June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
June Newsletter - City of Alabaster
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SENIOR HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO HELD<br />
On Tuesday, May 1,<br />
the <strong>Alabaster</strong> Parks and<br />
Recreation Department<br />
hosted its second-annual<br />
Senior Health and Wellness<br />
Expo at the <strong>Alabaster</strong><br />
Senior Center. The event<br />
featured some 25 healthrelated<br />
vendors and drew a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> senior adults<br />
from all around the area.<br />
“It was good,” said<br />
Alicia Walters, the senior<br />
activities manager with the<br />
Parks and Recreation<br />
Department. “We had a<br />
great turnout.”<br />
Baptist Health System<br />
was the primary sponsor<br />
for the event, and it provided<br />
a number <strong>of</strong> onsite tests<br />
for blood pressure, cholesterol,<br />
and body mass index.<br />
“We were very appreciative<br />
<strong>of</strong> them for doing all<br />
<strong>of</strong> the screenings, as well as<br />
for all the other vendors,”<br />
said Walters.<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> the other vendors<br />
included RSVP,<br />
Harrison Regional Library,<br />
Juice Plus, Cahaba<br />
Wellness, Brooklere<br />
Pharmacy, and MASH,<br />
which sells medical equipment.<br />
The event was organized<br />
with various stations<br />
throughout the Senior<br />
Center and a special colon<br />
exhibit displayed in the<br />
back.<br />
“We had vendors set<br />
up throughout the building,<br />
as well as a large<br />
colon exhibit that they<br />
could walk through outside<br />
and learn more about<br />
colon cancer,” said<br />
Walters.<br />
Walters said she was<br />
very pleased with the<br />
event’s success, which is<br />
now in its second year.<br />
“This was our secondannual<br />
event,” said<br />
Walters. “We have a great<br />
turnout. We try to promote<br />
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Rep. April Weaver (holding check with Mayor Frings)<br />
recently presented a grant check from the state for $5,000 to<br />
help fund the new Senior Center playground project.<br />
the resources here in our<br />
city and just promote<br />
health and wellness to our<br />
senior adults.”<br />
According to Walters,<br />
the event attracted a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> new faces to the<br />
center as well.<br />
“That was exciting. We<br />
had large representation<br />
from our current existing<br />
senior members, but we<br />
also had some new folks<br />
from out in the community,”<br />
she said.<br />
For more information<br />
about the <strong>Alabaster</strong> Senior<br />
Center and future activities,<br />
visit the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Alabaster</strong> website at<br />
www.city<strong>of</strong>alabaster.com.<br />
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