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Community Health, Wellness and Weight Loss Challenge Health
Fair
Special to The Truth
The third Community Health, Wellness and Weight Loss
Challenge Health Fair will take place next weekend, July 12
and 13, in conjunction with the Fourth Annual African
American Festival.
Both events will be held at The University of Toledo Scott
Park Campus at Nebraska and Parkside.
The Health Fair – noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4
p.m. on Sunday – will feature free health screening for a
variety of conditions – diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension,
HIV/AIDS, lead poisoning, among others.
“We do not take obesity seriously until someone loses a leg
or goes blind or both,” said Vince Davis, owner of a State
Farm Insurance Agency and the organizer of the Community
Health Fairs. Wellness is a way of living; one must choose
to live in a state of wellness. A strong body and strong
mind are created by making a conscious decision to living a
healthy life.”
In addition to State Farm, other sponsors of the Health Fair
include the Toledo Council of Black Nurses, the Neighborhood
Health Association, Owens Corning, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Alpha Phi Boule, Mercy Health Partners, NAACP, the Committee
of the Whole, The Greater Toledo Urban League, Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the UT
Department of Diversity and the Toledo Club of the National
association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
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