Healthy Community Coalition recently announces its upcoming schedule of free mobile health unit events. A variety of education and free health screenings will be offered at each stop including blood pressure and cholesterol checks, colon cancer screening kits (FIT screening) and body composition analysis.

The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, May 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Food City, at 489 Main St. in Wilton

Wednesday, May 9, 9 a.m. to noon at Tranten’s, 371 Main St. in Kingfield; and 1-4 p.m. at Fotter’s Market 157 Main St. in Eustis (Deborah Burchfield, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, will offer acute care in Eustis for under- and uninsured individuals from 2 to 4 p.m.)

Thursday, May 10, 9 a.m.-noon at IGA, 2185 Main St. in Rangeley; and 1-4 p.m. at Edmunds Market, 1185 Rangeley Road in Phillips.

Wednesday, May 16: 2-5 p.m. at Food City, 93 Main St. in Livermore Falls.

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Thursday, May 17: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Douin’s Market, 150 Mercer Road in New Sharon; and 2-5 p.m. at Walmart, 615 Wilton Road in Farmington.

Staff also will be available to offer assistance with mammography and annual physical exam scheduling as well as assistance with programming to help cover these costs. Other assistance offered includes free tobacco recovery support, cancer prevention, nutrition and physical activity resources, activities for youth, and Affordable Care Act enrollment assistance.

All services are funded through a grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation and the United Way of the Tri Valley Area, and the Avon Breast Health Outreach Program.

For more information, contact Janis Walker at 779-2750 or jwalker@fchn.org.


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