Erie County Medical Center is sponsoring the “Let’s Get Moving FREE Community Health Fair and Educational Symposium” on Saturday, September 17, from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, 450 Masten Avenue at East Ferry.
The promotion of a healthy
lifestyle and stress reduction, primarily in the African and Latino American
population, is the focus for this year’s event kicking off at 9:00 A.M. with a
plenary session featuring area healthcare leaders: Dr. John Fudyma, Associate
Medical Director, Erie County Medical Center (ECMC); Mary Khargbo, CEO, Sheehan
Health Network; and Rev. Dr. James A. Lewis III, Director of Pastoral Care,
ECMC.
The free event will
continue with break-out workshops beginning at 10:00 A.M. on topics including:
Tai Chi, Yoga and Zumba with classes for women, men and teens; screening
stations for diabetes/glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and HIV/AIDS. Cooking demonstrations are scheduled
for the lunch hour. A children’s
area will include entertainment and interactive learning called “Taste and
See.” The day will culminate with
outdoor line dancing, beginning at 2:10 P.M., led by Jayme Glover Smith, as a
reminder that it can be fun and easy to get exercise into your daily
schedule.
This project, co-chaired by
Rita Hubbard-Robinson, from ECMC and Angela Blue from NYS AFL-CIO, was a
partnership project bringing the churches of the Jeremiah Partnership together
with Erie County Medical Center, Grupo Ministerial, Healthcare Education
Project, Hispanics United of Buffalo, Masten Block Club Coalition, AFL-CIO -
BWNY LCLAA & CBTU, Public Policy and Education Fund, and UNYTS.
Event sponsors include: 1199
SEIU, Buffalo Board of Education, Independent Health Inc., American Diabetes
Association, Assemblymember Crystal Peoples, Erie County Medical Center,
Healthcare Education Project, Masten Councilmember Demone A. Smith, NYS
AFL-CIO, Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park
Institute, Univera Healthcare, UNYTS, and WUFO.
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