DON'T MISS THIS EVENT!
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT
2023 EVENT
SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST
Make Healthy Connections!
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL AGES THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
FREEBIES!!
FREE Health Screenings, FREE Children's books*, FREE Child ID cards, and many, many giveaways and drawings yet to be determined.*While supplies last!
FREE WALK-IN VACCINE CLINIC
Moderna Walk-In Vaccine Clinic
Haven't received a COVID-19 vaccine yet? Benton County Public Health will be hosting a Moderna Walk-In Vaccine Clinic during the health fair for anyone 18 years or older. There is no cost for the vaccine. For questions, please contact the Public Health Office at (319) 472-6460.
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS
Measuring blood pressure is a measurement of the force applied to the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. Being proactive about maintaining healthy blood pressure can lower your risk of stroke, heart disease and other health problems. Check your blood pressure with a member of the Virginia Gay Hospital or Family Medical Clinic staff.
TROUBLE SLEEPING?
Do you snore? Do you wake up still feeling tired? Do you wake up with headaches?
All of these could be caused by your sleep. Sleep affects so much more than we ever knew. Quality sleep is vital for all aspects of our lives and health.
Please come see us and ask questions regarding sleep. We will have helpful information and explain what our Virginia Gay Sleep Lab can offer to anyone experiencing sleep problems. ACHC finds the VGH sleep lab has demonstrated that it operates at a level of quality, integrity, and effectiveness consistent with all ACHC standards. ACHC- Accreditation Commission for Health Care. This achievement marks VGH commitment to quality in the provision of care we provide our community.
99 COUNTIES
"Taste of Iowa" meat bundles as a door prize ($291 value).
Our mission is to change Iowa's relationship with farming and food by connecting local consumers with the highest quality, locally-grown meat. We sell regeneratively raised beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and lamb. Our beef and lamb are 100% grass-fed and finished. Our pork, chicken, and turkey are pasture raised. And all of our meat is raised in Iowa without the use of chemicals or GMOs. Customers order online and we deliver the meat in reusable tote bags, directly to their homes using our own delivery drivers and vans.
We will be donating one of our "Taste of Iowa" meat bundles as a door prize ($291 value). It will include:
- 3 (1lb pkgs) of ground beef (85/15)
- 2 (10oz) boneless ribeye steaks
- 1 (2lb) boneless chuck roast
- 6 (8oz) boneless chicken breasts
- 4 (12oz) chicken thighs
- 8 (6oz) chicken drumsticks
- 2 (1lb pkgs) of bacon
- 1 (1lb pkg) of ground pork
- 1 (1lb pkg) of bratwurst
- 1 (1lb pkg) of breakfast sausage links (without casing)
- 2 (1lb pkgs) boneless pork chops
CARSON WEALTH
Being financially healthy is just as important as physical and mental health and can play a role in both of those areas as well. At Carson Wealth, our goal is to help you pursue your goals, whether you're just getting started, preparing for retirement, or well into your golden years.
VAN STEENHUYSE - TEAHEN FUNERAL HOME
Learn about funeral pre-planning
At Van Steenhuyse-Teahen Funeral Home, we believe a funeral is a time to honor the life of a deceased loved one and celebrate the heritage of the family as they gather to share stories, acknowledge their loss and support one another. It is our mission to make funeral planning individual to the person and family by offering our professional and personal experience. Funeral pre-need planning is a way to be sure your family is aware of your final wishes while locking into today’s costs during a time of escalating inflation with pre-funding some or all final expenses.
BENTON COUNTY DISASTER RECOVERY COALITION
Learn how to handle disaster.
Being prepared for a disaster can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses that accompany disasters. Communities, families, and individuals should know what to do in the event of a disaster, where to go, and know how to care for their basic and medical needs.
STRENGTH HAS A GREATER PURPOSE: FIND YOURS
Mobility and kettlebell demos.
Stark Strength will be present to promote the many, positive benefits of resistance training, mobility training and custom fitness plans. During the event Stark Strength will be offering free "2 Minutes to Mobility Moments" demos and offering demos on Kettlebell Foundations (swings, goblet squats, presses)
PUBLIC HEALTH CONNECTS US ALL!
Find ways to improve your health and well-being.
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. Take this opportunity to visit with Benton County Public Health professionals and find ways to improve your health and well-being through better nutrition, physical activity and vaccinations. And, we'll have a tip or two on the proper way to clean your hands and minimize germs.
FREE CHILD ID CARDS
Learn about children's personal safety.
Benton County Sheriff's Office will provide FREE Child ID cards and offer tips and information on children's personal safety.
VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL/X-RAY
Learn about state of the art services available.
Monica Stark and the team in the Virginia Gay Hospital X-Ray department are excited to share information with you about the services they have available. Learn about their current CT scan capabilities, a new MRI unit and how they can perform 3D and 4D ultrasounds and digital radiography! All these state of the art modalities are available here in our community at VGH.
UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY
Our 8-week sessions (and 6-week summer sessions) allow students to learn while balancing life and work.
Upper Iowa University offers a variety of healthcare-related undergraduate and graduate programs online and in-classroom (where available). Students utilize our programs to gain valuable skillsets to further their knowledge professionally and personally.
Our 8-week sessions (and 6-week summer sessions) allow students to learn while balancing life and work. We offer several scholarships to help in making college more affordable. As a military-friendly institution, we pride ourselves on helping active and veteran service members (and their spouses) opportunities to apply their educational benefits.
Upper Iowa University maximizes prior coursework from other colleges. For more information, please visit www.uiu.edu or call the Cedar Rapids Center at (319) 777-7500.
WHAT IS FARM TO SCHOOL?
Learn about health food choices.
The Vinton-Shellsburg Farm To School Chapter will be ready to share information about healthy food choices and how they utilize fresh, locally produced produce in recipes served at the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District.
Scratch-made muffins recipe, using locally purchased ingredients. An updated recipe will be available with the samples at the Fair Cranberry-Apple Cornbread Muffins Serves: 12, Calories: 195 per serving, Fruits: ¼ cup, Grains: 1 oz. Ingredients: 1 ½ cup Cornmeal ¾ tsp. ¾ tsp. 1 ea. ¼ cup 1 cup ¼ cup 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup 1/8 cup Salt Baking Soda Eggs Canola Oil Yogurt Honey Cheddar Cheese, grated Dried Cranberries Granny Smith Apples Brown Sugar Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400° F. Lightly grease muffin pans or line with muffin liners. 2. Chop apples into ½” cubes. 3. In a large bowl, combine cornmeal, salt, baking soda and baking powder. 4. In a mixer at low speed, mix together eggs, oil, yogurt, and honey. 5. Add the cheese, cranberries, brown sugar, and apples to the mixer and mix at a low speed. 6. While the mixer is running at a low speed, add the dry ingredients to the mixer in 1/3 increments. 7. Scoop ¼ cup batter into the muffin pan. 8. Bake at 400° F for 30 minutes, or until top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean. Shortly rest and serve.
Linn County Public Health
FREE AT HOME STI TESTS KITS
Linn County Public Health will be offering FREE at-home kits to test for sexually transmitted infections. Stop by for information to answer your sexual health questions and pick up some free condoms. Linn County Public Health is proud to collaborate with Benton County Public Health to serve the Benton County community! Linn County Public Health offers testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection, testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services and navigation, hepatitis immunizations, and free condoms. Contact Linn County Public Health at 319-892-6093 to schedule an appointment to ensure your health today!
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Learn about Virginia Gay Hospital services available.
Being home can be the best place to recuperate from an illness or injury. Let Virginia Gay Hospital Home Health tell you about a number of services available for you as the patient or you as a caregiver to keep you safe and on the right track for recovery.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS
FREE developmental, hearing and vision screenings
In addition to offering a on-site developmental, hearing and vision screenings, HACAP can provide details on their Family and Community Health Alliance Programs that include 1st Five, ISmile, WIC, Breastfeeding, Hawk-i and much more. Don't miss this opportunity for free screenings.
MEASURE YOUR FITNESS
Drawing for 1 Year FREE Membership to VGH Therapy Gym.
VGH Therapy Services in partnership with Rehabvisions will be offering examples to measure your physical and mental fitness, as well as improve it.
PFLAG CEDAR RAPIDS
Support and resources for LGBT + communities.
Get details on available education, support, and resources for LGBT + communities, friends and families.
VINTON LIONS CLUB/KIDSIGHT
KidsSight free eye screening
ECHOVISION, INC. US CELLULAR
Looking for suggestions to help your work environment?
Get details on iPad and all the latest cellular devices, along with security cameras and accessories.
LEGACY OF CHRISTOPHER ALLSUP FOUNDATION, INC
Raise your awareness about gasoline safety.
The Legacy of Christopher Allsup Foundation, Inc. raises awareness about the dangers of outdated portable gasoline containers and encourages the use of safety gasoline containers equipped with a flame arrestor, and promote the needed education to children on gasoline safety, proper handling and storing of gasoline. Sammy the Safety Can activity booklet will be on hand an excellent learning tool about gasoline safety on the farm, also available will be our Gasoline Safety on the Farm video.
PINK HEALS EASTERN IOWA
The Pink Heals fire truck and police car will be on display!
Pink Heals volunteers take these pink vehicles on home visits to those in need. They partner with businesses to provide visit recipients with donated goods, gift cards and services. The color pink is used to represent love and care rather than to signify a specific disease. Pink Heals is about more than just breast cancer. It is about all illnesses and needs within our communities.
BENTON COUNTY CISM TEAM
Crisis intervention for first responders through critical incident stress management a resilient community.
BENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Learn about our free medical non-emergency transportation services.
Our volunteers and staff will be promoting our free medical non-emergency transportation services for Benton County residents. We will also recruit volunteers for driving and various community projects.
NORWEX
Watch a demonstration on how easy it is to clean your home, save time and money with Norwex cloths.
Norwex products swap out the use of toxic chemicals in your home. By using Norwex sustainable products and just water, you can mechanically clean your home and rid it safely of 99.9% of bacteria for your family, fur babies AND the environment. Want to take care of the Earth, your home and the beings close to you, all by saving dollars, too? Consider Norwex. Stop by my booth to view the show specials. Let me demonstrate how easy it is to clean your home, save time and money with Norwex cloths, which last for years with proper use and cleaning.
SHIIP
Learn about Medicare Fraud and get answers to your Medicare questions.
VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, Summer Reading Program, and the Beanstack App
Learn about our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten reading program! This great community program encourages reading by offering kids prizes at each 100 level mark between 0 and 1,000. They also get their picture on our wall at each level!
We will also be sharing about our Beanstack app, which is one option for tracking the number of books read. We will have an iPad on hand to demonstrate the functionality of the app. We will also promote our Summer Reading Program.
RIVERVIEW CENTER
We are an advocacy agency providing support to any primary and secondary survivors of sexual violence.
HACAP FOOD RESERVOIR
We at HACAP will promote our partners(food pantries in Benton Co.) also our mobile food pantry that goes to Belle Plaine. For people in need, we have food boxes and diapers.
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL (ASAC)
The Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC) is a leader in providing substance use and problem gambling prevention, treatment and recovery services across Eastern Iowa.
VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, Summer Reading Program, and the Beanstack App
Learn about our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten reading program! This great community program encourages reading by offering kids prizes at each 100 level mark between 0 and 1,000. They also get their picture on our wall at each level!
We will also be sharing about our Beanstack app, which is one option for tracking the number of books read. We will have an iPad on hand to demonstrate the functionality of the app. We will also promote our Summer Reading Program.
RIVERVIEW CENTER
We are an advocacy agency providing support to any primary and secondary survivors of sexual violence.
HACAP FOOD RESERVOIR
For people in need, we have food boxes and diapers.
We at HACAP will promote our partners (food pantries in Benton Co.) also our mobile food pantry that goes to Belle Plaine.
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL (ASAC)
Prevention, treatment and recovery services.
The Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC) is a leader in providing substance use and problem gambling prevention, treatment and recovery services across Eastern Iowa.
BENTON AND IOWA COUNTY CPPC
Benton/Iowa DCAT/CPPC is a group promoting child and family wellness, including child abuse prevention.
The group's philosophy is: it takes a community to protect a child.
The health, safety, and protection of children should not fall under one agency; it should be a collective responsibility of state government, law enforcement, schools, families, neighborhoods, churches, and private citizens.
TANAGER
Drama, music, visual art and movement.
The arts are for everyone! From puppetry and storytelling, to improvisation and creative movement, expressing emotions through the arts can be a powerful experience. Tanager's Expressive Arts program offers these services in your local community center, library, daycare center or home, school, community park, out-of-school time program, or other venues. The best part? These are all free! The arts provide a safe way to explore emotions free of judgment, help boost self-confidence, build self-awareness, and establish connection, communication, and empathy for the world.
VINTON GUILD OF FINE ARTS
Making Connections thru Art.
Connect to your Artistic Side and connect with other like-minded creative people. Vinton Guild of Fine Arts is a nonprofit organization committed to building art awareness in our communities.
Come to our table and see more about what we have to offer for learning opportunities in different types of fine art: Acrylic & Oil Painting - Water Color - Mixed Media - Zentangle - Alcohol Inks - Spackle Art & More!
Plus, learn about our community projects & how you can become involved!
NORTH STAR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Learn about our new program to Benton County, the Day Habilitation (Day Hab) program.
It is North Star Community Service's mission to "empower each person to realize potential, pursue dreams, and enjoy life."
North Star has provided Supported Community Living (SCL) programming in Benton County since 1999. This one-on-one support helps someone with a disability to increase or maintain personal self-sufficiency and achieve personal goals and dreams. SCL programming addresses the desires, abilities, needs, health, and safety of people living independently as possible in their own home in the community.
New to Benton County is the Day Habilitation (Day Hab) program. It is meant for adults with a wide range of disabilities in need of support services to foster acquisition of daily living skills and positive social behavior, optimize personal independence, and develop satisfying and rewarding community connections and relationships.
BENTON COUNTY ISU EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
Human sciences healthy living information and Master Gardener information
WINDSOR MANOR ASSISTED LIVING
We will be sharing the benefits of life at assisted living and discussing the differences between assisted living and nursing home living.
NORTH BENTON AMBULANCE
Our ambulance will be outside to view,
as well as some of the equipment we use daily.
Will will also be sharing a slide-show of the North Benton Ambulance Service.
VINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Demonstrating new rescue tools. Fire truck will be on display outside.
REM IOWA HOST HOME
Learn about our Host Home program, where services are based on each individual’s unique needs and preferences.
In our Host Home program, the Mentor home provider, the program staff, the individuals’ family and other professionals design and implement an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) to help those we serve to acquire skills and access to services while allowing them to participate in community life and activities.
For individuals and families, our Host Home program provides invaluable peace of mind. For the payors supporting them, it represents a reliable, affordable, quality-focused solution that eliminates the need for capital expenses and the worry of ensuring the continuity of direct care staff. Services provided in the Host Home program are based on each individual’s unique needs and preferences.
CLEAR CONNECTION CHIROPRACTIC
Upper Cervical chiropractic care
Our focus is on the upper part of the neck, specifically the top two bones, the Atlas (C1) and Axis (C2).
Having proper alignment of the upper neck can help restore the body's natural ability to heal and function optimally. There is no popping, cracking, or twisting of the neck.
Many conditions have responding to Upper Cervical chiropractic care, including migraines, headaches, vertigo/dizziness, neck pain, mid-back pain, trouble sleeping, acid reflux, fibromyalgia, high blood pressure, etc.
PFLAG Cedar Rapids
We will be promoting advocacy for the queer community and queer health.
PFLAG focuses on supporting and building a strong network of queer support in our communities - we'll be sharing information about our meeting times and support groups.
BENTON COUNTY RURAL ACCESS HUB
The Benton County Rural Access Hub offers service and supports to those in crisis as well as those that simply need help navigating available resources in the area. The Hub maintains walk-in hours from 11am to 4 pm Monday thru Friday, however, staff can be utilized outside walk-in hours with proper notification. This site offers a wide array of resources for those experiencing brain health concerns of both emergency and non-emergency status. The Hub is modeled after an innovative program referred to as “The Living Room Model” which has been proven to reduce incarceration and emergency room visits while providing a non-intrusive setting when utilized appropriately.
Therapeutic Innovations, PLLC
Promoting mental health and behavioral health services offered in Benton County along with Vinton-Shellsburg School Based Therapy Services