient Victoria Mack received a box Friday forhersonReign—whoalso arrived unexpectedly early. "It's nice to know that you havesomethingthat youcan go home with ... until when you finally have everything ready to go," she said. INFANTS Ba by b ox p ro gr am i n Ph il ad el ph ia e nc ou ra ge s sa fe sl ee pi ng By Derrik J. Lang AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES At first glance, it has all the trap- pings of San Diego Comic- Con. There's a cavernous con- vention center devoid of daylight. Inside, it's stuffed with thousands of fans lin- ing up for everything from an autograph and a selfie to a slice of pizza and a soda. Upstairs, they're camp- ing out for Q&A sessions. However, there's not a su- perhero in sight. Instead, nearly 23,000 RuPaul's DragCon attendees are here for men glammed-up as women. "We have people from all over the world coming for DragCon because this is more than just a conven- tion of drag queens," the gender-bending host of the TV reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race" told the crowd Sunday at the second an- nual extravaganza at the Los Angeles Convention Center. "It is a movement." The rows of over 230 DragCon vendors hawking merchandise — from $20 T-shirts to $2,000 gowns — is the latest example of the proliferation of fan con- ventions, the once geeky get-togethers that have morphed into a big busi- ness. The organizer of San Diego Comic-Con makes about $15 million in rev- enue each year from its events. 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