Community Health Fair and Rotary Bike Rotary Held on Saturday
Author: MT43 News reporter
MT43 News Reporter
Fandrich Field was the scene of many activities on Saturday. The high school football field event featured a bouncy house for kids and a smoothie food truck. Rotarians fixed kids’ bikes and taught them safety rules for the road. Adults could sign up for free blood screening vouchers and blood pressure and heart rate checks. Vouchers are good through May 31st.
Kids went through a riding course that featured right and left turn signaling, and what to do at a railroad crossing. Rotarians stressed the importance of always wearing a helmet while bike riding.
In a joint effort with Rotary and Broadwater County Health Department, Billings Clinic Broadwater employees organized a group of vendors to showcase physical and mental health services available in Townsend.
One of the highlights of the day for the kids was climbing in the emergency helicopter which carries life-threatened patients to a larger hospital. Pilot Doug Chavez is with Montana Air Medical Alliance based out of Bozeman. He explained he and his crew paramedic Michelle Dorough and RN Zach Stricklin fly injured and very ill patients from Big Sky and Ennis, and as far away as Lewistown. Dorough explained they had flown a patient from Townsend to Billings just last Monday
Helena food vendor Jake Samuelson provided Mountain Berry Bowls. This is his first year operating the Whitefish franchise. He said he wanted to offer a healthier snack for kids and adults with his dairy-free raspberry smoothie with granola, fresh fruits and nuts.
Other vendors who showed their wares were Broadwater County Ambulance, Ability Montana, Americorps, Impact Teen Drivers, MSU Extension, Child Care Connections, Rocky Mountain Head Start program, Broadwater Family Chiropractic, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Billings Clinic Broadwater would like to thank General Distributors of Helena who helped sponsor the event.
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Image 1 Caption: Jake Samuelson serves customers in the Mountain Berry Bowls food truck.
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Image 2 Caption: Montana Air Medical Alliance emergency helicopter
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Image 3 Caption: Rotarian Teri Blahnik washes a biker's equipment before he tries the biker's course.
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