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Ings, Unity Hosts First Annual Joint Crime Prevention Walk, Health Fair

Commissioner Samuel Ings, District 6, City of Orlando, is partnering with Unity in Uniform Inc. to hold their 1st Annual joint Crime Prevention Walk and Health Fair on Saturday, August 11, 2012.

Line up and registration for the Crime Prevention Walk will start at 8 a.m. at the Washington Shores Shopping Center’s parking lot, located at 3593 Columbia Street, Orlando, FL 32805. 

Participants will receive wrist bands to exchange for backpacks and school supplies.  The walk concludes at the Dr. James R. Smith Center, 1723 Bruton Blvd., Orlando, FL  32805, where the health fair will take place from 9am to 12 noon.

School children of all ages that participated in the walk will receive backpacks and school supplies. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in free Health Risk Assessments including blood pressure, glucose checks, EKGs, Speech Therapy screening, Physicals, HIV testing, Hepatitis C education, and CPR demonstrations. 

Blood Drive will be from 9am-12noon at the Smith Center.

Unity in Uniform, Inc. is an established non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a resource for disadvantaged youth and adults seeking careers in emergency services or allied health professions while increasing breast cancer awareness in the Central Florida community. Unity In Uniform consists of a diverse group of uniformed professionals that includes paramedics, firefighters, police officers, nurses and other allied health professionals in the Central Florida area.

What:              Commissioner Samuel B. Ings & Unity in Uniform hosts the first joint Crime Prevention Walk and Health Fair

Where:             Lineup for the Walk is at the Washington Shores Shopping Plaza, 3593 Columbia Street, Orlando, FL 32805

                               Health Fair is at the Dr. James R. Smith Center, 1723 Bruton Blvd., Orlando, FL, 32805

Time:               8am is the line up and registration for the Crime Walk at the Washington Shores Shopping Plaza

                               9am to 12 noon is the Health Fair at the Smith Center, 1723 Bruton Blvd.

                               9am to 12 noon is Blood Drive

Contact:          Cynthia Wilson, Aide to Commissioner Samuel B. Ings, 407-246-3016

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