For Immediate Release

Contact: Allison Allen, Junior League Public Relations/Marketing Director, at 801-712-2419

The Junior League of Salt Lake City Presents:

THE LARGEST FREE HEALTH CLINIC IN UTAH

TO BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILIES CARE Fair Offers Free Medical and Social Services, July 9 and 10 2010.

Salt Lake City, UT, on Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10, 2010, the Horizonte Instruction and Training Center located at 1234 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, will be converted into Utah’s largest health clinic where individuals and families may receive free medical tests and screenings. Organized by the Junior League of Salt Lake City, CARE (Community Assistance and Resource Event) Fair, now in its 18th year, offers the services of over 250 local medical volunteers and more than 50 community agencies.

The Junior League of Salt Lake City’s CARE Fair, which began in 1993, is a health fair assisting low-income and underinsured people to obtain free medical services and community agency information in one central location. What began as a small health fair, serving approximately 300 people, offering only a few services with 5 or 6 agencies represented, has grown into the largest health fair of its kind in Utah. The Junior League is proud to have served more than 48,000 people during the last 17 annual events.

The Fair will be open from 10-8 p.m. on Friday, July 9 and 10-5 p.m. Saturday, July 10. Services to be offered at CARE Fair 2010 will include childhood immunizations and physicals, women’s cancer screenings, STD testing, eye, ear and dental exams, 211 information and referral center, Children’s Service Society of Utah, Medicaid eligibility services, legal and housing counseling; food program and employment service counseling; and diabetes testing. Clients can also take advantage of information and referrals from the U of U medical school, Lyons Club, Shriner’s Hospital, Moran Eye Center, Planned Parenthood, and more than 50 other community agencies that will be represented at the event.

CARE Fair clients with children will receive free daycare, and will have the opportunity to participate in drawings for free car seats and bike helmets. To assist Spanish speaking clients, Spanish interpreters will be available.

Serving the Salt Lake community since 1931, the Junior League of Salt Lake City, Inc. is an organization of more than 600 women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action, education and leadership of trained volunteers. The Junior League donates 25,000 volunteer hours and approximately $250,000 annually to address critical issues in the community.

For more information on the Junior League of Salt Lake City and CARE Fair 2010, visit our web site at http://www.jlslc.org or call the CARE Fair hotline at (801) 355-1868.