CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Hospital will sponsor a health expo on Tuesday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Expo I Building at the Clearfield Driving Park. The expo is free and open to the public.
The Clearfield Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association will take blood pressures. There will also be free screenings for vision, hearing and depression. Car seat safety checks, hand massages and superficial dental exams will also be offered.
Cholesterol and glucose testing will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants must fast for four hours prior to cholesterol/glucose testing.
The health fair is being held by Clearfield Hospital to celebrate National Hospital and Healthcare Week. The event is co-sponsored by Siemen’s Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
The following area healthcare-related providers will have displays: Adagio Health, American Cancer Society, Bath Fitter, Bennett and Houser Funeral Home, Inc., Body Works Massage for Women, Bright Horizons, Brookville Hospital Senior Transitions Unit, Central PA Community Action, Chidboy Funeral Home and Children’s Aid Society.
Also, City Drugs of Curwensville, Clear-Care, Clearfield Chiropractic Wellness Center, Clearfield Community Nurses, Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging Inc., Clearfield County Geriatric Interest Network, Clearfield County Voter Registration, Clearfield Home Health East and Hospice.
Clearfield Hospital Cottage Gift Shop, Clearfield Hospital Education Department, Clearfield Hospital Imaging Department, Clearfield Hospital Infection Prevention and Employee Health, Clearfield Hospital Laboratory Department, Clearfield Hospital Lifeline, Clearfield Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae, Clearfield Jefferson Drug and Alcohol Commission, Clearfield Lions Club, Clearfield Professional Group/Osteoporosis Center, Clearfield Wound Clinic and Clear-Med Corporation.
Colonial Courtyard and Inhome Care, Comfort Keepers, Cuts Fitness for Men and Ladies, DaVita Dialysis, Dick’s Homecare, Inc., DMS, DuBois Continuum of Care Community, DuBois Regional Medical Center-Women’s Health Center, Geisinger Choice, Geisinger Gold, Geisinger Health System/Geisinger Health Plan, Guardian Home and Community Services and Helmbold & Stewart Inc.
Helpmates Inc., Home Instead Senior Care, Medi Home Health and Hospice, Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Dr. Fred Read, Ridgeview Elder Care, Sepich Eye Care, P.C., Silver Sneakers – Clearfield YMCA and United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Alleghenies Region.
A collection box will be available for vendors and attendees to deposit non-perishable food items for the Clearfield Ministerium Food Pantry. There will be a collection box for used eyeglasses.
Hot dogs donated by Sheetz will be free to the public while supplies last. Door prizes will also be awarded.
For more information, please contact Terri Polachek-Beveridge at 768-2499.
