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Public Welcomed to Community Health & Wellness Fair



Area residents received free screenings, vaccinations and health care tips at Project Self-Sufficiency’s recent Community Health & Wellness Fair.  Health care professionals dispensed flu shots and screenings for hearing, skin cancer and blood pressure.  Participants also received helpful information about smoking cessation, services for children with special needs, allergies, nutrition, diabetes, reproductive health, vaccines and other topics.  Free mammograms were offered to women by appointment, thanks to a generous donation provided by the High Point Regional Field Hockey team.


Interactive educational exhibits were offered by 5Pminus (cri du chat); American Cancer Society; American Chronic Pain Association; Bridgeway Rehabilitation Services; Camp Nejada; Center for Prevention and Counseling – Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation; DASI; National Ovarian Cancer Coalition; NAMI Sussex; NJ Sharing Network; Newton Medical Center, Community Health Department; OCD New Jersey; Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern New Jersey, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program; Project Self-Sufficiency; Shop Rite of Byram; Special Child Health Services; State of New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired; Sussex County Division of Health, NJ CEED Program; Sussex County Division of Health, Sussex Warren Chronic Disease Coalition; Total Hearing Care; United Way Caregivers Coalition; Walgreens; Zufall Health Center; and others.


For information about the Community Health Fair, or about any of the other programs and services offered by Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500 or visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org.

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