Free Family Health Fair at Project Self-Sufficiency

Area residents are invited to learn stress management techniques, receive free screenings, and get up-to-date information on a variety of health topics at Project Self-Sufficiency’s annual Family Health Fair on Thursday, October 6th.   The event will feature a presentation by stress management expert Hueina Su, along with free mammograms, flu shots, screenings for vision and hearing, cancer screenings, information about tobacco addiction, workshops, children’s activities, and screenings for eligibility for early intervention services.  All services are available free of charge to eligible residents.  The Health Fair will take place at Project Self-Sufficiency’s Community Education Center, located at 127 Mill Street in Newton, from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Hueina Su, M.C., B.S.N, C.E.C, will offer a presentation at noon, “Claim Your Personal Power for True Happiness, Inner Peace, and Unstoppable Success.”   Hueina Su is a certified life coach, author and internationally-recognized lecturer who specializes in stress management techniques.  She is the founder of Beyond Horizon Coaching, and the author of Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul: 7 Keys to Nurture Yourself While Caring for Others and the upcoming Peaceful Power: A Prescription for Long-lasting Inner Peace, True Happiness and Unstoppable Success.

The Health Fair will be staffed by representatives from the Sussex County Community College Health Sciences Nursing Department; St. Clare’s Hospital; Newton Medical Center; Total Hearing Care; Sussex County AIDS Task Force; Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Consortium; Sussex County Red Cross; Hamburg Pediatrics; National Alliance on Mental Illness; Sussex County Environmental and Public Health Services; Sussex County Cancer Coalition; New Perspectives Health Care; Sunrise House; Neighborhood Health Center; Delta Dental; Sussex County YMCA; New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Newton Medical Center for Mental Health .

The yearly gathering serves as the kick-off for the agency’s month-long community outreach effort to raise awareness of the importance of early detection for breast cancer survival.  The month of October has been designated National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the American Cancer Society. 

A mobile mammography van will be on site from 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. to offer free mammograms uninsured or underinsured women over the age of 40.  Participants will also receive instructions for performing self-examinations, as well as free educational materials on breast health and breast cancer.  In combination with mammograms, breast self-exams and clinical breast exams are recommended for all women after the age of 20.  Combining these three methods gives women the best chance of detecting breast cancer at its earliest stages.

To register for the Family Health Fair contact the agency at 973-940-3500.