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📢 Join us tomorrow for Harris Health Strawberry Health Center Health & Wellness Fair!

Bring the whole family for a morning focused on health, wellness and back-to-school readiness. Enjoy free health screenings, pediatric immunizations, health education, games, giveaways, food distribution and more. Plus, the first 225 school-age children will receive a free backpack filled with school supplies!

📅 Saturday, Aug. 8
⏰ 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
📍 Strawberry Health Center, 927 Shaw Ave., Pasadena, TX 77506

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with Harris Health resources and services that support your family's health.

For years, polio was one of the most feared diseases in the United States. It caused crippling paralysis and death. Houston and Harris County had the second-highest rate of infection in the nation.

In 1951, the Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center, the first facility dedicated to caring for polio patients, opened at Jefferson Davis Hospital. Staffed by Baylor College of Medicine doctors, it became the premier research, teaching and treatment facility for polio patients.

Harris Health’s dedicated Endoscopy Center at Quentin Mease Health Center recently received national recognition for its high-quality patient care and safety program from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). Learn more: https://bit.ly/3SfXKsD

A big thank you to Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital staff for making a difference in the community they serve! Through a Back-to-School Supply Drive with Meet the Streets, team members donated 365 pre-filled backpacks for students in the Kashmere area and community organizations. Children also enjoyed spinning a prize wheel filled with fun back-to-school goodies. Together, we're helping students start the school year prepared, confident and ready to learn.

Harris Health doesn’t wait for people to come to us. We look for opportunities to get out in the community meet face-to-face with people and listen to what’s on their minds so we know what we can do to be an integral part of their lives.

We do that through school programs and public safety forums.

Our Stop the Bleed initiative teaches residents at Houston area schools and other community organizations to act as competent first responders. The goal is to make bleeding control skills as common as CPR to give victims a better chance of survival while emergency medical professionals head their way.

Each year, Harris Health facilitates Shattered Dreams, an unforgettable two-day school-based program that demonstrates the dangers of impaired driving, especially from alcohol. High school juniors and seniors get a look at the sobering real-life consequences as they participate in a car crash reenactment on their campus, complete with emergency medical response teams from police and fire departments. The “impaired driver” is arrested, goes before a judge, faces manslaughter charges and heads to prison. Additionally, a group of students visit Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital to see and learn first-hand the dangers of impaired driving and the deadly consequences.

🌟 Mark Your Calendar! 🌟

Join Harris Health Strawberry Health Center Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, August 8, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a morning focused on health, wellness and community!

✅ Free health screenings
✅ Health education
✅ Pediatric immunizations
✅ School physicals
✅ Games, giveaways, food and drinks

📞 Free mammogram screenings are available by appointment. Call 281-454-0913 to schedule.
📞 Need financial assistance screening information? Call 713-566-6509 (limited availability).

Plus, the first 225 school-age children will receive a free backpack filled with school supplies!

Bring the whole family and take advantage of valuable health resources all in one place. We can't wait to see you there!

When illness or injury can’t wait, Harris Health Urgent Care is here to help. From minor illnesses and infections to sprains and other non-life-threatening conditions, our urgent care centers provide convenient, same-day care to get you feeling better faster. Get the care you need—close to home. https://bit.ly/3VEAVgA