Pleasant Grove Campus Hosts Health Fair

(Mesquite, TX) – Eastfield College Pleasant Grove Campus is hosting the second annual Harvest Fest Health Fair Saturday, October 1 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The campus is located at 802 S. Buckner.

Bring the whole family out-- mom, dad, children, and grandparents-- for a fun filled day with entertainment, information and health screenings. Vision exams, glucose screenings, blood pressure, HIV/STD screening, exercise demonstrations, dental screenings, general health information and other social services will be available throughout the day.

Thanks to the generous support of these sponsors: Pleasant Grove Lions Club, All Smiles Dental and Orthodontics, Amerigroup Community Care, Brentwood Health Care, Mi Familia Medical, Evercare by United Healthcare and Walgreens.

 The host committee created the Harvest Fest to create a general awareness in the Pleasant Grove Area of the health services available through Dallas public and private agencies. Harvest Fest Health Fair will be an annual event hosted by the Eastfield College Pleasant Grove Campus and health services partners delivering on-site health screenings.

2011 Planning Committee Members include Maricela Martinez, EverCare (Co-Chair), Yulandor D. Plater, Amerigroup (Co-Chair), Jamilya K. Harris-White, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Stacey Cochran, ChildCareGroup; Dora Pacheco, Eastfield College PGC Outreach; Cynthia Taylor, Eastfield College RN; Bishop Ezral O'Neal, City of Miracles; Janie Pena, DART; Julian H. Vasquez, Mosaic Family Services; Pastor Michael Hodge, Way of Truth Church; Carl Raines, Brentwood Healthcare and Geneva Cuellar, Mi Familia.

For more information call 972-860-5318 or visit the Health Fair page. Day of event parking will be available at the college and at Way of Truth Church (across the street).

Eastfield College, one of the seven Dallas County Community Colleges, is located at 3737 Motley Drive in Mesquite, just north of I-30.