Health emphasized

The Outlets at Vicksburg and Robyn Lea State Farm co-sponsored the 2010 Health and Wellness Expo and Blood Drive by Mississippi Blood Services on March 20.

The Warren County Health Department provided free H1N1 flu shots, Vicksburg Warren School District offered nutrition information and counseling, and Mayor Paul Winfield and the Vicksburg Fire Department were on site to greet participants and show the children one of the fire trucks used by the department.

Other vendors included River Region Medical Center, Eyeline Optical, Nu-Way Hearing, Dr. Kenya Gaskin, Anytime Fitness, The Body Shop Spa and Salon, Vicksburg Special Care Clinic and RiverPointe Dance Academy. Rogers King from Medgar Evers Home Health brought his entire team, provided outstanding free meals to everyone and provided blood pressure checks and diabetic screening. Mississippi Blood Services collected an astounding 27 units!

It is so refreshing to see our great community come together in such a significant way to focus on their health, to bring their children to start educating them about the long-term effects of obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

From the numbers of participants present at the expo throughout the day, this was a noteworthy and important event for the citizens of Vicksburg.

Margaret Gilmer

Paige Caldwell

Yolanda Martin

Outlets at Vicksburg

Robyn Lea

State Farm agent

Vicksburg