BestHealth Kids makes learning about health topics fun for children ages 12 and younger. Membership is Free. Visit www.besthealth.com for an application or call 336-713-BEST for more information.
The following events will be held at BestHealth in Hanes Mall. Space is limited and registration is required by calling 713-BEST (713-2378).
Tuesday, Oct. 6
By Kids, For Kids Forum
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Kids ages 5 to 15 and their parents are invited to gather and share personal experiences with setting health-related goals and what they have changed in their lives to help achieve those goals. Join staff from the Brenner FIT team as they lead a fun exercise demonstration to get kids moving prior to the start of the Forum. Healthy refreshments will be served. Forum will be moderated by Dr. Joey Skelton, pediatric gastroenterologist and director of the Brenner FIT program at Brenner Children’s Hospital. Sponsored by the American Heart Association and Brenner Children’s Hospital. Please call 713-2378 to register.
Saturday, Oct. 24
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Bag Giveaway
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Drop by BestHealth to pick up your free reflective trick-or-treat bag and reflective zipper pull to help keep your kids safe this Halloween. Donna Joyner, Wake Forest Baptist Trauma Services nurse and directory of SAFE KIDS Forsyth, will also be on hand to share Halloween safety tips.
*You can also visit www.brennerchildrens.org for important Halloween safety tips!
Thursday, Oct. 29
Fantastic Fall Food
11 a.m. It’s fall break, kids! Amy Fanjoy, registered dietitian, invites children ages 5 to 7 and their parents to prepare and sample delicious and flavorful fall treats. Please call 713-2378 to register.
All seminars and screenings are held at BestHealth in Hanes Mall unless otherwise noted and require preregistration unless otherwise indicated. To register for any of these seminars, please call BestHealth® at 713-BEST (2378) or visit the website at www.besthealth.com.
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Media Contact Only: Lisa Long (336) 716-4588, lclong@wfubmc.edu; Bonnie Davis (336) 716-4977, bdavis@wfubmc.edu
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (www.wfubmc.edu) is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest University Physicians, and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The system comprises 1,056 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. Wake Forest Baptist is ranked 32nd in the nation by America’s Top Doctors for the number of its doctors considered best by their peers. The institution ranks in the top third in funding by the National Institutes of Health and fourth in the Southeast in revenues from its licensed intellectual property.