Healthy kids fair set at Bellevue College


January 15, 2013 · 12:40 PM

 

The Third Annual Healthy Kids, Healthy Families Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 at Bellevue College.

The event is presented by the college's Parent Education Program and Parents Advisory Committee, along with Swedish Medical Center’s Issaquah Campus. The health fair is free.

A variety of activities will be available for both kids and parents, including:

· Mini lectures from Swedish physicians and Bellevue College Parent Education instructors

· Kids’ cooking demonstration

· Story time and book fair

· Swedish’s Teddy Bear Clinic, where kids can bring their favorite teddy bear or doll for a check-up

· A raffle, with all proceeds benefiting the BC Parent Education Program Scholarship Fund

· Pediatric experts on hand to answer questions at Swedish’s Ask-the-Doc presentation

As part of the event, children’s musicians will perform, Caspar Babypants at 11 a.m. and Johnny Bregar at 1:45 p.m.

The fair will be in the C Building cafeteria, on the campus of Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE. More information is available at www.bcparents.org.

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