Wellness Draws Public, 60 Vendors to Brandon Chamber Health Fair

Reaching out, sharing, networking and educating were the stated purposes of involvement in the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce Health Fair 2012 at the Campo Family YMCA, according to interviews with vendors during setup.

“We want to reach out to the community and share our services with them,” said Becky Weller, with Total Imaging Centers and Tower Diagnostic Center of Brandon. “Taking care of one’s health should be the most important priority in one’s life because taking care of yourself allows you to take care of others.”

The March 3 fair is open to the public and runs through 1 p.m.

“We want to support the Brandon chamber and we love the Y,” said Trenna Russ, with Hawthorne Village, a not-for-profit organization that provides retirement apartments, health and rehabilitation and assisted-living facilities for the aging population. “We want people to learn more about us and we like to meet as well with all the other vendors.”

Among those vendors was Rasmussen College, where several of the school’s first nursing students were ready to meet fair attendees.

“We want to take a greater, active role in the community,” said Carole Guye, the fundamentals instructor for the new registered nurse education program at the Greater Brandon campus of Rasmussen College. The classes lead to an associate’s degree.

“The nursing program just started,” she added. “We have very small class sizes, which gives us the opportunity to work closer and give more of a one-on-one experience with our students.”

In all, 60 vendors were featured in the health fair’s handbook, as noted below:

1. AAA Auto Club South
2. ADT Security Services Inc.
3. Advanced Diagnostics & Hearing Solutions
4. Alafia Village Assisted Living
5. Amani Med Spa & Wellness Center
6. American Medical Research Associates
7. Animal Emergency Clinic of Brandon
8. Aparicio-Levy Technical Center
9. Arbonne International (Shelly McManus)
10. Back to Wellness Chiropractic Clinic
11. Balance Diet
12. Bloomingdale Acupuncture & Nutrition
13. Bloomingdale Radiology Center
14. Bodyworks Health and Wellness
15. Brandon Cataract Center & Eye Clinic
16. Brandon Dermatology
17. Brandon Regional Hospital
18. Brandon Smile Center
19. Brandon Weight Loss
20. Campo Family YMCA
21. Carr Pediatric Dentistry, P.A.
22. Century 21 Acclaim Realty Co. (Paul Hogg)
23. Comfort Keepers
24. Consulate Healthcare
25. Dawn M. Chapman, P.A.
26. DCSI Inc. (Security and Sound Systems)
27. Drug Screen Solutions Inc.
28. Everest University
29. Focus on Females Education Foundation
30. Get the Facts Home Inspection
31. Great Expressions Dental Centers
32. HART
33. Hart Hearing Professionals
34. Hawthorne Village Retirement Community
35. Immanuel Lutheran School
36. Insphere Insurance Solutions
37. Isagenix
38. Kotila Chiropractic
39. LifeCare of Brandon
40. Magdovitz Chiropractic
41. Massage Envy
42. Meridien Research
43. Music Showcase
44. Planet Smoothie
45. Polley Family Wellness Center
46. Rasmussen College
47. Revolution Cycle and Fitness
48. Savannah Court of Brandon
49. Serenity Meadows
50. Stronglife Chiropractic / Natural Health
51. Stubbs Orthodontics
52. Tampa Bay ENT
53. The Tampa Tribune
54. The Well
55. Vicente Family Dentistry
56. Video Conversions of Florida
57. Wellcare Health Plans Inc.
58. Women’s Care of Florida
59. WorldPay Merchant Processing
60. Zweibach’s Women’s Health