ATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL'S 16th ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 8

The focus of this year’s fair is Harvest to Home, incorporating fresh foods, fun activities and healthy living opportunities for the whole family.

“This, our sixteenth year holding the Healthy Happenings Fair, is our most exciting. For the first time we are offering activities for children and many new screenings for adults. We’re excited to bring the Healthy Happenings Community Health Fair to Selbyville this year, and have received such wonderful support from our partners in Delaware,” shared AGH Community Education Manager, Dawn Denton.

Demonstrations will take place as follows - cooking at 9 a.m., gardening at 10 a.m. and dance at 11 a.m. All free screenings and other learning opportunities will take place between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m.

The schedule:

8 – 12 p.m. Kids Korner activities
Free Screenings: cholesterol (12 hour fast required), carotid artery, respiratory, hearing, diabetes, vision and more

9 a.m. "Spending Less Eating Better" Cooking demonstration

10 a.m. Container Gardening

11 a.m. Dance/Yoga

12 p.m. Health Fair concludes

The Details

16^th Annual AGH Healthy Happenings Fair – Harvest to Home

Saturday, November 8, 2014

8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Selbyville Middle School, Selbyville, Del.

For more information and a complete list of screenings and demonstrations, please visit www.atlanticgeneral.org/healthyhappenings or call 410-641-9268.

The Health Fair is generously supported by Apple Drug, The Blood Bank of Delmarva, Chesapeake Hearing Centers, ClearChannel Outdoor, Coastal Pharmacy, The Daily Times and Tronds Pool Care.

About Atlantic General Hospital

Atlantic General Hospital has been providing quality health care to the residents of Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset (Md.) and Sussex (Del.) counties since May 1993. Built by the commitment and generosity of a dedicated community, the hospital’s state-of-the-art facility in Berlin, Md., combines old-fashioned personal attention with the latest in technology and services. It provides quality specialty care such as weight loss surgery, orthopedics, outpatient infusion for individuals with cancer or blood/autoimmune disorders, retina surgery and a comprehensive women’s diagnostic center. Atlantic General Health System, its network of more than 40 primary care providers and specialists, care for residents and visitors throughout the region. For more information about Atlantic General Hospital, visit www.atlanticgeneral.org.