BAPS Charities HEALTH FAIR
TORONTO, CANADA

12.02.2006 Toronto, Canada

BAPS Charities, Canada organized its annual Health Fair 'Promoting Healthy Living' on Sunday, December 2, 2006 from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm. The focus of this year's Health Fair was dental health and hygiene. In support of this initiative, many GTA dentists and medical staff provided their voluntary services to educate the public. Several hundred people took advantage of this opportunity to learn about dental health and to meet with a dental professional for dental and oral checkup.

Other free services provided at this health fair included blood sugar testing and blood pressure measurement. The Ontario Dental Association, the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society provided educational material and multi-media displays in various languages. Various organizations like Colgate Pharmaceuticals, Larr Sales, Sunstar Butlar Company provided dental supplies and Bayer Canada supported the event by providing blood sugar testing kits.

The inauguration of the event took place in the presence of volunteer dentists, doctors, medical staff, sponsors and community leaders. Senior representatives from the Canadian Dental Association were also present and inaugurated the event.

A team of more than twenty dentists, doctors, pharmacists, nurses and laboratory technologists from across the Greater Toronto Area volunteered their time, equipment, and clinical expertise to make this health fair a success for all visitors. Numerous BAPS Charities volunteers supported them. At the end of the fair, all volunteers were honored by BAPS Charities recognizing their services in promoting healthy living to the community.