The first-ever Laupahoehoe Health and Safety Fair will be happening from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School gymnasium.
The first-ever Laupahoehoe Health and Safety Fair will be happening from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School gymnasium.
The fair is presented to the community through partnership efforts of the Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation, Hui Kako‘o O Laupahoehoe (the Hui) and LCPCS. Special support is provided by Hawaii County.
Councilwoman Valerie Poindexter and community member Judi Steinman created the Laupahoehoe Health and Safety Fair to bring much-needed health services and emergency preparedness information to the entire Hilo-Hamakua coast.
Events planned for the day will focus on health care, healthy lifestyle choices and emergency response and management.
Almost 50 organizations are signed up to attend.
Participants include the Hilo Family Health Center, Bay Clinic, Hamakua Health Center, UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, the University of Hawaii at Hilo School of Nursing, the Akaka Falls Lions Club, Project Vision Hawaii, the Blue Zones project and Civil Defense.
Events will include free health screening, cholesterol and diabetes testing, vaccinations, Community Emergency Response Team participation, disaster preparedness presentations, yoga, eye exams and much more. The county pool also will be open that day.
Sammy Sampaga of OSMD Hawaii will serve as emcee for the event. Entertainment, activities and focus group talk-story sessions will be conducted throughout the day. The health and safety fair is geared for all ages with activities for kupuna and keiki. Families are encouraged to attend.
Room is still available for organizations that provide health- and safety-related services.
Contact Steinman at pbjxs@yahoo.com for more information.
The fair is a drug- and alcohol-free event and there are handicap-accessible facilities available.