On March 29, the Wolfe County Extension Office partnered with the Wolfe County Health Department to host a community health fair. The focus of this health fair was to identify those who are pre-diabetic and diabetic. I partnered specifically with our new position at the health department, Claudia Burnett, who is the Diabetes educator for the community. She wants to create a diabetes support group for those individuals in Wolfe County. By creating this group, we want to encourage a safe space where she can have open communication with those clients to answer questions more quickly than they can get answers from doctors or places farther away. As a result of our health fair, 34 new people were screened through a partnership provided by the health department thought the Bluegrass Lions Club diabetes project. Through the screening 6 people were identified to be eligible to participate in the support group. Through advertisement, we hope that this group will grow and be beneficial for the participants to improve their diets and health. 

In addition to the diabetes portion of the health fair, we had several other groups join us this day to discuss a diverse group of topics. Topics covered were hospice, palliative care, mental health, substance abuse recovery, insurance, general health information from PCP's, HANDS program for young mothers, nursing home care options, HIV screening and healthy snacking options. We were extremely pleased with the turnout and hope to make this an annual event!