More than 55 health partners, community organizations, local businesses, and City & State agencies teamed with Harlem’s Emma L. Bowen Community Center for a day focused on “Feeding the Mind, Body & Soul” during the organizations annual Community Health Fair.
The event featured a variety of free health screenings as Bowen teamed with Ryan Health, Mt. Sinai, Heritage Health and Argus Community to provide blood pressure, glucose, prostate cancer, HIV and Hep “C”, and COVID testing, along with flu shots and COVID vaccinations.
More than 1,000 attendees interacted with a wide variety of participants – including our proud sponsor Ponce Bank, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Ali Forney Center, Harlem Strong, Harlem Hospital, Bleuler Psychotherapy Center, Exponents, FDNY, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, NYS Department of Health, OnPoint NYC, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery, VNS Select Health, and more – to learn about their programs and services and to obtain referrals.
New York City Councilmember Shaun Abreu appeared during the event to meet with the community and to thank the Bowen Center for continuing to provide the city with comprehensive mental health, addiction treatment and social services.
The event also featured a Bounce house for children, balloon characters, music, free food and drinks and raffle giveaways, including memorabilia donated by the New York Jets and New York Giants, a kids birthday party at Urban Air Adventure Park and tickets to the New York Yankees final Friday night home game of the regular season, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Located at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 145th Street in Harlem, the Bowen Center is one of the largest community organizations providing mental health and addiction treatment as well as providing advocacy and connections to needed services such as physicians, nutrition, entitlements and benefits, food stamps, legal services, and rehabilitation services to more than 5,000 clients annually to Harlem / Upper Manhattan residents and individuals/families from all five boroughs.
Photo credit: Sergio Tupac Uzurin.
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