Chapa-De Indian Health Provides Free Health Screenings to Over 60 Individuals at Grass Valley Healthy Family Fun Day

For Immediate Release
November 7, 2016

Grass Valley, CA –Chapa-De Indian Health is proud to announce that its Grass Valley Health Center provided over 60 free health screenings to local community members at its Healthy Family Fun Day held on Saturday, November 5.

This event was open to the entire community and offered:

Free Dental Screenings for Children and Adults
Free Fluoride Varnish Treatment for Children
Free Diabetes Risk Assessments & A1C Testing
Free Vision and Hearing Screenings for Children
Free Blood Pressure Checks
Free Cholesterol Testing

Guests were also invited to enjoy clinic tours, kids’ activities, face painting and healthy snacks while learning about the health services available at Chapa-De for both American Indian and non-native community members. Local community organizations also supported the event by attending to provide information about the services and resources available to families within the community. These partner organizations included;

California Highway Patrol
Community Recovery Resources (CoRR)
Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Coalition
Freed Center for Independent Living
KidZKount (Head Start)
KVMR
211 Nevada County
Nevada County Department of Social Services
Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Indian Education Program
Nevada County Public Health
Placer Food Bank
Sierra Harvest
The Center for the Arts
Washoe TANF
Women of Worth

This is the second Healthy Family Fun Day held by Chapa-De Indian Health. The first event was held at its Auburn Clinic in August. Chapa-De will host more community health and resource fairs in the Spring of 2017.

For more information about Chapa-De Indian Health, please visit: www.chapa-de.org.