Julia Park holds successful health fair
Although attendance was not what was hoped for, the first health and wellness expo at Julia Park on Wednesday could be considered a success.
The weather was nice for a change, and nearly all the vendors who committed to being there showed up.
Kit Bracher, who organized the event at the 88-lot community just off of Slater Road, said despite the late start on the event, many commercial businesses and non-profit agencies came, from Publix to Lee Memorial Health Systems, from The Love Boat to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
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William Rodriguez of Florida Rural Legal Service, was there to give legal advice to anyone who wanted it.
“We want to make the public aware of our organization. We’re a non-profit firm that gives free legal advice for low- to moderate-income residents,” Rodriguez said.
“Any chance we have to help the community and let people know we’re around, is something we try to take advantage of.”
“We wanted to let the residents of Julia Park know that they matter, and with all these people being out here, there’s a very strong indication that people care,” Bracher said. “It made me very happy that our friends from Whispering Pines Clydesdale Farms lost one of their baby horses last week and they still came.”
The event took place out on the road leading into the park, and not at the clubhouse.
The Church of God across the street from the park, meanwhile, gave people a place to park, go to the bathroom, and also housed the Harry Chapin Food Bank, where needy families were able to pick up some groceries.