There’s always much activity at the Brea Senior Center, 500 S. Sievers Ave., and this Friday, Sept. 22, will be no different.
From 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the center will host Brea’s annual Health Fair & Flu Clinic. This is the health fair’s 24th year, and some 400 to 500 people are expected to attend.
“To get a free flu shot, individuals only need to show their insurance cards,” said Rebecca Matta, program manager with the Community Services Department/Brea Senior Center. “No proof of age is needed.”
The health fair has come a long way since the early days, when it was just a flu shot clinic, according Matta. Shingles and pneumonia vaccines will also be offered.
While the health fair is not just for seniors, many of the health screenings and vendors’ services and products are geared toward older residents.
Something always very popular is a free year’s supply of Omega-3 Fish Oil supplements. Andrew Kim, owner of Spoonful Corporation, donates them for the health fair every year.
Besides health screenings, attendees can receive a lot of health and welfare information and even free samples and goodies from many of the 53 vendors with booths at the health fair.
Booths will be located in both senior center buildings and on the covered patio between them. I can’t list them all of them, but some of the vendors include HICAP, St. Jude Wellness Center, Braille Institute, the Orange County Council on Aging, local dentists, senior home care providers, various health plan representatives, Medicare information, spine specialists, eye care providers, senior living facilities, restaurants that feature healthy meals, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute located at Cal State University Fullerton and even places to tone you up, including Nifty After Fifty and the new UFC GYM Brea, plus many other businesses catering to seniors.
The Brea Health Fair is definitely the place to get those fall vaccinations and lots of information on staying healthy.
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