SWAU Hosts Free Health Expo

SWAU Hosts Free Health Expo

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Marketing Department

Forty-two local businesses will be represented at the 15th annual SWAU Nursing Department and Keene Chamber of Commerce Business Expo/Health Fair/Job Fair from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Leiske-Pultar Gymnasium on the campus of Southwestern Adventist University. Admission is free and there will be something for all ages.

Southwestern Adventist University's Nursing and Kinesiology Departments are teaming up with the Keene Chamber of Commerce, along with the Keene Economic Development Corp., the Keene Business Development Corp. and the North Central Texas WorkForce Solutions for the event.

The event will include the business expo, a health fair, and activities such as a food court, free bounce houses and balloon animals, cooking demonstrations, free seminars on social security, basic finances, and wills and trusts. More information is listed below. 

**Update**

A successful event is reported in the Cleburne Times Review here. 

Sunday, February 25, 2018 | 10am-3pm
Leiske-Pultar Gymnasium | 302 W Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059

Texas Health Wellness for Life - Mobile Health Program
Available Screenings: Digital Mammograms, Well Woman Exams, Take Home Colon Cancer Test Kits
Appointments necessary by calling 855-318-7696 Monday - Friday from 8am-4:30pm
Bring insurance card and drivers license or state issued ID to your appointment. Fully funded screenings are available to women without insurance who qualify. 

Health Fair
Health Age Appraisal
Diabetes Screenings
Kids Health Zone
Health and Fitness Screenings (BP and BMI checks, fitness measures)
Hearing Screenings offered by Benke Hearing ENT 

Free Seminar Schedule 

11:00 a.m. - Social Security by Gregg Gammon of Gammon Financial

11:30 a.m. - Wills and Trusts by Attorney Christopher Tharp

Noon - End of Life Planning by Amanda Park of Rosser Funeral Home

1:00 p.m. - Investment Basics by Gregg Gammon

2:00 p.m. - Vegetarian Cooking 

 

Sponsors for the Business Expo, Health Fair and Job Fair: 

Southwestern Adventist University (Nursing & Kinesiology Departments), Keene Business Development Corporation, Keene Economic Development Corporation, Crossroad Fellowship Adventist Church, Pinnacle Bank, Mertz Family Dentistry, Ideals Design and Architecture, Quality Brakes & Alignment, Town Hall Estates, General Insurance Service and Cleburne Ford

Exhibitors:

Benke Earn Nose & Throat (hearing van in parking lot), Children’s Advocacy Center, Chisholm Trail Academy, City of Keene, Cleburne Ford, Community Hospice of Texas, County Clerk Becky Ivey, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Crosier Pearson Funeral Home, Crossroad Fellowship Adventist Church, Gillin Energy, Gillin Reality, Hearts & Flowers, Heart to Heart Hospice, Hill College, Hopps Automotive, Jeremy Owens Paint & Body, Johnny Bekkelund Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace, KJRN, The Journey, Keene Adventist Church, Keene Chamber of Commerce, Keene Adventist Elementary School, Keene Family Dental, Keene Futbol Club, Keene Independent School District, Keller Williams Paige Hensley, Larry Woolley Commissioner Precinct 4, Louis Vuitton, Mertz Family Dentistry, Moncrief Cancer Institute UT Southwest, Norwex, Ooh Waa Waa Gourmet Popcorn, Pinnacle Bank, Quality Brakes and Alignment, Read-Billingsley Real Estate, Rooted Life Montessori, Rosser Funeral Home, Seredan Design, Southwestern Adventist University, Texas Adventist Book & Vegetarian Food Center, Texas Health Resource Mobile Health Unit, Texas WorkForce Solutions, The pH Station, Timeout Massage, Total Health, Physical Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy and Town Hall Estates.