Friday, November 10, 2006
Sacred Heart Offers Free Screenings to Needy, Elderly, and Uninsured
Sacred Heart Health System’s mobile health unit will provide free health screenings in November at three sites in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Sacred Heart’s Mission in Motion program targets persons who are poor, uninsured, or elderly.
The mobile unit will provide blood screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. The schedule is as follows:
• Friday, Nov. 17 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Pace First United Methodist Church Council on Aging, 4530 Chumukla Highway.
• Tuesday, Nov. 28 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Council Council on Aging, 5550 Ecofina St, Milton.
• Thursday, Nov. 30 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Davisville School, Highway 97, Davisville.
Mission in Motion is a community service of Sacred Heart Health System, celebrating 90 years of service to Northwest Florida. The mobile unit is funded by Sacred Heart Health System and staffed by nurses and a driver. The mobile unit’s services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.
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