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The next quarterly SWVA Community Advisory Board meeting is on Thursday, June 1st, from 10 am to 2 pm at the Abingdon Higher Education Center. The event will be held both in-person and virtually. Virtual participants will receive a Zoom link. Please RSVP. Full agenda to follow
tentative- more details to be provided soon.
Event sponsored by WellAWARE and Move2HealthEquity. Final HSHP Flyer 2023
Please watch for more details in the future regarding this event.
*A UVACC COE outreach & engagement team will be attending this event. UVA OCOE to set up a table and do cancer awareness and screening. Not hosted by UVACC COE. Please contact host for more event information
About the event
Registration required. visit tinyurl.com/572pzzzt, or contact Gertie Sanders at sandersgertie54@gmail.com (732) 668-1825 OR Jackie Martin at jgm9u@uvahealth.org (434) 243-8352.
Massages, acupuncture, health information, gifts, good food, giveaways and fellowship. An Outreach and Engagement Specialist from the UVA OCOE team plans to attend this event. This event is not hosted by UVA OCOE.
Health Expo hosted by the Health Wagon at the Wise County fairgrounds in July on the 18th, 29th, and 30th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. UVACC will be in attendance. More details to follow.
Past Event Information:
Move Mountains Medical Missions, an annual event expanding free medical, dental and vision care formerly offered by The Health Wagon and Remote Area Medical (RAM). Move Mountains Medical Missions will be hosted by The Health Wagon at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia. The Health Wagon will collaborate with the Virginia Dental Association Foundation’s Mission of Mercy project to provide dental care. Mission of Mercy dental clinic will be held simultaneously at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s Convocation Center. Free medical, dental and vision services will continue to be offered, including stronger access to specialty and diagnostic health care services. The new health outreach will likely include longtime founding partner The Lions Club.
Back 2 School Event, Right Touch Christian Church, Danville, VA.
Details are to be announced soon.
The Westhaven Community Day Planning Committee Presents the 25th Westhaven Community Day on Saturday, August 5th.
There will be food, fun, community resources and family-friendly activities for all ages! UVA Cancer Center Team members will be there with educational resources.
More information to come.
Stay in the Game—Cancer Conversations for Men. Join fellow men for a free breakfast, coffee, and real talk about prostate cancer and the impact it is having on Black men in Charlottesville. Featuring Tracy Downs, MD, FACS, Urologist, UVA Health. Everyone who attends will receive breakfast, a small gift and a chance to be entered into a raffle for one of 2 UVA sports packages.
Open to men of all ages – experience with cancer not required.
Registration is required. Call 434-243-4052 or scan the QR code on the flyer.
EVENT: Health and Wellness Fair in Fluvanna
Date: Saturday, September 9th, 10-2pm
Details: HEAR
R – Health Equity and Access in Rural Regions provides health assessments, education, and several service providers at Cunningham United Methodist Church, 3389 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy, Palmyra, VA.