Thursday, June 12, 2014

Get well soon: Free wellness screenings planned on Saturdays in June throughout Mobile area


MOBILE, Ala. – Family Health’s Mobile Medical Unit will be at Theodore First United Methodist Church, 5425 Washington Blvd., on Saturday, June 14, to support a Project Faith Community Outreach Program initiative.  
Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Family Health staff members will be available to provide free wellness screenings which include measuring blood pressure and weight checks. Clinical breast exams also will be offered to those who qualify, health officials said.

Other community outreach events are planned throughout the year, with at least two other events already on the books for June. From 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. on June 21, Family Health staff will have the mobile medical unit at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 751 Texas St. for an event sponsored by Helping Hands Ministry. From 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on June 28, wellness screenings will be offered at The Grounds, formerly the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds, 1035 Cody Road N., in Mobile.

Opened in 1979, Family Health is a division of the Mobile County Health Department.

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