News from Project Self-Sufficiency

A free Community Health & Wellness Fair will be hosted by Project Self-Sufficiency on Thursday, November 2 nd , from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.   The event will feature screenings by community health organizations, interactive educational exhibits, and up-to-date information about blood pressure, anxiety, depression, body/mass index, nutrition, diabetes, skin cancer, and vaccines.   Free mammograms will be available by appointment to underinsured and uninsured women over the age of 40; some income guidelines will apply.   The free Community Health & Wellness Fair will take place at Project Self-Sufficiency’s Community Education Center, located at 127 Mill Street in Newton.   Representatives from local community health organizations will include 5Pminus (cri du chat); Center for Prevention and Counseling – Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation; DASI; National Ovarian Cancer Coalition; NAMI; OCD New Jersey; Project Self-Sufficien...

Trained mammography technicians will be available to provide free, private screening mammograms to underinsured and uninsured women over the age of 40 at Project Self-Sufficiency, 127 Mill Street, Newton, on Thursday, November 2 nd , 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Funds to provide the free mammograms were raised by High Point Regional High School’s Field Hockey Team in their annual Play Pink game, an initiative developed ten years ago by recently retired coach, Bev Keur.   As part of the annual Play Pink event, the two competing teams join forces during the weeks leading up to the game to raise funds with car washes, bake sales, t-shirt sales, and raffles.   The game itself is punctuated with balloon send-offs in honor of cancer survivors, music, food sales and other activities to honor cancer survivors and to promote awareness of early detection and education.   Each team sports pink uniforms during the game.   “My hope in starting this event is that ...