Lighten Up! LIncoln Parish Community Wellness Expo 2014

Please plan to join us for Lighten Up! Lincoln Parish Community Health Expo 2014!

The theme this year is Lighten Up! & Get Fit.

Our goal is to provide free healthcare and wellness training, health screenings, and connections to a variety of health-related resources and to help make Lincoln Parish the healthiest parish in Louisiana.

Thursday, October 23, 2014
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lincoln Parish Library Events Center

On October 23, Lighten Up! Lincoln Parish Community Health Expo will be presented by LTP Medical Mobile, Inc. DBA The Health Hut, in partnership with The Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln Parish ACHIEVE, Louisiana Tech University Department of Kinesiology, and Grambling State University. Our theme this year is “Lighten Up! & Get Fit.” 

The goal is to provide free healthcare and wellness training, health screenings, and connections to a variety of health-related resources.

The day will begin with a dynamic speaker, Lucy Douglas from New Beginnings Wellness Center & Spa. If you want to improve your health and lifestyle, be forewarned, this lady is not for the faint of heart. She sugar coats nothing! Come expecting to learn, and leave motivated enough to make change happen. She’ll talk about not getting sucked in to marketing ploys, making correct nutritional choices, what being fit means, and about how simple adjustments in your daily activities make big changes. Learn how to be Fit & Fab!

7:30 – 9:00 am – Setup
9:30 am – Registration
10:00 am – Lucy Douglas “Fit and Fabulous”
What does it mean to be fit?
What are the benefits of being fit?
What are the consequences of not being fit?
Am I a victim of marketing?
How can I make sound nutritional choices?
What tools do I need to add to my fitness toolbox?
11:00 am – 3:00 pm – Health Expo
11:00 – 11:30 am – Activity 1: "Chair Exercise" – Victoria Arnold
12:00 – 12:30 pm – Activity 2: "CX Works" Abs Class – Jayne Jenkins
12:30 – Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm – Activity 3: Ballroom Dancing – Mike Sullivan
2:00 – 2:30 pm – Activity 4: "Spiritual Movement" – Cathy Brewton, Lifehouse
3:00 – 3:40 pm – "The Fit and Fabulous Fashion Show"
3:40 pm – Fitness Challenge
3:50 pm – Prize Drawings
4:00 pm - Conclude

A 40 vendor expo will be open the entire time. This will be a chance to meet many health related companies in our neighborhood, register for great door prizes, get free health screenings and more. Also on hand will be The Health Hut bus and a mobile mammogram unit. Lincoln Parish schools are already making Lighten Up! & Get Fit artwork that will be viewable at the event.
Children are welcome. Library staff will be ready for story time, and healthy snacks will be available.
To reserve a vendor booth, email iflowers@rustonlincoln.org. 

Wellness Sponsor - Community Trust Bank
Wellness Supporter - Bank of Ruston