Posted
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 09, 2016
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016, Neighborhood Health Center is hosting a health expo outside of their Hillsboro clinic location, 266 W. Main Street.
The event, which takes place from 4-7 p.m., is being organized with support from Washington County Public Health and the Boys and Girls Club Youth Advisory Group. The event is geared toward those 24 and under.
Represented organizations will include Domestic Violence Resource Center, Sexual Assault Resource Center, Adventures Without Limits, Medical Reserve Corps volunteers training on CPR and emergency preparedness, Washington County Addictions program, Washington County Sheriff's Office – SKID program, Safe Place for Youth and more.
The event will include free pizza, sno-cones and other refreshments.
Neighborhood Health Center operates "The Clinic" every Tuesday from 3–7 p.m. at the Hillsboro location. The walk-in clinic provides confidential reproductive health care services such as sexual health information, birth control, pregnancy tests, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections at low or no cost for those 24 and under.
For more information about this event, call Washington County Reproductive Health Educator Vikki Villarreal at 503-846-2815.
Media Contact:
Penny Moore, Neighborhood Health Center Community Relations Manager503-941-3054
[email protected]