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Wellness Fair: Over 700 take advantage of screenings, supplies
Posted: Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 - 07:50:32 am CDT
by Margaret Palermo - Staff writer
 | | GETTING FINGERPRINTED - Layla Hernandez, 8, places her hand on an inkpad under the direction of police Corporal Arvin Isaac at the Community Health Development Inc. Wellness Fair Friday afternoon at 908 S. Evans St. Isaac prepared identification cards for children to be given to parents to keep in case a child were to turn up missing.(Staff photo by Margaret Palermo)
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Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti was the hit of Our Health-Nuestro Centro de Salud's seventh-annual Wellness Fair Friday evening as he handed out free backpacks to more than 500 students.
Uresti spoke a few words of congratulations to the Community Health Development staff for reaching their 25th anniversary, before going back to greeting small children and handing out handshakes and even more backpacks.
Community Health Development provided school supplies for children in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade to stuff in their new backpacks.
Some 750 people signed in at the Wellness Fair at Community Health Development, Inc.'s 908 S. Evans St. location.
About 120 parents signed their children up for immunizations, though, according to Vicenta Moreno of Our Health, only 25 immunizations were actually given. The rest of the children were up to date on their shots.
Corporal Arvind Isaac of Uvalde Police Department was on hand to prepare identification cards, with fingerprints, for children. Parents keep the cards with a recent photo of each child in the event a child is missing. Also preparing fingerprint identification cards were members of the Uvalde county Sheriff's Department.
Numerous door prizes were given away.
Members of Uvalde Police Department and Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department assisted with cooking and preparing meals.
Moreno said there were several booths focusing on diabetes education for children. We wanted kids to go to several DREAM (Diabetes Readiness: Education, Awareness and Management) booths and utilize that time to educate themselves about diabetes and other safety programs, she said. She said the dental booth also provided information on how to properly brush teeth.
There was a lot of free education and screenings, said Moreno. It was about the community getting together. We covered the majority of the community from the elderly to children.
Among those participating in addition to Uresti were Southwest Family Life Center, which provided information on dealing with spousal abuse, and Uvalde Police Department, which provided information on Neighborhood Watch to go with its fingerprinting efforts.
St. Henry De Osso Family Project provided education on the many programs it offers and Texas Health Steps offered information on Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
Uvalde Memorial Hospital provided information and blood pressure checks and the Podiatry Group of South Texas checked people's feet. WC Jerky provided free jerky samples, while Care Home Health did finger sticks.
Durham School Services provided bus card registration.
H-E-B's mascot, H-E Buddy, and a nutrition display featuring a purple character touting nutrition were also seen among the crowd.
Our Health did glaucoma screenings and dental oral screenings for adults, along with some family planning education, a video for children showing how to properly brush teeth and education on the DREAM project.
Southwest Texas Junior College nurses did blood pressure checks.
Educational booths were present from Texas Migrant Council, Uvalde Memorial Hospital's Crossroads program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the 2-1-1 Texas Information Network, the Area Agency on Aging, Morningside Ministries, the Department of State Health Services and the AARP's Divide We Fail program.
Also providing information were Amistad Nursing Home, Bluebonnet Children's Center, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Futuro Communities, Inc., Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's migrant program, Uvalde County Extension Office and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services.
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