You’re invited to the WEBE108 Kids Fest on April 8!
Western Connecticut Health Network and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center experts will offer healthy living tips and information on programs and services for young families.
Join Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (Connecticut Children’s) at the 27th annual WEBE108 Kids Fest for a day of entertainment and valuable healthy living information. Experts from WCHN’s community hospitals — Danbury, New Milford, and Norwalk — and Connecticut Children’s will conduct blood pressure screenings and weights/height measurements. During “Ask the Expert” children will learn about healthy eating, injury prevention, and the importance of exercise and handwashing.
The Norwalk Hospital emergency medical services staff will provide tours of an ambulance too!
- What: WEBE108 Kids Fest
- When: Sunday, April 8, 2018, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Where: Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT, 06850
Kids Fest is an event designed for young families with entertainment and education. There will be music, fun activities, face painting, a caricature artist and more!
Please call 203-852-2250 for more information about WCHN and Connecticut Children’s booth at Kids Fest.
We hope to see you there!
CONTACT:
Western Connecticut Health Network
Amy Forni
Manager, Public Relations
203-739-7478
Andrea Rynn
Director, Public & Gov't Relations
203-739-7919
Western Connecticut Health Network and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Pediatric Alliance
About Western Connecticut Health Network
Western Connecticut Health Network is the region’s premier, patient-centered healthcare organization serving residents of western Connecticut and adjacent New York. WCHN is anchored by three nationally recognized hospitals, Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, and Norwalk Hospital. We have an integrated network of more than 1,300 employed and community physicians and specialists, 70 Western Connecticut Medical Group medical and sub-specialty practices across 16 communities, and Western Connecticut Home Care. Our nationally renowned Biomedical Research Institute is leading innovative research, especially for cancer and Lyme disease. Many of our advancements have been made possible by generous donors from our community and through the Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation and the Norwalk Hospital Foundation. As an academic institution, we are proud to shape the future of care through our partnership with the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. WCHN employs nearly 6,300 employees including about 1,900 clinical staff. For more information, visit WCHN.org. Share your comments with us at Facebook.com/DanburyHospital, Facebook.com/NewMilfordHospital, and Facebook.com/NorwalkHospital.
About Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is the only hospital in Connecticut dedicated exclusively to the care of children and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation. With a medical staff of more than 1,000, Connecticut Children’s provides comprehensive, world-class health care in more than 30 pediatric specialties and subspecialties. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is a not-for-profit organization, which serves as the primary pediatric teaching hospital for the UConn School of Medicine, has a teaching partnership with the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, and is a research partner of The Jackson Laboratory. Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health is a national leader in community-based prevention and wellness programs.
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