SILVER SPRING, MD, (February 23, 2025) – The Silver Spring Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is holding a FREE Black Family Wellness Expo on March 21, 2025 (11am-3pm) in an effort to reduce health and economic disparities and to save and improve lives in the Black community. This effort in Montgomery County is aimed at addressing disparities that negatively impact the health and quality of life for many in this community. The local event is a part of The Links, Incorporated’s nationwide Black Family Wellness Expos being held across the country, which aims to leverage its entire national membership in the effort to improve outcomes for Black families.
The Silver Spring, MD Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is bringing this important, free health event to the Civic Center in Silver Spring, to raise awareness about conditions that shorten or impact the quality of life for the entire Black family, from infants to senior citizens.
This wellness summit will include a variety of health screenings, blood pressure checks, education on breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, dental health;mental health awareness and other common diseases that impact the Black community. The event will offer “real talk” during informative discussions on the impact of lifestyle on one’s health.
EVENT: FREE – BLACK FAMILY WELLNESS EXPO
WHO: BLACK FAMILIES, ALL AGES ARE WELCOME!
DATE: MARCH 21ST, 2O25
TIME: 11:00AM TO 3:00PM
PLACE: SILVER SPRING CIVIC CENTER, 1 VETERANS PLAZA 20910
Sign Up on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-family-wellness-expo-2025-tickets-1235290821099?aff=oddtdtcreator
About The Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 17,000 professional women of African descent in 299 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Members of The Links, Incorporated contribute more than 1 million documented hours of community service annually — strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation.
For more information visit: www.linksinc.org
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