Cardon Children’s Medical Center to Host Kids Summer Survivor Fair

Health and Safety Fair to Feature Screenings, Education & Fun; Promotes Safety and Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Children and their Families

Mesa, AZ – Cardon Children’s Medical Center doctors, nurses and dieticians, representatives from the Mesa Police and Fire Departments and Mesa community businesses are hosting an event focused on surviving summer safely and preparing to go back to school. 

The event will feature exhibits on water safety, gun safety, fire safety, car seat safety, ID finger printing cards, bicycle helmet fittings and give-aways, ask-the-expert Q&A’s, blood pressure checks, vision screening, asthma education, scoliosis screenings, diabetes education, healthy cooking demonstrations and many give-aways.

For the kids: a bouncy house, obstacle course, hoola-hoop and jump rope contests and therapy dog visits.

Toy donations to Andrea’s Closet will be accepted to fill toy closets at Cardon Children’s Medical Center.

When:  Saturday, August 1, 2009 from 10a.m. until 2 p.m.

Where:  Mesa Convention Center in the Palo Verde Ballroom. (263 N. Center Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201, (480) 644-2178.

Published on behalf of Cardon Children’s Medical Center
Cardon Children’s Medical Center (formerly Banner Children’s Hospital) provides comprehensive pediatric care for a broad spectrum of children’s health needs. The children’s medical center provides care in more than 25 specialty areas and includes unique care units for pediatric and neonatal intensive care, as well as pediatric cancer and blood disorders. The Banner Health owned and operated facility will expand to 248 beds when patients and staff move into a new state-of-the-art facility on Nov.2.

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