The briefs

Bike rodeo for kids Saturday

The Schaumburg Bicycle Club will hold a bicycle rodeo starting at 9 a.m. May 24 at REI, 1209 East Golf Road, Schaumburg.

The rodeo is designed to teach children about safe bicycling practices. For more information, call (847) 619-6729 or visit schaumburgbicycleclub.org

Township offers amplified phones

Schaumburg Township Disability Services is a selection center for the Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation's free amplified phone program.

The program distributes free phones to qualified Illinois residents with a certified hearing loss.

Schaumburg Township Disability Services has four different amplified phones to choose from. Qualified residents should come in to do a live test and select which one they hear best.

Residents just need telephone service, a picture ID and a doctor or licensed audiologist's signature on the application. Applications are available for anyone interested.

Schaumburg Township is located at 1 Illinois Blvd. in Hoffman Estates. For more information, call (847) 884-0030, ext. 2025.

Massage therapy clinics offered

The massage therapy program at Elgin Community College offers student-run massage clinics open to the public throughout the summer.

Clinics are held on Saturdays in June and July in the massage therapy clinic, Room 214 of the Advanced Technology Center on the Main Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. The fee is $35 for an hour-long session.

Massage therapy clinic III is a course in the final semester of student training designed to provide students with the opportunity to run their own clinical business with ECC supervisory staff on site. Students serve as both office managers and therapists to prepare themselves to enter their chosen profession after passing the national certification exam and obtaining a state of Illinois license.

For more information about the massage therapy program, call the massage clinic at (847) 214-7323 or visit elgin.edu/massage.