Carnival games, magic show to be featured
SHELTON - The 12th Annual Children’s
Health and Safety Fair will take on a Family Carnival theme this year.
It will feature free food and games
along with health, wellness, and safety programs and
displays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 22.
The fair will be held at the Boys &
Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, One Positive Place.
It is sponsored by the Valley
Parish Nurses of Griffin Hospital, The Valley Community Foundation, Safe
Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, Boys & Girls Club of the Lower
Naugatuck Valley, and Griffin Faculty Physicians Primary
Care.
The fair will feature carnival games, a moon bounce and magic
show.
Free food, drinks and healthy snacks will be available.
Free bike helmets
Other activities include
health, wellness, and safety interactive displays, a car seat and bike
helmet clinic, the Child Identification Program (CHIP), fire engines and
rescue vehicles, a safety house to teach about
safety features in homes, and more.
Free bike helmets will be
available for the first 400 children.
The Griffin Hospital Valley
Parish Nurse program was established in 1990 and is now one of the
largest in the country, with nearly 40 participating churches, more than
125 parish nurses, and 350 additional volunteers
who support the nurses and who serve on the health cabinets of the
individual churches.
The Boys & Girls Club
provides, in a safe environment, programs that inspire, educate, guide,
and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged
circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive,
responsible, and caring citizens.
Griffin Faculty Physicians
Primary Care is a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Griffin
Hospital, offering exceptional, personalized care to residents in the
Lower Naugatuck Valley and the surrounding communities
at conveniently located offices in Derby, Oxford, Southbury,
Seymour and Shelton.
For information about the fair, call 203-732-1137 or 203-732-7584.
This post is taken from a press release from Griffin Hospital.
