Post by admin1 on Aug 15, 2007 22:41:15 GMT -5
• What: Fifth annual SAVE Alief Health and Civic Resources Fair
• When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 18
• Where: Alief Middle School, 4415 Cook Road
• For adults: Doctor and pharmacy consultations; screenings for vision, dental, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, bone density and body mass; free mammograms and free prostate screenings. Resources about education, employment, safety and other topics.
• For children: Free immunizations will be given to children from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be face-painting, games, an inflatable moonwalk and puppet show.
• How much: Free
To volunteer at the event or for more information, call 281-498-5018.
As anyone on a limited income who has received a medical bill could attest, the fifth annual fair sponsored by the grass-roots organization SAVE Alief — which employs the acronym for Stand Against Violence Everyone — is a good deal.
The SAVE Alief Health and Civic Resources Fair is free of charge for school-required immunizations and other medical screenings that will be available for the family.
The idea is to help ward off everything from breast cancer to sickle-cell anemia, hepatitis and other diseases.
Scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at Alief Middle School, 4415 Cook Road, the fair also offers road maps from more than 120 vendors on how to live better, healthier and safer in the community.
That's one reason the fair annually draws one of the biggest crowds to gather in Alief all year.
"We had 2,200 people who attended last year," said Anne Williams, who along with husband Henry are the health fair's directors, as well as officers of SAVE Alief and cogs of the Alief Super Neighborhood Council.
The SAVE Alief organization, which now has about 20 members, started in the 1990s, when members of local gangs were frequently being arrested and there were a lot of civic-minded leaders working in tandem with area police for the betterment of the community, Anne Williams said.
"Now the gangs are coming back and there are so many people with no insurance and few health resources," she said.
Sponsored by U.S., state and city representatives and area churches, clinics, medical centers and banks, there will be information from colleges and universities, Houston police and fire departments, dispute mediation specialists, the Mayor's Assistance Office, American Association of Retired Persons and other organizations.
"We have childhood through senior citizen interventions," Williams said.
Children will receive free immunizations from 9 a.m. to noon with no appointment required.
To entertain youth either before or after their shots, there will be face-painting and games, including an inflatable moonwalk, Williams said.
Doctor and pharmacy consultations will be offered, as will screenings for vision, dental, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, bone density and body mass.
Information and resources relating to education, employment, safety and other topics — including low-cost medical care and insurance — will be provided.
• When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 18
• Where: Alief Middle School, 4415 Cook Road
• For adults: Doctor and pharmacy consultations; screenings for vision, dental, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, bone density and body mass; free mammograms and free prostate screenings. Resources about education, employment, safety and other topics.
• For children: Free immunizations will be given to children from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be face-painting, games, an inflatable moonwalk and puppet show.
• How much: Free
To volunteer at the event or for more information, call 281-498-5018.
As anyone on a limited income who has received a medical bill could attest, the fifth annual fair sponsored by the grass-roots organization SAVE Alief — which employs the acronym for Stand Against Violence Everyone — is a good deal.
The SAVE Alief Health and Civic Resources Fair is free of charge for school-required immunizations and other medical screenings that will be available for the family.
The idea is to help ward off everything from breast cancer to sickle-cell anemia, hepatitis and other diseases.
Scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at Alief Middle School, 4415 Cook Road, the fair also offers road maps from more than 120 vendors on how to live better, healthier and safer in the community.
That's one reason the fair annually draws one of the biggest crowds to gather in Alief all year.
"We had 2,200 people who attended last year," said Anne Williams, who along with husband Henry are the health fair's directors, as well as officers of SAVE Alief and cogs of the Alief Super Neighborhood Council.
The SAVE Alief organization, which now has about 20 members, started in the 1990s, when members of local gangs were frequently being arrested and there were a lot of civic-minded leaders working in tandem with area police for the betterment of the community, Anne Williams said.
"Now the gangs are coming back and there are so many people with no insurance and few health resources," she said.
Sponsored by U.S., state and city representatives and area churches, clinics, medical centers and banks, there will be information from colleges and universities, Houston police and fire departments, dispute mediation specialists, the Mayor's Assistance Office, American Association of Retired Persons and other organizations.
"We have childhood through senior citizen interventions," Williams said.
Children will receive free immunizations from 9 a.m. to noon with no appointment required.
To entertain youth either before or after their shots, there will be face-painting and games, including an inflatable moonwalk, Williams said.
Doctor and pharmacy consultations will be offered, as will screenings for vision, dental, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, bone density and body mass.
Information and resources relating to education, employment, safety and other topics — including low-cost medical care and insurance — will be provided.