With the help of Sonoma SERVES, the Santa Rosa community comes together to celebrate the life of Cesar Chavez at the annual Health Fair at Roseland Elementary School on 950 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 31. It is free to the general public and is expected more than 1,000 children and families.
Kaiser Permanente and the Santa Rosa Medical Center will be offering free screenings and vital health information to the community, focusing on issues of childhood obesity and healthy lifestyle choices.
The fair offers bilingual health information, vision, hearing, and anemia screenings, as well as diabetes and blood pressure testing. The Health Fair offers a dental clinic where children can receive free check-ups and referrals as well as information for families on healthy eating and preventative strategies. The Health Fair includes dancing, salsa music, puppet shows, bike rodeos, healthy food sampling and games for the family.
The participating health organizations have banded together to ensure that families who come to the Fair get coordinated follow-up appointments, ranging from vouchers for eyeglasses to dental work to diabetes management and control.
The event features a farmers market, and will give away 4,000 pounds of produce to those who attend as well as a free nutritious lunch.
Sonoma SERVES, a program of Sonoma State University, is working with a broad community coalition including the Roseland Elementary School District, Community Action Partnership, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center, Memorial Hospital, La Voz Bilingual Newspaper, Redwood Credit Union, Clover Stornetta and the Latino Service Providers.
The Cesar Chavez Health Fair embodies the ideals of Cesar Chavez and addresses disparities in access to health care among Latino children and their families.
For more information contact Julie McClure, Sonoma SERVES, at (707) 664-3956.
