Good health is not a single track proposition. Good food and drug-free living offer the best head start.
The two are connected. Last week the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Navy, from Indiana,
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was in Kane County for appearances on the opioid epidemic, which has grown exponentially, recently.
Good food? The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will hold its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday to assist food pantries which assist those in need with good food. The need never ends. Donations are essential and letter carriers will pick up food donations at the mail boxes.
Dr. Adams met first at the Kane County Health Department in Aurora Wednesday, May 3, and later in the afternoon went to Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove.
“We have better health through better cooperation,” the articulate U.S. Surgeon General Adams told approximately 60 in Aurora. “We have to be better partners. I am (working hard) each day to see that our law enforcement partners know we need help.
“Our problems start in our medicine cabinets.”
The food drive will bring tons of food to many pantries in Aurora, Montgomery, and Yorkville.
“We are grateful to everyone at the (NALC) and residents who donate food,” said Marilyn Weisner of the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.