Contact:  Office of Media Relations, Michelle Fryling, Director

April 23, 2007

IUP’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions and the St. Thomas More University Parish have been joined this year by the IUP Department of Health and Physical Education to present the Third Annual Health Fair on April 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Thomas More University Parish, 1200 Oakland Avenue.

New this year's event it Step Into Spring, a mile-and-a-half or three-mile walk around the IUP track. Persons interested in participating in the step into spring walk should meet for registration from 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. in the parking lot of St. Thomas More University Parish.

Participants will be escorted to the IUP track and guided in stretching exercises by IUP Health and Physical Education students. Water stations will be set up around the track. There will be a free t-shirt for the first 80 registrants.

At the conclusion of the walk, participants will be escorted back to St. Thomas More University Parish parking lot. All who complete the walk and return to the registration table will be eligible for one of three drawings. Adults have a chance to win a three-month membership to the James Mill Fitness Center, located in Zink Hall on the IUP campus, and IUP students will have a chance to win $200 cash.
 
The prize for the children participating in the walk is a choice of a $250 partial scholarship to the IUP Footlight Players or a full scholarship to the IUP Summer Kids Activity Camp.
 
The health fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parish hall.
Highlights of the fair include:

• Stroke Risk Screening, Bone Density Screening, and Diabetes Risk Screening conducted by nurses from IRMC;
• Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Screenings provided by IUP faculty and students
• Healthy Grilling, cooking classes especially developed by the IUP Department of Culinary Arts. This half hour class will be offered at 11 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
• Yoga for Stress Reduction, a 30-minute introduction to Yoga offered at 11:00 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Massage therapy from 10 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Community agencies will join IUP graduate and undergraduate students in the Nursing and Allied Health professions in presenting information on various topics for adults including recent changes in CPR procedures and demonstration of the Automated External Defibrillator, Recognizing Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease, Adult Fitness, Arthritic Adaptive Devices, Controlling Cholesterol through diet, and much more! Activities for children include Bones and Muscles, Water Safety, Yummy in Your Tummy, and Playground Safety tips. Face painting will be offered.

Refreshments will be provided. Prizes, including five gift certificates for the American Red Cross Adult and Child CPR class, tickets to a Curves baseball game, gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, and prizes for the children will be given away throughout the day.

Parking is free in the IUP parking garage and church parking lot.
The IUP Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is located in Johnson Hall.

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