Saturday, March 14, 2009

Health Fair~

I have filled in at the Health Dept for quite a few years now, and the last few years they have closed the office so I could also help out at the annual Health Fair they put on - this is their 25th year of organizing this event. I took some pictures for them of some of the different booths that participated. There was a good turnout - approximately 30-35 different booths, plus different doctors that each gave short 1/2 hour sessions of various topics. In one of the Health Dept booths, we kept busy handing out blood profile results to those that had their blood drawn in the previous 2 weeks. Getting those results are always a big highlight of the Health Fair! There was also an interpretation area for any readings of concern.

Some of the Health Dept staff setting up for the Brunch :)Every booth had a drawing at the end of the day...

me and a Health Dept nurse...Some of the old Health Fair photos...the picture in left corner is of Ed, my brother-in-law, and Shay, my newphew, who is 21 now!Tobacco Coalition...Lasik surgery, anyone?? They didn't want to wear their hats for me!
Healthy Communities... This is the booth I helped in...it was a lot of fun!
Blood profile results...remembering our ABC's by the end of the day got to be quite challenging for some!! This was a record year...1937 blood draws taken! Safe kids, Safe Communities... This was the Highway Dept's first year at our fair...

Emergency Awareness...
Do we have enough essentials for 3 days for each person in our household in case of a crisis?
Have you taken the Barley Challenge?
It really does help to lower cholesterol!
Domestic Violence...
The "tooth ladies!!"...quite a pair, they were!
This was our favorite! A 10 minute back massage for only $5!
We all took advantage of it! Ivy is a local girl and travels to homes....
Tiff and Ash, when you come for a visit, we will have to treat ourselves :)

1 comment:

Jess(ica) said...

That looks like a really neat and extremely informative event to go to! That is cool you get to help out with it! =) Congrats on a record number of blood draws! =)