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Healthy Family FunFest to feature LIFE STAR helicopter
Healthy Family FunFest will be held Sun., Feb. 23, 10a-2p, Aqua Turf Club. LIFE STAR will be on site 11a-1p, based on availability.
PLANTSVILLE – LIFE STAR, Hartford HealthCare’s critical care air medical transport service, will be featured at the free 11th annual Healthy Family FunFest planned for Sunday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry St.
LIFE STAR responds to and provides air transport for patients who require care at a highly specialized healthcare facility. Between 1,200 and 1,400 emergency/critical care patients are transported each year. The transport service, which began in 1985, now operates two helicopters in Connecticut, one based at MidState Medical Center in Meriden and the other at William Backus Hospital in Norwich. A third is based in Massachusetts. The crew consists of a flight nurse, flight respiratory therapist, pilot, mechanic, and communication specialist.
LIFE STAR will be at Healthy Family FunFest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., based on availability.
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Healthy Family FunFest, the area’s biggest health focused event, will feature Hartford HealthCare health professionals representing dozens of specialties, resources and interactive wellness activities for people of all ages. Child-friendly activities include the Kids Area courtesy of Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs, Fitness Challenge and emergency vehicles.
Shuttle bus service will be available from the commuter lot on Route 10, South Main Street at the intersection of Mulberry Street. Rides are courtesy of Mulberry Gardens of Southington and The Orchards at Southington assisted and independent living communities, not for profit members of Hartford HealthCare Senior Services.
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Healthy Family FunFest’s premiere sponsor is the Bradley H. Barnes & Leila U. Barnes Memorial Trust at Main Street Community Foundation. Team player sponsors are Aria Medical Aesthetics and Dental Group of Meriden-Wallingford. The event is presented by Hartford HealthCare and the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs.
Visitors are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for Southington Bread for Life.
For the latest information, visit www.healthfamilyfunfest.org or Healthy Family FunFest on Facebook.
