NOVEMBER IS ELMHURST CHAMBER’S MONTH
TO PROMOTE HEALTH CARE, PET CARE
ELMHURST, Ill., October 30, 2003 – As part of a new program of monthly member promotions, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is encouraging residents, businesspeople, visitors and tourists to patronize our 50-some member businesses in the health care and pet care industries in November.
The Chamber’s monthly promotion coincides with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Board of Governor’s 53rd Annual Fall Benefit Dinner at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace on November 12.
“The residents of Elmhurst are blessed to have the finest in health care practitioners providing cutting-edge services at state-of-the-art facilities available right in their own backyard,” said John R. Quigley, President of the Elmhurst Chamber. “Few communities our size boast a first-class hospital, health center, medical clinic and more.”
“And if you’re an animal lover like me, Elmhurst’s pet care providers offer quality veterinarian services for the non-human members of your family,” added Quigley, whose household counts two dogs and two cats.
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare operates Elmhurst Memorial Hospital (200 Berteau Avenue) just east of downtown Elmhurst, Elmhurst Memorial Center for Health (1200 South York Street) at the south end of the city and the Elmhurst Clinic (172 Schiller Street) in Elmhurst’s City Centre.
Founded in 1926, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in DuPage County. The Elmhurst Clinic opened in 1954. The Center for Health was built in 1997.
Visit www.elmhurstchamber.org for a complete list of health care and pet care members.
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance (395 West Lake Street), which is expanding its facilities, transports patients to and from health care facilities within Elmhurst and around the Chicagoland area.
Besides those at Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare’s facilities, pharmacy services are available at the Jewel Osco stores downtown (153 Schiller Street) and in south Elmhurst (944 South York Street), the downtown Walgreens (160 Robert Palmer Drive) and Vallette Pharmacy (101 West Vallette Street).
Lexington Health Care & Rehabilitation Center of Elmhurst (420 West Butterfield Road) provides hospital-related services, while Elm Brook Healthcare (127 West Diversey Avenue), Lifelink’s The Anchorage of Bensenville (331 South York Road, Bensenville) and Sunrise Assisted Living of Glen Ellyn (95 Carleton Avenue, Glen Ellyn) also offer nursing and rehabilitation care.
Advanced Rehabilitation Clinics (533 West North Avenue, Suite 50) specializes in physical therapy to relieve painful and debilitating conditions.
The Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (660 Industrial Drive) provides nearly 1,000 lifesaving organs for transplant each year, plus medical transplants of bone, heart values and other tissue to tens of thousands of patients from some 1,000 donors.
The Radiological Society of North America (820 Jorie Boulevard, Oak Brook) promotes and develops the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research.
The Center for Speech and Language Disorders (195 West Spangler Avenue, Suite B) is an internationally recognized leader in diagnosis and treatment of hyperlexia and other language disorders.
Physicians and surgeons at Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (135 North Addison Avenue, Suite 122), Ankle & Foot Center of Elmhurst (401 North York Street), Elmhurst Orthopaedics (300 West Butterfield Road) and David Pezen, MD (360 West Butterfield Road, Suite 240), specialize in treatment of dental (oral), podiatric (foot and ankle), orthopaedic (skeletal) and dermatologic (skin) ailments, respectively.
Doctors at Daedalus Medical Research and Development (500 South Kenilworth Avenue) specialize in research and development medicine.
Optometrists at Greenfield Optical (210 North York Street) and Skowron Eye Care (370 North York Street) serve patients with their vision and eye care needs.
Straightening out a patient’s teeth is a specialty of the orthodonists at Dr. George C. Chipain, DDS (135 North Addison Avenue), Richard Lang, DDS, MS, Orthodonics (135 Palmer Drive) and Lawrence Voss, DDS, Orthodonic Specialist (127 West Vallette Street).
A wide variety of dental services also are available at Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Christopher F. Choyke, DDS, PC (568 Spring Road), DeWitt Dentistry (118 East Vallette Street), Thomas Newman DDS (468 Spring Road), Oak Brook Dental Center (340 West Butterfield Road) and Ivan Valcarenghi, DDS, Cosmetic Dentistry (127 West Vallette Street).
The finest hands in chiropractic services are available at Advanced Health & Rehabilitation Center (401 North York Street, Suite 4), Bessette Chiropractic (401-3 East North Avenue, Villa Park), Chiropractic Family Physicians (135 North Addison Avenue, Suite 107), Elm Chiropractic Fitness Clinic (475 Spring Road), Jevitz Chiropractic Clinic (135 Palmer Drive, Suite 23), Kaplan Chiropractic (82 West St. Charles Road, Villa Park), Russell Chiropractic Care (273 North York Street), Schouten Chiropractic Clinic (641 North York Street, Suite B) and Tremper Chiropractic (4413 West Roosevelt Road, #100, Hillside).
Family Care Diminution (P.O. Box 414) provides low-cost supplemental benefits to people with major medical plans and sole medical benefits for the uninsured.
Health and fitness-related coaching is available from CourtsPlus (186 South West Avenue), Curves for Women (110 West Vallette Street), Elmhurst Family YMCA (211 West First Street), Elmhurst Yoga Shala (506 Spring Road), FitLife Training Fitness Studio and Retail Shop (111 West First Street), Mark Bayers Personal Training (385 Berkley Avenue) and Nutrition Mission (175 Fairlane Avenue).
FitLife is conducting a “FitLife Challenge” during November and December to promote adherence to a healthy lifestyle, with participants accruing points based on classes attended, lost body fat and other criteria. Call 833-9790 for more info.
Executive-style coaching is available from Enerpace (240 North Addison Avenue).
Peggy Hinchey is a Senior Health Consultant (3 Elm Creek Drive, #413).
In the field of health foods, Fruitful Yield (214 North York Street) stocks natural foods and vitamins, and GNC (177 South Route 83) offers vitamin and mineral supplements, sports nutrition and herbal products, while Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating (579 West North Avenue, Suite 205) prepares fresh meals daily for its customers.
E.L. Foust Co. (P.O. Box 105) can offer relief to allergy and asthma sufferers with its residential and industrial lines of air, water and HVAC purifiers and other health care-related products.
Z-Coil Shoes of Chicago (649 North York Street) sells specialty dress, casual and athletic footwear uniquely designed to relief foot, leg and back pain.
In the field of pet care, DeVries Animal Hospital (529 Spring Road) and Elmhurst Animal Care Center (850 South Riverside Drive) offer the finest in veterinarian services.
Active in the Spring Road Business Association, John DeVries, DVM, is among the principal organizers of Elmhurst’s Pet Parade each spring.
Anything But Snakes (1005 Riverside Drive) will take personal care of your pet in your absence.
Established in 1918, the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a voluntary organization of business and professional men and women who have joined together to promote the civic and commercial progress of the community.
The Chamber also serves the needs of it members through services, programs and events that provide opportunities for networking and referral, business education, development and promotion, governmental representation and community involvement.
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