PHOTO COURTESY OF PTHA

PTHA’s youth health fair got school-bound children ready for the upcoming school year with everything from health checkups to free lunch boxes.

‘School Days Healthy Ways’ event success

By Tribal News Writers

The Health Fair, geared at getting Puyallup Tribal youth of all ages prepped for a healthy school year included the following activities:

- Healthy lunch packing education with free

    lunch boxes for youth

- Dental kits provided to each child (tooth

       brushes, floss)

- Mental Health education on under and over

    diagnosing of school age children provided

    to all attendees

-    Provided drug and alcohol education

     focused on the dangers of recreational use

    (alcohol poisoning, pills parties, etc.) to

    participants

-    Sports injury prevention education pro-

    vided to participants

-    Drug identification education including take-

    home identification charts

-    Tobacco prevention education provided to

    all participants

-    Expert balloon twisting including a few lessons

    for future twisters in training

- 65 dental screenings and fluoride brushes

- 16 sports physicals

- 39 well child physicals

-    30 youth completed lead screening

-    MRSA and hand washing education

- Screenings for depression were provided

-    Sexually transmitted disease and HPV educa-

    tion

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