WASHINGTON, July 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is proud to announce
the "Your Health, Your Legacy" Health Fair, coinciding with the
46th Jack and Jill of America National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This event, scheduled
for Tuesday, July 23 from
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM CDT at the
Minneapolis Convention Center,
aims to empower attendees to make a positive difference
particularly those in the African American community, through
health education and community outreach.
The "Your Health, Your Legacy" Health Fair is open to the public
and will feature over 20 vendors offering a wide range of services
to promote community health and wellness including engaging in
blood pressure and CPR workshops provided by the American Heart
Association, breast cancer screening by Touch4Life, along with
health talks, free health screenings, consultations and a mental
health living room sponsored by Reviving Roots Therapy and
Wellness. The American Red Cross will also host a blood drive at
the health fair.
Confirmed vendors include:
- American Heart Association
- SonRise Project (Providing mental health lounge and yoga
classes)
- March of Dimes
- Sabathani Community Health Center
- Sickle Cell Foundation
- Baxter
- Touch4Life
- American Red Cross
- Jaden Sebastian Blake Foundation
- Boys and Girls Club of Twin
Cities (KIDS Space with summer programming)
- Dental Screening Providers
- Diabetes Screening Providers
- Editas
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. would like to thank the sponsors
who made this fair a reality including the Jack and Jill of America
Foundation, Baxter, Editas,
American Cancer Society, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and
Fulcrum Therapeutics.
For more information about the "Your Health, Your Legacy" Health
Fair contact Candace Moore at
cmoore@jack-and-jill.org or Darrielle
Snipes at jjmwr.publicrelations@gmail.com. To sign up to
give blood at the blood drive, please visit
RedCrossBlood.org and enter code: JJCONVENTION to schedule an
appointment to give blood during the health fair.
About Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded in 1938 to nurture
future African American leaders by stimulating the growth and
development of children through educational, cultural, civic,
recreational, health and social programs inspired by mothers.
Today, it is considered the most prominent African American family
organization.
Learn more by visiting jackandjillinc.org or
@jackandjillinc on Facebook, Instagram,
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Inc.
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