Henry County Public Health Offering Back to School Health Fair

Back to school time brings excitement and nerves to school age children, and a few headaches to their parents. Henry County Public Health is looking to make this time as easy as possible on everyone involved. This coming Tuesday, August 8^th from 4-7 p.m. there will be a Back to School Health Fair in Manning Hall at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 S. Jackson Street in Mount Pleasant. This health fair will include back to school immunizations which are required for kindergarten, 7^th graders and high school seniors, dental screenings required for kindergarten and high school freshmen, lead testing required for kindergarten, vision screenings required for kindergarten and 3^rd graders, and sports physicals for $25 cash only. There will also be language translation available, community resource tables, kids activities, giveaways, and food trucks. Physicals and most screenings have paperwork that will need to be filled out, these are available at the event as well as online at healthyhenrycounty.org/publichealth. The Henry County Public Health Back to School Health Fair is this Tuesday, August 8^th from 4-7 p.m. in Manning Hall at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant. If you have kids headed back to school, this is the perfect event to ensure they have everything they need before the school year begins.