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‘Bringing Ages Together’ health fair is Saturday
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Sep 14, 2012 | 2215 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print

The ninth annual “Bringing the Ages Together” community health fair is scheduled for Saturday at Mackey-Wilson-Jennings Funeral Home in LaGrange. Prior to the fair, which is from 1 to 5 p.m. on East Depot Street, the American Kidney Fund is sponsoring free kidney testing. The tests will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Warren Temple United Methodist Church at 416 E. Depot St.

The health fair also will offer free blood pressure and blood sugar tests, HIV screening and other free tests at St. Paul Baptist Church at 205 Union St. West Georgia Health is sponsoring the health screenings and District Four Health Services is sponsoring the HIV testing.

West Georgia Health also is sponsoring “Ask the Doc” with local health care providers from 1 to 5 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist.

The afternoon festival will include a fish fry and fried biscuits, live entertainment and bingo, along with a raffle with chances to win a laptop computer and other door prizes. Proceeds from the raffle benefit the Georgia Diabetes Coalition.

Local nonprofit organizations will be at the fair to give out information on their programs.

For information on the fair, call the funeral home at (706) 882-6612.



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