Last month, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Community Health and Wellness Services hosted a health fair at Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn. The Live it Up Community Wellness event featured interactive health and wellness stations for blood pressure screenings, COVID boosters, testing and flu shots. Each guest received free giveaways and a dairy box filled with nutritious food items including milk, eggs, rice and fresh fruits and vegetables to support families and individuals fighting rising food costs caused by inflation.
Partner organizations included Oak Street Health, Empire BlueCross/BlueShield, Village CareMax, NYC Office of Emergency Management, Department of Transportation Safety and ClearCaptions.
The Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Mobile Outreach Services team was also on site to assist in the afternoon activities.
Click here to learn about Live it Up events near you.
If you or someone you know is struggling with food insecurity or are in need of other emergency assistance, please contact the Catholic Charities Call Center at (718) 722-6001.
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About Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens:
For over 124 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, through its social services arm, Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc., has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, older adults, and those struggling with mental illness. Since 1975, Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation, the affordable housing developer of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, has been transforming vacant land and buildings into affordable housing units and transforming the lives of individuals and families, and completed more than 4,450 units with supportive services for seniors, families, veterans and the formerly homeless. Since the pandemic began, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has provided much-needed food packages and services at 60 Catholic Charities parish-based food pantries and has distributed over $8.5 million in food.