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Congressman David Scott to Host 13th Annual Health Fair, AUGUST 19

Congressman David Scott will host the 13th Annual Thirteenth Congressional District Health Fair on Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9am - 2pm, at Mundy’s Mill High School, located at 9652 Fayetteville Rd., Jonesboro, GA 30238. 

The Health Fair will provide vital health screenings and information at no cost from our region’s best healthcare providers and advocacy organizations. Free health screenings include: Clinical breast cancer exams; Prostate cancer (PSA); HIV/ AIDS; Diabetes (glucose); Blood pressure; Asthma; Cholesterol; Mental health; Sickle cell; Vision; Dental; Orthopaedic; and more! Pre-register here now.

The Atlanta VA Medical Center and Atlanta VA Regional Office will provide veterans services, including vision exams, counseling for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); mental health services; and health eligibility benefits consultations. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs will share information about the Hardest Hit Fund Down Payment Assistance Program, which provides $15,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance to eligible borrowers purchasing an existing home in 10 of Georgia’s hardest hit counties: including Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Douglas, Gwinnett, and Henry.

Providers include:

AARP Georgia

AFLAC Cancer & Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

AID Atlanta & Georgia AIDS & STD Info Line

Alliant Quality

Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimer's Services Center

American Cancer Society

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

American Heart Association

American Kidney Fund

Amerigroup

Atlanta Black Nurses Association

Atlanta Diamondback Pharmacy Alumni Council

Atlanta Fibroid Center - Dr. John Lipman

Black Nurses Rock Greater Atlanta

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Georgia

Care & Counseling Center of Georgia

CareSource

CDC

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Diabetes Education

Clayton Center Community Service Board

Clayton County Board of Health

Clayton County Division of Family & Children's Services

Clayton County Fire & Emergency Services

Clayton County Library System

Clayton County Police Department

Clayton County Senior Services Dept., RSVP Program at Frank Bailey Senior Center

Clayton State University Department of Dental Hygiene

Community Outreach Information Network (COIN)

D&E Housing & Economic Empowerment Center

Department of Veteran Affairs, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Department of Veteran Affairs, Atlanta VA Regional Benefits Office

Discover Chiropractic

Divine Faith's Joseph Warehouse

Emory Eye Center/ Emory University School of Medicine/ Georgia Lions Lighthouse/ Prevent Blindness Georgia

Emory Healthcare Veterans Program

Emory Neuroscience Patient Family Education Committee

Families First

Fight Colorectal Cancer

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

Fulton County Breast & Cervical Cancer Program

Georgia Association for Primary Health Care

Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Georgia Dental Association

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance

Georgia Power Company

Georgia Prostate Cancer Coalition

Georgia STAND-UP

Grady Health System

Great Expressions Dental Centers

Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia

Home Helpers Atlanta

Hosea Feed the Hungry

I Will Survive, Inc.

Ideal Therapy

Inspire Network

Insure Georgia

Jerusalem House, Inc.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

LifeLink of Georgia

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers

Lupus Foundation of Georgia

Mercy Medical Supply, LLC

Minimally Invasive Center of Atlanta/ Atlanta Fibroid Center

Morehouse School of Medicine - Clinical Research Center

Morehouse School of Medicine CVRI - Epilepsy Awareness

National Hook-Up of Black Women

Neu Life Chiropractic Wellness Center

Northside Hospital Radiology

Open Hand Atlanta, Cooking Matters

PCOS Challenge, Inc.

Piedmont Transplant Institute

Planned Parenthood Southeast

Primerica Financial Services

Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia

Resurgens Orthopaedics

Right from the Start Medicaid

See Your Kid, Inc.

Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia

Sisters By Choice

Social Security Administration

Southwest Primary Care Center

Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta

Taxpayer Advocate Service

The Family Health Centers of Georgia

The Partnership of Greater Atlanta

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Atlanta District Office

U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Veterans Center of Greater Atlanta

Victory Pharmacy

Vitiligo Bond, Inc.

Voices for Georgia's Children

Walgreens

WellCare Health Plans

WellStar Health System

Woodruff Medical Training and Testing

Women Veteran Resources Group

YourTown Health