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Health fair with zest becomes Healthfest 2013
Many health fairs are boring events.
“When you go to most health fairs,” said Di-
rector of Nurses Debra Sappenfield, “you
walk through the booths and you pick up
pamphlets. Then you just go home with a
sack full of pamphlets...and you throw them
in the garbage.”
That’s why the First Annual Healthfest
2013 sponsored by Hemphill County Hospi-
tal promises to be different. The event will
take place on Saturday, April 6, at the Jones
Pavilion from 7 am to 1 pm. Sappenfield in-
dicated 37 booths have been reserved for
vendors, but not all of them have been con-
firmed.
Sappenfield thinks the booth that hospi-
tal personnel usually man during the Fall
Foliage Festival in October is one that people
like to avoid. So a committee of about 20 was
formed, headed by chairperson Julie Wright,
to come up with a plan for a change of pace.
“Fm really excited about it,” said Sappen-
field.
What they came up with is an interactive
health fair. “One of our requirements is that
you have to do something,” said Sappenfield.
“You can’t just hand out a pamphlet. You
have to give a demonstration or present a lec-
ture.” The exhibits also will span interaction
for all ages.
The only booth that will require prepa-
ration on the part of the visitors is the one
for blood draws. They will have to fast for
eight hours prior to the free lab tests, with
the exception of medications, which can be
taken with water. The tests are free and can
amount to up to $400 if done at the hospital,
she said, so that is a real bargain. Some of the
tests are CBC, CMP, TSH and lipid panels.
Abicycle course will be set up for the booth
on bicycle safety. The Sheriff’s Department
will provide free Kid Print Solutions Foren-
sicPrint ID’s. Children’s fingerprints will be
put on a form the parents can take home and
complete. It has a place for a photograph,
personal ID information, a dental chart, and
a bag for a hair strand for DNA—in case it
is ever needed. Early Childhood Interven-
tion will have a segment on car seat safety
and health and developmental screenings.
Rachel’s Little House will demonstrate hand
washing safety.
In the nutrition category, the Hemphill
County Extension office and Weight Watch-
ers will be on hand. Advanced Hearing Tech-
nologies will give hearing screenings. Life
Alarm will do demonstrations for their home
safety products. The Canadian Volunteer
Fire Department will cover fire safety in
the home. Another part of the line-up will be
tours of Lifestar and the Pink Fire Truck.
There will be a spot in the pavilion just for
kids and just for fun. Plans are shaping up for
a bounce house, face painting, and possibly
someone to make balloon characters.
Because Healthfest visitors will have
fasted before their testing, they will need to
tank up afterwards. Hemphill County Hos-
pice Director Tina Godino and her three sis-
ters will manage the concession stand dur-
ing Healthfest as a fundraiser to benefit the
Susan G. Komen Foundation 3-Day. This is a
walk that will be held November 1-3 in the
Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Godino said
they will set out with hundreds of others to
walk 60 miles in the three days to raise mon-
ey that will help fund community education
and outreach programs in the community.
In order to participate, Godino and her
sisters, Cindy Frazier of Amarillo, Roxie Ri-
vas of Keller, and Nicole de Santiago of Per-
ryton, each have to raise $2,300. “Four years
ago I walked with two of my three sisters,
but following the news of our mother’s breast
cancer returning, we made the decision to
walk again—but this time all four of us.”
The concession stand will be stocked with
cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, breakfast bur-
ritos, nachos, chili, frito pies, cookies, soda,
water, juice, popcorn and cotton candy.
“Part of what we’re trying to do is to be-
come more involved,” said Sappenfield of the
inaugural Healthfest, “to be more out there
and more of the heartbeat of the communi-
ty.” The whole hospital staff will take part
and their goal is not only to change the pub-
lic’s perception of a health fair, but to change
the image of the hospital as well. Sappenfield
said they want to go from, “We’re here if
you need us.” to “We’re here, we’re amongst
you.”
For more information, call the hospital at
323.6422.
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