July 27 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
July 27 from 10AM-6PM Health Fair & Community Resource Day
Monday, July 27 | Health Fair & Community Resource Day 10 AM – 6 PM: Partnering with over 15 organizations, including a large presence from the team at Owensboro Health, this will be an exciting day filled with practical resources and family activities. There will be free health and wellness check-ups, free summer lunches for kids (from 11:30am-2:30pm), balloons, community connection, and free viewing of the People of Hope Museum – all in front of the Owensboro Convention Center
Step into an immersive storytelling experience as the People of Hope mobile museum travels the country, inviting you to imagine the lives of your neighbors who struggle with poverty and offering you the opportunity to act, enriching your life and theirs.
The museum, housed in a retrofitted tractor trailer, will be in front of the Owensboro Convention Center on July 26-28. First-person accounts from staff and volunteers of Catholic Charities agencies across the country will be shared about meaningful and memorable encounters with families and individuals in need.
Encounter Stories of Hope – Moving first-person accounts of what it means to serve someone in need of help at their darkest hour.
Dive into the Data – Better understand the facts of poverty in your state and how it hits children, seniors, veterans and others.
Walk in Their Shoes – Take a turn in the poverty simulator and experience what it’s like to live on the margins.
Learn about volunteer opportunities in your area so you, too, can become a person of hope and make a difference in your own life and someone else’s.
For more information: https://owensborodiocese.org/people-of-hope/?rform=0