August 6, 2007

Contact:
Felecia Henderson
Associate Director, Public Affairs
(954) 262-5315 Office (954) 262-3954 Fax

NSU Health Care Centers Host - A DAY FOR CHILDREN Combining Health Care with Fun, Food and Games!

Ft. Lauderdale-Davie, FL. - Nova Southeastern University will host the 6th Annual “A Day for Children” health fair from noon - 4:00 p.m., on Sunday, September 16th. The fair will take place on the grounds in front of the Alvin Sherman Library on NSU's main campus and is open to Broward County families and the NSU community.

This fun-filled day focuses on FREE health care (including hearing, balance, vision, dental health, and medical screenings), social services and other resources to meet the behavioral needs of Broward County's children (from birth to15 years).

The fair will feature booths representing NSU's Colleges of OT-PT, Dermatology, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy, Optometry, Allied Health and Nursing, the Center for Psychological Studies, Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the departments of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and the Institute for Children's Services.

In addition to the health screenings, there will be a variety of activities for children, including a bounce house, face painting, story book characters, supervised sports activities, arts and crafts, games and food.

The Davie Police and Fire Departments will provide fingerprinting, ID cards and free safety and installation demonstrations of child car seats; the League of Hearing will be there with amplified phones and the Epilepsy Foundation will provide bicycle helmets as part of the daylong activities!

This years' event is sponsored by the Chris Evert Children's Hospital, BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida, WPBT Channel 2 and WPBT Kid Vision, Broward Family Life, KISS Country Radio, the Epilepsy Foundation, Broward County's One Community Partnership, the Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, COSTCO, Florida Kid Care and the NSU Health Care Centers.

Continuous transportation will be available to the Health Fare from the food court entrance at the Broward Mall.

No registration is necessary. For more information call 954-NSU-CARE (954-678-2273).