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Children's Health Fair helping kids get ready to head back to school

As the school year fast approaches, parents can get vision or hearing screens, immunizations and yoga instruction for children 0 to 12, at the Vermilion Parish Children's Health Fair on Friday from 9 am to noon at the Abbeville Health Unit, located at 2501 Charity Street. The health fair, sponsored by a grant from the Early Childhood Collaborative Services (ECCS) Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network, will feature a variety of agencies providing information and resources for families of children 0 to 12. Children who attend can earn educational packages, books and other prizes.
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Posted at 5:22 PM, Jul 26, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-26 20:11:24-04

VERMILION PARISH, La. - Some students are better prepared to head back to school in Vermilion Parish.

Health screenings were held today at the Children's Health Fair.

The fair featured vision and hearing screens, immunizations and yoga classes.

Books and other prizes were given out as well.

"We felt like this is a great opportunity to find out what's available for early childhood, and also what families can do to kinda prepare their kids with a vision screen or a hearing screen, or they can actually get information about a lot of the services that are available in the area," said Sebrena Domingue, ECCS Coin.

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