Citywide baby shower Saturday to kick off minority health events

YOUNGSTOWN

A citywide baby shower, the first of a nationwide series of baby showers sponsored by United Healthcare, will help kick off 2015 Youngstown Minority Health Month events here Saturday.

The baby shower, from noon to 2 p.m., will follow a health fair from 10 a.m. to noon at Arlington Heights Recreation Center, 801 Park Ave.

The primary goals of the health fair and baby shower are to highlight minority health and raise awareness about the higher incidence of numerous diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and prostate cancer, and infant mortality in the minority community, said Erin Bishop, commissioner of the Youngstown City Health District.

The health fair, funded by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, begins with a “stroller stroll” around the Arlington Heights Recreation Center to encourage parents and kids to exercise and become physically fit, Bishop said.

Read more about the event in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.