A number of agencies also help persons needing medical equipment, education, or assistance. Shelby County has offices of the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, the Shelby County Health Foundation, Shelby County Addiction Services, the Arthritis Foundation, the Shelby County Senior Home Assistance Program, and others. Immunizations are also offered by local physicians and by the Sidney-Shelby County Health Department, located at the corner of West and Poplar Streets in Sidney. The Health Department also provides public health nurses to all Sidney and Shelby County public and private schools. Services include vision and scoliosis screenings, educational programs, and surveillance of communicable diseases.
School nurses are resources for teachers, students and parents.
Both domestic and foreign companies have found a home here. Immediate access to Interstate 75 and three railroads in the county provide opportunities for trade throughout the region, the nation and the world. Industries in Sidney and Shelby County employ over 13,000 people in the manufacture and production of such diverse products as aluminum, siding, automobile and appliance parts, electronic apparatus and controls, refrigerators, compressors and condensing systems, computerized machine tools, portable air compressors and rock drills, paper folding and bindery machinery, cast iron and aluminum cookware, travel trailers and motor homes, publications, motorcycle and automobile engines, bakery mixing machines, precision aluminum castings, gasketing and sealing material, tools and dies, food products, sports clothing, garage doors, plastic bottles, and recycling equipment. Non-metal manufacturers have no trouble finding both willing and productive workers. The rural or small town background of the area has armed workers with a strong sense of responsibility to perform their work and they respond favorably to a management style that is fair and considerate.