(Black PR Wire) The Jessie Trice Community Health Center (JTCHC) is committed to giving students a fair “shot” at success, as they embark on their educational journey. Consistent with this mission, the organization will host a Back to School Immunization Fair on Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 9 AM – 2 PM at JTCHC’s Main Health Center, located at 5361 NW 22nd Avenue in Miami, Florida.

“Getting your kids ready for school can be a challenging and overwhelming task,” says Annie Neasman, President and CEO of JTCHC. “We are committed to doing our part to ensure that students are properly prepared – at least health-wise - to enter their next grade level.”

Highlights of the event include Free Immunizations, Free Screenings, Free HIV/STD Testing, Oral Health Screenings, Health Education, Free Android Smartphones from Assurance Wireless (SNAP), Entertainment, a Photo Booth, Face Painting, Book Bag Give A-ways, and much more. The event is sponsored in part by McKesson.

The Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. is a Florida 501(c)3, not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center, which has been serving Miami-Dade County since 1967. A community mainstay, JTCHC owns and/or operates fifty-four (54) facilities, which includes eleven (11) Comprehensive Primary Care centers, including a women’s substance use residential program, forty (40) school-based locations and two (2) university centers. JTCHC’s multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary staff serves a diverse population of over 47,000 patients who make more than 187,000 visits annually. WE KNOW how to satisfy our patients and have been doing so for decades.

For more information on the Back to School Immunization Fair, contact Sonshine Communications at 305-948-8063 or visit the website at www.jtchc.org.

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