Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair May 15

The Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair is back for its 19th year on Sun., May 15 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Warsaw Park on Pulaski Highway in Ansonia to help families get ready for a fun and healthy summer.

Griffin Hospital Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nurse Program, Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, Griffin Faculty Physicians, and area health and safety organizations will offer free healthy treats, free raffles, games, and information on a variety of health, wellness and safety programs. The event will be held rain or shine.

Interactive health, wellness and safety displays at the event will include water and summer safety, child passenger safety, pedestrian safety, exercise and sports safety, medication and poison prevention safety, pet safety, nutrition, social emotional learning, safe sleep for infants, germbusters, backpack safety, CPR, fire and home safety, and more. Safe Kids and Griffin Health will also host a bike helmet clinic, with free, fitted bike helmets available for the first 300 children.

Griffin Faculty Physicians and Ansonia Public Schools will provide healthy snacks. There will also be a magic show at 1 p.m. by Bryan Lizotte of Magic Moments, story time throughout the event, a garden planting activity sponsored by Home Depot and the Valley Community Foundation, touch-a-truck, photo booth, free books, raffles and a prize wheel.

For more information, call 203-732-1337.