Lions’ Club hosts free community health fair in Sacramento

TO GET ON TOP OF YOUR HEALTH. AND THIS WEEKEND IN SACRAMENTO, A FREE HEALTH FAIR IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL PROVIDE A RANGE OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES. NOW JOINING US THIS MORNING IS WANDA YANEZ AND LUIS YANEZ WITH THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY LIONS CLUB. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. SO WHY IS THIS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE LIONS CLUB TO HOST? THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME AS WELL. YES, BUT HARBOR, WE’VE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND WE’RE THE LARGEST SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD. 1.4 MILLION LIONS. WOW. OKAY, THAT’S A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS TO THAT CAN HELP OUT. WANDA, I KNOW THIS IS, AGAIN, THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT YOU FOLKS ARE HOSTING THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. SO WHAT’S GOING TO BE OFFERED? WE’RE OFFERING DIABETES DIAGNOSIS. WE’RE OFFERING EYESIGHT SCREENING. WE’RE OFFERING THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SERVICES MEDICAL PLAN. AND WE’RE ALSO SERVING CHILDREN’S EYE EXAMINATIONS AND ADULT SEMINARIANS. AND WE HAVE OPTOMETRIST THERE TO DO THE EXAMINATION AND PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE. WE HAVE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HEALTH, AND OUR PURPOSE IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT’S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE OAK PARK AREA. YEAH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I LIVED THERE FOR 40 YEARS AND IT HASN’T BEEN DONE. AND SO WE DECIDED TO GIVE THE SERVICE TO WHERE IT’S LOCAL, WHERE IT’S BEING SERVED. SO IT’S AT THE SALVATION ARMY ON BROADWAY AND ALHAMBRA, AND WE’RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL COME AND ATTEND BECAUSE WE HAVE 18 VENDORS THERE. OH, WONDERFUL. AND WE HOPE WE DON’T HAVE CRICKETS. NO, NO, NO. WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, I HAVE A FEELING SINCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE, YOU FOLKS WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME FOLKS TO SERVICE. NOW, HERE’S THE THING. ASIDE FROM THE SCREENINGS, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY, MAYBE SOMETHING IS FOUND IN THOSE SCREENINGS? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON SITE. WE HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE THERE AND PRESENT WHERE THEY CAN REGISTER SOMEBODY WHO DOESN’T HAVE ANY INSURANCE. OH, SO MEDICARE AND THE CAL AIMS IS ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SERVICING. SO IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY INSURANCE OR YOU’RE UNEMPLOYED AND YOUR KIDS NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, CHECKUP, WE DO HAVE A DOC. WE HAVE SEVERAL DOCTORS THERE, MDS AND A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. THERE. AND NUTRITION. SO WE’RE HOPING IF WE HAVE THE CONNECTION, THE COUNTY CONNECTION. SO 211 SACRAMENTO ORG IS GOING TO BE THERE. SO THEY’RE THE NAVIGATION TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE THERE AND PRESENT. SO WE CAN REGISTER SOMEBODY IN MEDI-CAL RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. LOVE IT OKAY I IMAGINE YOU FOLKS PROBABLY HAVE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS YOU NEED FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, BUT FOR FUTURE EVENTS, WHERE CAN FOLKS GO IF THEY’RE INTERESTED IN JOINING UP THE LIONS CLUB OR MAYBE EVEN JUST LEARNING MORE? OKAY, THEY CAN EITHER CONTACT THE DISTRICT. OR SIX DIFFERENT COUNTIES, 50 DIFFERENT CLUBS, AND THEY CAN LOOK LOOK US UP ONLINE AND WE’RE DISTRICT FOUR, C5, FOUR C5. OKAY. SPECIFIC RIGHT THERE. IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH WANDA AND LUIS. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. WELL THANK YOU. AND AGAIN BEST OF LUCK WITH EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THIS WEEK AND AGAIN INVITING EVERYBODY TO COME TO OUR ABSOLUTELY FAIR. AND THERE YOU SEE THE DETAILS RIGHT THERE. SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH FROM 10 TO 2. AND YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IT’S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YES. SO AND A TELEPHONE NUMBER AS WELL. 916287 1603 IF THEY NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION. WANDA AND LUIS, THANK Y