"See Your Way To Healthier Living" is the theme of UVI's Annual Health Fair and Blood Drive, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, at The Greathouse on the UVI St. Croix campus. The general public is invited to participate.
Activities planned for the day include: blood donations, glucose, blood pressure and HIV Testing, and testicular and self breast examination instructions. Vision screening and information sharing by Peer Health Educators are also planned.
Workshops planned include: "Care Enough to Count Calories." by Alice Henry, R.D., from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; and "Dancersize." by Roy Newton of Paradise Gym, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. An open forum, titled "Here's to Your Health," will be moderated by Arakere Prasad, M.D., from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The first 15 people to register for each of the workshops will receive gifts. For details contact UVI's Health Services nurse Justa "Tita" Thompson at 692-4214 or send e-mail to tthomps@uvi.edu.
