By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Students and their families are invited to a Children’s Wellness Fair being put on by the St. Joseph School District Thursday afternoon in downtown St. Joseph.
St. Joseph school Health Services Coordinator Tammy Smith-Hinchey says the fair will bring together a number of agencies which offer a broad range of services.
“We just see a lot of opportunity with our school-age children for many different things that will help,” Smith-Hinchey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “In our community, we have a lot of need for primary care, for dental care, for just basic human needs.”
Students of all ages, from pre-schools through high school, along with their parents are invited to attend the Children’s Wellness Fair being held at Felix Street Square from 4:30 to 6:30 Thursday.
Smith-Hinchey says the wellness fair seeks to raise awareness among families of the broad range of services available in town as well as raise awareness among residents of the needs of school children.
“I think the biggest thing is that we just need people to care about the kids,” Smith-Hinchey says. “We need a lot more family and community participation and just giving love and care to our kids.”
Smith-Hinchey says this fair interprets wellness broadly with many agencies attending to raise awareness about the services they offer.
“For mental health and physical health and also safety, wellness,” Smith-Hinchey says. “We just want to provide an overarching umbrella of health and wellness.”
The St. Joseph Health Department and Mosaic Life Care will be at the Children’s Wellness Fair along with Northwest Health Services, the St. Joseph Health and Safety Council, Youth Alliance, and the United Way. Also attending will be Family Guidance, Missouri Western State University, the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, and Community Action Partnership.
The St. Joseph School District hosts the Children’s Wellness Fair, which begins at 4:30pm Thursday, September 28th, at Felix Street Square in downtown St. Joseph. It is expected to last two hours.