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The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement will be present, providing cancer-related early detection and prevention education, awareness, and resources at the following event:
Event: Health Expo Breakfast
Date: Saturday, April 1st, 8:30 -Noon.
Details: Vance Street Baptist Church in partnership with the Virginia Department of Health are hosting a Health Expo Breakfast on April 1st, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-Noon at Vance Street Baptist Church (206 Vance Street). All are welcome. We’ll have food, fellowship, and education on healthcare topics that affect us all. We’ll also have kids’ activities, topics for tweens, teens and adults. Please contact Yolanda Pool at ypool4@gmail.com for details.
Bryan Price, UVA Cancer Center will present on “Let’s Talk About Prostate Cancer”
Organizations, groups or individuals who would like to help build awareness of health risks and provide information on how an individual can make behavioral changes to enhance his or her health are invited to this fair.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 434 570 4232
TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH & WELLNESS
*A UVACC COE outreach & engagement team will be attending this event. Not hosted by UVACC COE. Please contact 434 570 4232 for more event information.
The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement will be present, providing cancer-related early detection and prevention education, awareness, and resources at the following event:
Event: Community Health & Wellness Fair – Diversity Richmond
Date: April 22, 2023 from 10 am -3 pm.
Details: This is a free event providing yoga, massages, Zumba, vendors, education classes, blood pressure checks, HIV/AIDS testing, STD Testing & more. Please contact ugrcrva@gmail.com for details.
– Are frequently exposed to the sun and UV light
– Have a family history of skin cancer
– Have a mole that has changed in shape, color or size or a sore that won’t heal
– Se expone con frecuencia al sol y a los rayos UV
– Tiene antecedentes familiares de cáncer de piel
– Tiene un lunar que ha cambiado de forma, color o tamaño o una llaga que no se cura
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
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.