Expanded choices
Journal’s Health Festival embraces all facets of well-being
City residents will have a chance to get health, wellness and beauty information at the Journal’s spring wellness festival April 22.
The event is now called Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well Health Festival and it will once again be held at Coronado Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“The Albuquerque Journal is proud to be able to assemble an array of health care providers making it easy for our local residents to learn more about the choices available in our community,” says Sharon Friedes, advertising director for the Albuquerque Journal.
“This year we are expanding the definition of a ‘health fair’ to include not only traditional health care providers but also other professionals that add to our well-being. We have invited exercise instructors, nutritionists, dental care professionals, weight loss and cosmetic surgery consultants among others, to participate.”
Presenting sponsors are the University of New Mexico Hospitals and the UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center.
“We measure our success by the improvement in the health of all New Mexicans,” says Sara Mota, communications, marketing and art director of the UNM Health Sciences Center. “We like to take every opportunity we can to answer the community’s health questions.”
The Health Sciences Center oversees both the hospitals and the medical center.
One of the vendors at the event will be Aesthetic Boutique Medspa, which specializes in skin care. Owner Belinda Mori says she likes doing health fairs because it gives her a chance to showcase her services and also an opportunity to offer important health information about skin care.
“It’s not just about marketing who I am,” she says. “It’s about bringing about awareness of skin cancer.”
Mori is a certified family nurse practitioner and specializes in injectable fillers and laser resurfacing. Her company provides a variety of skin treatment services.
Mori says the strength of her company lies in the individual care each client will receive. The fair provides a way to make connections with people.
“I try to help them with a holistic approach,” she says. “I have something for everyone. I’m onestop-shopping.”
Dream-style Remodeling has attended the Journal’s health fair for years, according to marketing events manager Taylor Williams.
“We love going,” she says. “We can show customers that we are not just about remodeling. We can help them with all their needs.”
The business specializes in converting existing bathtubs into walk-in tubs or showers for people who might find getting in and out of a bathtub physically challenging or even dangerous.
The company will display one of its walk-in tubs, which has a door and a seat, eliminating the need to step over a tub wall or pull oneself up from a sitting position.
Other vendors will include Christus St. Vincent, Pima Medical Institute and representatives from the Pueblo of Nambé, which is home to the Nambé Falls waterfall located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
“Don’t miss our live demonstrations adjacent to the health fair tables,” Friedes adds. “We hope this will be fun and informative for all attendees.”