Bilingual report: Rescheduled La Colonia Resource Fair set for Dec. 11

 

Health screenings, services for Mixteco families, education programs planned 

Visitors will receive a variety of services at La Colonia Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 at Del Sol Stadium, 1500 Colonia Road, in La Colonia neighborhood of Oxnard.

The fair, which was previously scheduled for Nov. 20, was rescheduled due to bad weather.

Activities include education programs on nutrition; injury, lead poisoning and DUI prevention; free bicycle registration, bike helmet and car seat safety inspections; Explorer Cadet recruitment and child fingerprinting; information on health insurance programs for the uninsured; a K9 demonstration; services for Mixteco families; blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, body mass index, hearing and vision screenings. With entertainment including the opening blessing by Aztec dancers and DJ Pancho Vega.

Presented by the Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard and Port Hueneme, the City of Oxnard, FOOD Share of Ventura County, the Oxnard Police Department, the Oxnard Housing and Resident Initiatives, the Mexican Consulate, the Ventura County Health Care Agency, the Ventura County Credit Union, Community Action of Ventura County, CAUSE Centro Mujer, Arts for Action, the Department of Rehabilitation and the Coalition to End Family Violence.

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Feria de Recursos de La Colonia

¡Acompáñenos para un día lleno de diversión! El 11 de dicembre de 2011, 10:00 am — 1 pm, Del Sol Stadium, 1500 Colonia Road, Oxnard.

Educación — Nutrición, prevención de caídas, prevención de envenenamiento de plomo, prevención de alcohol y drogas.

Exámenes de salud — Presión arterial, nivel de azúcar, grasa corporal, vista ye auditivo (del oído).

Recursos y actividades gratis — Registro de bicicletas, seguridad de asientos para niños y de andar en bicicleta; reclutamiento de cadetes exploradores y huellas digitales para seguridad de niños; información de seguros de salud; demonstración de entrenamiento canino; servicios para familias Mixteco.

Entretenimiento — Bendición de Apertura presentada pro Danzantes Aztecas, DJ Pancho Vega y mariachis.

Traído a usted por las siguientes organizaciones: Boys & Girls Club of Oxnard and Port Hueneme, the City of Oxnard, FOOD Share of Ventura County, the Oxnard Police Department, the Oxnard Housing, Resident Initiatives; the Mexican Consulate, the Ventura County Health Care Agency, the Ventura County Credit Union, Community Action of Ventura County, CAUSE Centro Mujer, Arts for Action, the Department of Rehabilitation and the Coalition to End Family Violence.