10/10/2005
Contact: K.E. Schwab -- 724-738-2199;
e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
SRU’S ANNUAL ‘HEALTHFEST’
WILL OFFER FREE SCREENINGS, INFORMATION, UPDATES
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.
– Slippery Rock University’s annual HealthFest,
designed to provide the latest information on a variety of human
health issues, will again offer a number of free health screenings
along with opportunities to learn about exercise, health issues and
disease prevention as part of the Oct. 18 event in the Robert N.
Aebersold Student Recreation Center.
The free
fest, open to both the campus and community, will run 9 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.
The free
screenings scheduled include osteoporosis from Butler Memorial
Hospital Imaging Center; a chiropractor will be on hand for
chiropractic screenings; pulse oxygen and blood sugar by the
Concordia Visiting Nurses; body fat composition and blood pressure
by SRU’s Exercise Science Society; blood pressure by Grove
Manor Nursing Home; cholesterol by Jameson Health System; and
depression by Jameson Hospital Behavioral Health Unit. Other
screenings planned are vision evaluations by the Wal-Mart Vision
Center; body composition by United Community Hospital;and a series
of physical screenings by the SRU School of Physical Therapy.
Ten-minute chair massages will be offered for $3 for students and
senior citizens, and $5 for faculty and community
members.
Health-related
organizations offering information tables, including brochures and
literature, will be the American Association for Retired People,
AIG Valic, the Alzheimer’s Association, Ameriplan USA,
American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Red
Cross, AmeriCorps, Athletic Training Association, Autumn Grove Care
Center, Avon, Butler County Area Agency on Aging, Butler County
Children’s Center Inc., Butler Lions Club, Center for
Community Resources, Childcare Information Services of Butler
County, Chiropractic Care Center, Chiropractor, Community Health
Challenge, CORE (Center for Organ Recovery and Education),
Countryside, Edison Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Family
Health Council, Grape Vine Drop In Center, Hope Peer Educators,
Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania, Lutheran Services Society, UMADD,
Mental Health Association in Butler County, the Slippery Rock
Newman Center, Orchard Manor, Inc., Pennsylvania Public Health
Association Collegiate Chapter, Slippery Rock Senior Center, Sugar
Creek Health Management, Taekwondo America, Weight Watchers, and
the university’s Exercise Science/Physiology of Aging,
Gerontology Program & Sigma Phi Omega, along with the SRU
Counseling Center, Bailey Library, Robert N. Aebersold Student
Recreation Center, Outdoor Adventures program, parks and
recreation/environmental education department, and the SRU
Women’s Center and Bridge Project.
The Visiting Nurses
of Western Pennsylvania will bring its home education unit,
Vitality Foodservice, Inc., will offer juice samples, and AVI, the
campus contract food vendor, will offer healthy food
samples.
Line dancing
will be presented by the Slippery Rock Senior Center at 10:30 a.m.,
and the “Silver Sneakers” from the senior center will
perform at 11:30 a.m. An “Options: Contraceptive
Workshop,” by Jodi Solito, coordinator of health promotions
at the McLachlan Student Health Center, will be offered at 12:30
p.m., and the SRU Flute Combo, directed by Stacey Steele, assistant
professor of music, will perform at 12:45 p.m. The SRU Jazz Combo,
directed by Terry Steele, associate professor of music, will
perform at 1 p.m., the SRU cheerleaders and the SRU Dance Express
will also perform during the afternoon.
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