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A giving heart

Madison Lynch, 7, (from left) meets U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-11th), and Will County Executive Larry Walsh during the officials’ tour of the Will County Health Center on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Madison, the daughter of Sean Lynch and Renee Redys of Lockport, asked for new and used books for the pediatric department of the Health Center in lieu of gifts for herself for her July 15 birthday. She collected 350 books for its Reach Out and Read program. Used books are put out in the waiting room for young patients to read and take home. New books are incorporated into exams with children beginning at age 6 months. Foster read his favorite childhood book, A Fly Went By, to children in the waiting room and then signed a copy of Biscuit Goes to School for the display case. Walsh and Foster visited the facility and the dental van as part of National Health Center Week, Aug. 8-14.

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