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Community Health Fair at Methodist Hospital

Annual event features free health screenings and entertainment

Bring the kids and family for an educational, fun-filled Saturday. There will be plenty of games and a variety of health screenings for you and your family to enjoy!

Whatever you choose, the annual Methodist Hospital Health Fair on Saturday, May 11, 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.

Entertainment will include the Avalon String Band, a children’s talent contest and the musical group, Purple Reign. With 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.

WOGL radio personality Bob Pantano will be taping throughout the day for "Happenings," his television program. Family activities include balloon sculpture, cookie decorating, face painting, pictures with Shrek and Bob the Builder and more.

When: Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Entertainment Schedule “Under the Big Top”:

  • 10 a.m. DJ Harry Brown, Jr. and the Children’s Talent Contest
  • Noon Avalon String Band
  • 1 p.m. WOGL Personality Bob Pantano presents Purple Reign

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

Published: 4-30-2002


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