Virtual Spring Health Fair Was Awesome!
Last month, Century Villages at Cabrillo partnered with several local resources and about a dozen volunteers to put on a much-needed Virtual Health Fair. We had approximately 20 individuals participate including veterans, seniors, children, and teens living at the Villages and off site at other Century-owned homes.
All activities were offered virtually, and the full set of opportunities included:
- zumba
- yoga
- breathing & meditation
- music groups
- journaling
- Veterans Council Open House
- Health Mixer.
The whole day ran from 10am-5pm, and sessions included prizes and giveaways all day long.
Youth programs for teens and children ran in the afternoon with a hybrid of in-person and virtual, and that included music groups, yoga, breathing & meditation, and physical fitness classes. The teenagers were also provided with a meaningful, interactive presentation on teen dating violence and healthy relationship-building.
It was great! Everyone who participated received a free healthy lunch AND a free health & wellness goody bag STUFFED with all kinds of fun and healthful goodies.
We want to give a HUGE shout out to the following partners for hosting virtual opportunities for this event and for donating items for the goody bags:
- Music is the Remedy
- Rock to Recovery
- SIILK
- Veterans Council by CityHeART
- City of Long Beach Black Infant Health Program
We have so missed being able to come together and celebrate our seasonal community health festivals as a community, so this virtual gathering was so very needed!
Quite a few participants told us throughout the day how much they missed being able to do fun, health-oriented type of things like this, which made the whole day worthwhile all the way around.
Did we mention that when folks came out to pick up their healthy lunches at our Farm Stand, they also took home bags of groceries provided by Big Sunday? They also wrote down what they were grateful on the leaves of a Gratitude Tree that was in full bloom by the end of the lunch hour.
One final shout out goes to Century’s incredible Oasis Residential Services Team (Oasis) for showing up for each session to support the volunteers and partners who hosted them, coordinating outreach to their clients to help spread the word, and coordinating logistics of the day with our Community Engagement Team. #ItTakesAVillage
Our village would not be possible without the support of volunteers and donors who support our mission.
