CHARLESTOWN — Blood donations, mental wellness screenings and exercise indicator-ups will be at the next yearly Charlestown Health and Wellness Honest.
The honest will be March 10 from midday to 4 p.m. at the Arts and Enrichment Center, 999 Water Avenue.
Giveaways, workout guidance, overall health consultations and far more will be obtainable free to all who can go to. The booths at the honest will address a broad vary of health and wellness-associated subject areas and will have several means for attendees to just take benefit of.
To indication up for the blood push, go to https://www.redcrossblood.org/ and click on on the pink “Make an Appointment” box and variety in 47111. From there, find the Arts and Enrichment Middle tab and plan an appointment.
Following the results of very last year’s event, with additional than 100 persons and more than 30 blood push appointments, the town required to turn this into an once-a-year occasion for folks to go on to get free of charge checkups.
“We started off this past 12 months to try to make sure that we have options for persons to get out following a shut-in wintertime time and aim on addressing wellness issues,” said Mayor Treva Hodges of Charlestown.
This overall health and wellness honest is in partnership with the blood drive with the American Crimson Cross. They required to increase and enrich the opportunity for the blood generate.
“We believed about executing a wellbeing good and it variety of just opened it up,” claimed Marissa Knoebel, Charlestown director of parks and recreation, conversing about very last calendar year. “It went over so well… a large amount of persons arrived out.”
The wellness and wellness fair will have anything for all ages, these types of as school wellbeing, and Lifespan will be there for the senior citizens.
Not only will this be for physical health checkups and screenings, there also be vendors addressing mental well being issues with a booth staffed by LifeSpring.
“Sometimes you may well just be a small little bit intimidated to go to your doctor and be capable to speak about these things (wellbeing fears),” Knoebel mentioned. “But when it’s right in front of you, you’re able to open up up and get people methods and ideally it will get you in the appropriate course.”
There are now 18 seller booths scheduled for the occasion, but Charlestown is nonetheless looking for extra. For all those who are intrigued in inserting a wellness and wellness booth, e-mail [email protected] for far more information and facts on how to get a booth.
“I imagine it’s definitely critical to be capable to give all those providers to the entire wide array of the populace below in Charlestown,” Knoebel stated. “It’s not the very same matter as heading to your doctor’s place of work. But for some people, it’s just earning that connection and noticing that there are these different organizations out there.”