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was determined. This determination led her to an Attorney who agreed to have the healthcare in his business office! It took 19 years of organizing fairs for me to see a health fair held in an Attorney's office! We were able to reach out to more than 100 people with basic screening services. There were four groups of graduate & medical student volunteers who offered their time towards the success of this Santa Ana health fair! Moral of the story: If one avenue fails, explore another one. With dedication, you will find a creative solution. Commitment - A businessman & a politician approached me in 2006 during Artesia health fair & asked me to do similar events in the City of Anaheim. The businessman made a financial commitment on an annual basis & the politician offered the help of city of Anaheim & Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. That was the birth of the First Anaheim Health Fair, where in more than 80 Healthcare professionals and200 volunteers helped more than 900 People in 2007. Anekant Community Center, the sponsoring charitable organization actually had surplus money in the account after all expenses! AHF has become an annual event & is one of the most comprehensive screening health fairs organized in Southern California. Medical services offered include Vital Signs, EKG, PAP Smear, Mammogram, Bone Density Assessment, Body fat content measurement, Consultation with multiple medical & surgical specialists including but not limited to Family Practice, Internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, ENT, Dentist, General Surgery, Urology. Rheumatology Nephrology, Ophthalmologist/Optometrists, Allergy/Asthma, Cardiology Pulmonology, Orthopedic Surgeon, Gastroenterology.. Dietitian, Pharmacists, Audiologist, social workers, CalOptima & other insurance carriers, Kaiser Permanente group, University of California at Irvine, also participate in this humanistic endeavor. We even had alternative medicine consultation available with Ayurvedic Doctor, Acupuncturist & Chiropractor! Love of Labor (Hard work) - There is no substitute for hard work if you want to achieve something. 100s of volunteers put in 1000s of hours of work to get the success that we have enjoyed in organizing these health fairs!
"An Ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure" Henry de Bracton
Simple Madel for Planning a Health Fair
DESIRE, at the level of individual or group, to have a heath fair
Pick a Location (try community centers, religious
organizationsic, temple or church or recreation spaces,
university halls, etc
Set a Date and
Time
Successful Health fairl
Get volunteers Organized into
Committees sendletters inviting Doctors and
Healthcare workers Volunteer Recruiter and Coordinator (ask high school, college or medical
students, nursing students)
Marketing team (send flyers, newspaper ads, radio, local news) Fundraising Team(ask grocery stores, individuals, local businesses, local
medical sucieties) Osetup, Wrap Up, Clean Up Crew
Arrange for publicity AFTER the event with the goal to motivate others to set up similar health fairs
Decide Services you will provide Select Focus of Fair (Elderly, Heart health,
Kids, or General screening) Create Registration form and liability
Waiver Decide on labs to get (same day labs only of blood draw on the day of the fair and send
results few days later) Decide what equipment you will need (BP affs, weighting machines, EKG machines, mammogram machines) Have at least Family Medicine, Internal
Medicine, Pediatrics available Preventive Medicine Education you
would like to focus on BArranging stacks for patients
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