Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Duncanville Wellness and Safety Fair set for October 4

By Brian Allen of Best Southwest Citizen

The Duncanville Wellness and Safety Fair will be held on October 4th from 10 a.m.- 2p.m. at the Hopkins Senior Center.

The Fire Department and Duncanville Citizen Fire Academy Alumni Association will have an information booth about joining the citizen’s academy and furnish information on fire prevention & safety. They will also explain about their “Lock Box” program. The “Ride for Riffe” from Corpus Christi will officially end at our event around high noon. The Police Department and Duncanville Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association will provide an information booth about joining their citizen’s academy and furnish information on safety and crime prevention and finger printing children.

This will also be the prelude to Texas Crime Prevention “Neighborhood Night Out” the following Tuesday night back in the local neighborhoods. Citizens on Patrol will explain their community involvement and encourage participation in this excellent volunteer program.

The Duncanville Lions Club will bring in its mobile eye clinic and notify every school nurse in the Duncanville School System. The Lions will be doing free eye exams for children referred by the school nurses and provide glasses to those in financial need. They will have an informational booth, selling Pancake Breakfast Tickets and will be collecting used eye glasses from the community. Participants at the Hopkins Senior Center will be organizing food and bake sale items for the event.

The following have confirmed to attend and most of these services are free or at a minimal cost:

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