UPDATE: Due to an expected winter storm, the Madison wellness event was rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21. It was originally scheduled for Jan. 24.
Madison County residents and their neighbors are invited to a free wellness event next month.
Strong Quality Basketball Association, a youth organization, will host a wellness event for residents of Madison County and their neighbors on Saturday, Feb. 21. The event is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about financial, mental and physical wellness resources in the area.
Fourteen organizations are expected to set up information tables at Antioch Baptist Church in Madison, ranging from health care providers and public health resources, such as Madison County Free Clinic and the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District, to disability services, financial planning, mentoring programs and other community organizations.
“People are still still in need of different areas of wellness,” said Frankie Lewis, one of the event organizers and director and coach at Strong Quality Basketball Association. “Sometimes wellness is not about how you feel as far as your health. It could be something financial, it could be something physical, it could be something mental. So we just want to give people an opportunity to try to connect with organizations in the community that can assist them.”
The event aims to show the organization’s basketball players the value of community outreach and to help community members learn more about the resources available to them and their loved ones, said Lewis.
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Learn about mental, physical and financial health resources in the Madison County area
Madison County residents and their neighbors are invited to a free event on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., to learn more about physical, mental and financial wellness resources available to them. The event is organized by Strong Quality Basketball Association and will take place at Antioch Baptist Church, 1165 Mud Road, Madison.
Those interested are invited to register for the event on Eventbrite, though prior registration is not required.
The organizations planning to participate include: 11six Mentoring LLC; Advocating Better Lives for Everyone; Stifel Investments; Force Multiplier Strategic Wealth; Madison County Free Clinic; Savida Health; Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District; Disability Resource Center; Wolford & Associates; ADAPT Sports Performance; SAFE House; Piedmont CASA; United in Christ Community Outreach; and Hospice of the Piedmont.
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