Health and Fitness Expo Promotes Healthy Lifestyles

“Our goal for this event is to connect students, faculty and staff with both on and off campus resources related to healthy living,” said Assistant Director of the Office of Alcohol, Drug and Health Education Danielle Lapierre.

“From mental health to sexual health, financial health to holistic health, we want them to get some information, get screening, and really make a connection to the cause, the organization or the practitioner they interacted with.

“Especially in this economy, it is important to be in optimal health, to increase productivity in the classroom, workplace or at home.

We also want them to have a blast while doing it,” said Lapierre.

More than 90 local and school organizations took part in supporting the event. Vendors and organizations provided information in areas such as general health, exercise, nutrition, safe sex, stress relief and dealing with pain.

Attendees could also receive a T-shirt for visiting six different types of stations to help gain an array of information at the program.

In addition, there were food and drink samples, a jazzercise program, massages, spinal stress testing and vitamin and supplement samples.

Also offered were free screenings for cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, vision and body mass index. All screenings, testing and samples were free and certainly seemed to be a hit for students.

“I think that this is a great event and honestly wish they had it twice a year,” said sophomore government and international politics major John Vorndran.