Health fair Saturday
Whether you’re looking to be a little
bit healthier or a lot more healthy the place to be Saturday is the
St. John’s “Road to Health” Health Fair.
The health fair is Saturday, April 2 at
the Memorial Center from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The health fair celebrates health and
wellness with the community by bringing together a wealth of
information.
Among the booths and fair exhibits will
be wellness-related displays and activities including a sun screen
advocating Tiki Hut sponsored by the SJLH nursing department,
fun-filled activities for the mind and body by the SJLH
rehabilitative services department and many fun and educational
activities and booths.
There will be free give-a-ways
including a few high ticket items such as vitamin D Screenings and
a disaster backpack complete with 188 items.
Discounted screening vouches will be
available for those who missed the pre-fair screenings. Tests
include total cholesterol, glucose, glycohemoglobin, anemia,
prostate and thyroid. Once again, local medical providers will be
on hand to answer questions concerning the pre-fair health
screening results and other health concerns.
“The Health Fair is designed to provide
people of all ages with information about a wide variety of health
and wellness topics and resources in our community, all in a fun,
fair-like atmosphere,” said Susan Horelick, wellness manager at St.
John’s.
Bone density testing will be offered.
Testing costs $5 and results are mailed directly to physicians.
For more information about “The Road to
Health” Health Fair, contact Horelick at 293-0164.
The American Cancer Society Lincoln
County Relay For Life will hold a pajama party during the health
fair. The party is the kick-off rally for the annual Relay for Life
event.
“We thought the pajama party theme
would be appropriate for this year’s kick-off rally, after all,
cancer never sleeps, so neither will we – not at the kick-off rally
and not at this summer’s Relay For Life,” said Rainy Roth, Lincoln
County chair.
The 2011 American Cancer Society
Lincoln County Relay For Life will be held on Friday, Aug. 5, at
Asa Wood Elementary in Libby.
The kick-off rally has been planned as
a way for those former participants to learn about the new
innovations being offered for this coming summer, and for those new
to Relay to find out more about the event before they choose to
become involved. The rally will also be an opportunity for cancer
survivors to sign on to participate in the ceremonial first lap to
open the Relay, for area businesses to get involved as corporate
sponsors, and for area residents to register as volunteers to help
plan the event.
New to Relay For Life this year will be
the Caregiver’s Garden. Pennants can be purchased and inscribed to
honor the caregiver who drove patients to appointments, took care
of their needs, and offered emotional and physical support.
“It is a wonderful way to honor those
who were always there through thick and thin,” Roth said.
Teams are also being encouraged to
register for the Relay during the kick-off. Those who sign up at
the rally on April 2 will receive the early-bird fee of $50.
For more information about Relay for
Life contact Roth at 334-1042.