A coalition of local organizations will set up on the lower field at Booker T. Washington Park Saturday morning for an event intended to get people to think about the connections between health and the ability to move around the built environment.
The Fifth Annual Healthy Streets Healthy People fair is free and it begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m.
“We’re going to have more than 50 vendors, activity booths, who are all representatives of community organizations in Charlottesville,” said Betsy Peyton, the director of UVA Health’s WellAware program. “The idea is that people can see resources for healthy streets.”
Peyton said a healthy street is one on which people can walk and bike safely, has shade in the form of street trees, and one with low or no crime.
“We have a lot of youth diversion activities, addiction services, mental health services, the YMCA, Big Brothers, Big Sisters,” Peyton said. “But it’s not all serious, really. It’s to celebrate in a non clinical way all of the offerings our community has to help each other and look out for one another.”
The Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department will have a bouncy obstacle race. There will be field day activities with sack races and three legged races.
“We’ll have live music from DJ Runway, free barbecue lunch from Mission Barbecue,” Peyton said. “Container gardening so that people can take home an herb or a vegetable plant to encourage home gardening.”
There will also be safety training such as how to stop someone from bleeding and how to perform CPR. There will also be training on Narcan and other interventions to help someone experiencing an overdose.
The fifth annual Healthy Streets Healthy People fair is sponsored by UVA Health WellAware, Move2HealthEquity, the City of Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Police Department.
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