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Community Health Fair at Methodist Hospital

Healthy Fun in South Philadelphia! Annual event features free health screenings and entertainment

Bring the kids…Watch them learn and just have fun.

Have your family checked at the variety of health screenings.

And, be sure to enjoy yourself.

Whatever you choose, the annual Methodist Hospital Health Fair on Saturday, May 5, offers a good time for the entire family. Running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., it's a full day of free fun, education and entertainment.

With entertainment including the Avalon String Band, a Children's Talent Contest and Cozy Morley and the Carmen Dee Orchestra, and health screenings including cholesterol and glucose screening; head, neck and mouth evaluations; foot exams; PSA testing to determine prostate cancer risk; and blood pressure checks by health professionals from Methodist and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, this is certainly a day for the whole family.

Local personality Bob Pantano will be taping throughout the day for "Happenings," his television program. Family activities include soft pretzels, balloon sculpture, ice cream sundaes, cookie decorating, face painting, pictures with cartoon characters and more.

When: Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Entertainment Schedule under the Big Top:

  • 10 a.m.: DJ Harry Brown, Jr.
  • 11 a.m.: Avalon Stringband
  • Noon: Children’s Talent Contest
  • 1 p.m.: WOGL Personality Bob Pantano presents Cozy Morley and the Carmen Dee Orchestra

Where: Methodist Hospital Parking Lot, Between 13th and Broad; Wolf and Rittner Streets, So.Philadelphia

Published: 4-24-2001


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Nan Myers
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: 215/955-6300