Urban Balance recently donated to the Montgomery Village Rotary Club Foundation, Inc. to support polio eradication in Nigeria. Since the inception of this key Rotary International program in 1983, more than 2 billion children have received the oral vaccine. Despite that, political, economic and religious conditions have resulted in new case outbreaks principally in Africa, India and the Middle East; therefore Rotary is engaged in ongoing efforts to stem the spread of this devastating disease.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $355 million in matching grant funds to help eradicate polio. The Rotary Foundation responded with a $200 million challenge. To-date, they have raised more than $100 million. The challenge must be met by the deadline of June 30, 2012.
Urban Balance therapist, MaryLu Halperin, is planning to partake in a humanitarian trip that is now tentatively re-scheduled for either October of this year or January, 2011. Urban Balance's donation is in support of MaryLu's charitable efforts and this important cause.
MaryLu A. Halperin, MA, MPH, RN
Chicago-Downtown, Evanston, Libertyville office(s)
MaryLu Halperin is a psychotherapist and registered professional nurse with over 25 years experience in the health care industry. Her practice is oriented to psychodynamic psychotherapy with an emphasis on relational-analytic therapy. She combines her knowledge of psychotherapy and healthcare to help clients work through depression, anxiety, stress and other symptoms often associated with physical illness, trauma, sexual abuse and eating disorders. In addition, she has experience working with relationship issues, mood disorders, anger management, social phobia, stage of life transitions, bereavement and organizational psychodynamics. MaryLu obtained a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University where she completed a two-year externship at The Family Institute followed by advanced externship training at The Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Illinois.