The McIntosh County Coaliton (McCoCo) Resource Health Fair 2015 is scheduled for June 16th at the First Freewill Baptist Church Family Life Center at 713 N. Broadway in Checotah, Oklahoma. The event is open to the public from 10 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.
2015 Resource Health Fair
The McIntosh County Coalition for a Healthy Community and the McIntsoh County Systems of Care is sponsoring the 2015 Resource Health Fair, giving local agencies and businesses the opportunity to showcase their services at the event through a short presentation about their amenities; and by providing educational information.
The Resource Health Fair is offering and demonstrating a range of services encompassing all community aspects, focusing on providing key information to the public and all community partners. Booth spaces are available to agencies and businesses free-of-charge, and participating vendors are encouraged to provide an event door prize.
The 2015 Resource Health Fair is focused on helping event attendees provide accurate assistance through referrals, and direct services. Local officials and policy makers are invited to attend, providing them with an opportunity to gain valuable information regarding the programs and services available in their area.
Local agencies are encouraged to invite any of their employees or personnel who could benefit from information on available health resources; including assistance and referrals for their clients. The health fair focus is on informing and educating community employees who need, and will benefit from, the information being presented.
Participating vendors will set-up between 8–9A.M. Breakfast and presentations are scheduled from 9—10 A.M. The Resource Health Fair will open to the public at 10 A.M.
Narconon Arrowhead Parcticipates
Narconon Arrowhead, the long-term drug and alcohol rehabilitation and education center located in Canadian, Oklahoma, is participating in the 2015 Resource Health Fair. Located in Arrowhead State Park, the center is about 24 miles from Checotah, and is a long-time supporter of local communities and events.
Director of Narconon Arrowhead, Robert “Bobby” Newman, is the featured presenter for Narconon Arrowhead. Newman will be giving a short presentation on the issues of substance abuse, treatment options and drug prevention education. Packets of drug prevention education materials will be available, along with materials on the drug-free Narconon Arrowhead rehabilitation program.
With years of experience in drug prevention education, including presenting Drug Education lectures to children, youth and adults of all ages, Newman is available to talk with attendees and answer their questions on drugs, drug education, and substance abuse and its treatment.
About McCoCo
Established in 2001, the McIntosh County Coalition for a Healthy Community focuses on bringing much needed resources to local communities. Since its inception, McCoCo has secured a Drug Free Communities Grant, a Tobacco Control Grant, established Systems of Care and alternative activities for the community and for youth.
McIntosh County is a rural area of numerous small towns and limited resources. McCoCo, as a rural coalition, focuses on bridging the gaps by providing resources and services to the area through partnering, collaborating, and pulling together needed resources—all to the end of making McIntosh County a healthier place to live, work and play.
Youth-related issues are a priority for McCoCo, and energies and resources are directed towards providing community youth with a safe and healthy environment in which to grow-up. McCoCo sponsors alternative activities for youth, such as After Prom Parties, and offers healthy choices to local teens.
McCoCo focues on the partnership priorities of tobacco control, ATOD (alcohol, tobacco and other drug) prevention, alternative youth activities, youth education, youth empowerment, and community information sharing, networking and mobilization.
The Resource Health Fair 2015 promises to further those community enhancing goals.