The Wellness Outreach Professionals with the Mobile Health Unit of the La Porte Hospital will be making stops around the community during national prostate cancer awareness month. La Porte County and Starke County will have Mobile Health Units set up in various places throughout the month of September in order to provide men’s health education and promote the importance of colorectal cancer screenings.
Take-home colorectal cancer screening kits will be available. These kits do not replace regular check-ups or the recommended colonoscopy screening at age 50 but that they can help detect warning signs of colon cancer or other conditions. Screenings kits and Mobile Health Unit visits are made possible by the Healthcare Foundation of La Porte.
Dates, times and locations of the Mobile Health Unit visits are as follows,
La Porte County:
September 6 from 10:30 – Noon at Kabelin’s, 512 Andrew Ave, La Porte
September 8 from 10 – 11 a.m. at LaCrosse Public Library, 307 Main St., LaCrosse
September 11 from 9-10 a.m. at La Porte County Family YMCA, 901 Michigan Ave., La Porte
September 11 from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at La Porte Hospital, 1007 Lincolnway, La Porte
September 12 from 9-10:30 a.m. at Good Will Industries, 1509 E. Lincolnway, La Porte
September 12 from 11 a.m. – Noon at Salvation Army, 3240 Monroe St., La Porte
September 15 from 10-11:30 a.m. at La Porte County Public Library, 904 Indiana Ave., La Porte
September 19 from 10-11:30 a.m. at Kroger, 55 Pine Lake Ave., La Porte
September 19 from 1-2:30 p.m. at Al’s Supermarket, 702 E. Lincolnway, La Porte
September 20 from Noon-1:30 p.m. at The Pax Center, 605 Washington St., La Porte
Starke County:
September 22 from 1:30-3 p.m. at Bailey’s Discount Center, 5900 S. Range Rd., North Judson
September 28 from 1-2:30 p.m. at Starke Hospital, 102 E Culver Rd., Knox
