Elizabethtown College News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/21/08
Contact: Mary Dolheimer, director of marketing and media relations, 717-361-1587, dolheimerm@etown.edu
Elizabethtown College Health Fair to feature screenings, more than 15 health care organizations
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Community members will enjoy free health screenings and information on topics including vision care, women’s health care, air pollution and organ donation at Elizabethtown College’s biannual Health Fair on May 8.
More than 15 health care industry representatives will be on hand for the event, which is open to the public free of charge. WGAL meteorologist Dr. John Scala will greet visitors as well. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Event Space of Brossman Commons (Baugher Student Center). A printable campus map is available at www.etown.edu. For more information, please call 717-361-1169.
Representatives from organizations including the American Diabetes Association, Capital BlueCross, Partners in Women’s Health Care, Rebman Eye Care, Dynamic chiropractic and Travel Health Services will have booths and offer information and screenings. Door prizes will be presented at the end of the event.
Located in southeastern Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown offers its 1900 students more than 50 academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies. Driven by its motto to “Educate for Service,” Elizabethtown centers learning in strong relationships, links classroom instruction with experiential learning, emphasizes international and cross-cultural perspectives and nurtures the capacity for lives of purpose.
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