Even on a snowy day, dozens of people lined up for the opening of the Southcoast Health Expo presented by WSAR Radio and Southcoast Hospitals Group at White's Restaurant on Sunday, March 1, 2009. Over thirty vendors were on hand to provide information, free samples and prizes to those who attended the free event. As in past years, prizes were raffled off by WSAR Radio staff and the entire event was broadcast live by the radio station staff who used the event as an opportunity to do live interviews with many representatives of the participating organizations. Healthy City Fall River and the Healthy Lives program were generously offered space for a booth that promoted the City's ten designated walking routes and smoking cessation. Click here for photos of the 2008 expo. Click here for photos of the 2006 health fair. For more information about the event, contact WSAR general sales manager Michael Carriere at  508-678-9727.
 

(Top row, left) WSAR Radio staff member Lisa Borges hands out free towels from Southcoast Hospitals to Mary Rego and Manny Franco at door. (Top row, center) Elizabeth Bandara fills out raffle ticket at the Standard Pharmacy booth as Tom Cory of Standard Pharmacy puts out free tee-shirts. (Top row, right) Jeanne Chouinard of Fall River moves along the line of vendors who offer many give-aways. (Middle row, left) Terri Gomes, R.N., of the Southcoast mobile health van gives instructions to people waiting to have their cholesterol and blood sugar levels checked. (Middle row, center) Brian Camara of National Physical Therapy demonstrates the use of a simple latex band for exercise to Christine Burke. (Middle row, right) Don Rogers of Fall River looks over the results of a bone density scan from Tom O'Neil of Coastal Orthopedics. (Bottom row, left) Healthy Lives coordinator Mike Ramos listens to a woman who enjoys walking some of the ten walking routes as Cindy Cooperstein from Glaxo Smith Kline listens. (Bottom row, center) Robin Avila of the Wellness Resource Center in Dartmouth gives Jeanne Gilbert of Rehoboth a free back massage. (Bottom row, right) WSAR talk show host Nancy Duncan interviews Mike Ramos about the Healthy Lives program .