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Free Community Health & Wellness Fair


A free Community Health & Wellness Fair will be hosted by Project Self-Sufficiency on Thursday, October 10th, 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 hearing screenings will be offered by Hearing Life.  Dental services will be available by appointment, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.; some income guidelines 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 be on site, including DASI; Hearing Life; Morris County Prevention is Key; NAMI; Newton Medical Center, Community Health Information, New Vitality Senior Program, Cardiology and Heart Health; NORWESCAP Senior Reach Program; Project Self-Sufficiency; Safe Kids Northern NJ; Shop Rite of Newton; SNAP Ed; Sussex County Division of Health Public Health Nursing; Sussex County Special Child Health Services; Zufall Health Center; and others.



The Community Health & Wellness Fair is free and open to the public; advance registration is required for the dental services.  To register, call Project Self-Sufficiency at 973-940-3500 or 844-807-3500.  For more information about the programs and services offered at Project Self-Sufficiency visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org.
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