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Health fair’s 10th anniversary
• Event enjoys largest participation yet By SUE WATSON
Staff Writer  | Photo by Sue Watson
Trying out the stretcher
Tammy Alberson with Alliance Ambulance Service lets children play on the stretcher. |
The
Eddie L. Smith Community Health Fair was celebrated with a ribbon
cutting and the largest number of vendors since its inception. George
Gwin, executive director of Alliance Charitable Foundation of Marshall
County, said it was the best attended health fair in its 10-year
history with 37 vendors participating, plus 409 visitors and 51 health
screenings turned in.  | Photos by Sue Watson
Ribbon-cutting ceremony
Luberta
Smith, wife of the late Holly Springs Mayor Eddie Lee Smith, cut the
ribbon celebrating the 10th health fair, named in honor of her husband.
Employees with Alliance Hospital and Williams Clinic were joined by
community members for the photo. |
This year 197 children from
the Marjean Myatt ICS Head Start Center in Holly Springs participated,
enjoying hoola hoops, bicycle safety classes, a tour of Alliance’s
ambulance, the city’s fire truck and the medical helicopter, Air Evac
of Batesville. Alliance gave away four bicycles and a number of door
prizes provided by vendors. Inside the Eddie Lee
Smith Multi-Purpose Building, professionals displayed their health- or
safety-related products. Each year the groups showcasing their business
products continue to diversify. Local participation has increased.  | Checking blood pressure
Orber Dye gets a blood pressure check from Edna Mercer, RN, with A&E Hospice, Olive Branch. |
Local
and out-of-town vendors included – Graceland Care Center; North
Mississippi Rural Legal Services; Healthlink Acclaim NurseLink; Hawkins
Family Medicine; Home Choice Health Services; Therapy Zone; Trinity
Mission Health and Rehab of Holly Springs; A&E Premium Hospice;
Tyson Pharmacy; FAA Federal Credit Union; Social Security
Administration (Olive Branch); J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home;
Sam’s Club; AFLAC; Search Dogs South; Holly Springs Fire Department;
Holly Springs Police Department; Marshall County Sheriff’s Department;
Rust College; Marshall County Humane Society; and Marshall County
Health Department. |
