24th Annual KwanzaaFest HealthFest December 13 & 14
KwanzaaFest HealthFest addresses the needs of both the underinsured and uninsured through offering free humanitarian health services. KwanzaaFest, Inc. strategically plans the annual KwanzaaFest event to be held in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services identified Medically Underserved Area and Health Care Professional Shortage Area. Through creative partnerships, KwanzaaFest HealthFest provides effective and efficient linkages to critical health services and sustainable health care.
The demonstrated need for this event is evidenced by the growth of HealthFest during the past five years, from offering 3,000 health screenings in 2005 to more than 35,000 health screenings in 2009! HealthFest started tracking the equivalent cost of care if participants were to access services through paid health sources. In 2012 HealthFest provided more than $723,800 in care offering a return of over $20 in free services for every dollar of donated and/or sponsor funding to support KwanzaaFest HealthFest. The Venue has Value couldn’t be more true!
Inspired by the outcomes resulting from KwanzaaFest’s HealthFest, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price created the District 3 Public Health Advisory Council in January 2006. Commissioner Price seated the council with key stakeholders from the greater Dallas health community, including administers of local hospitals; medical school staff; nursing directors of school systems; federal and local public health officials and representatives from national health organizations as well as local community-based programs. He charged membership to focus on innovative solutions to health-related issues and disparities that affect constituents beyond the walls of HealthFest.
Some of the vendors and services available at KwanzaaFest HealthFest:
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- BaylorCollege of Dentistry
- Be the Match Registry
- Carter BloodCare
- Children’s MedicalCenter
- ChiroBistro – A Café of Chiropractic Wellness
- City of Dallas Sanitation/Recycle
- City Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church Health Ministry Team
- Community Dental Care
- DallasCounty Health and Human Services Flu Shots
- DallasCountyHealth and Human ServicesMobile Unit
- DallasCounty Health and Human Services Older Adult Services Program
- DallasCounty Health and Human Services Public Health Preparedness
- DallasCounty Health and Human Services Tuberculosis Outreach
- Dallas Healthy Start – Parkland Health and Hospital System
- Diabetic Health and Wellness Institute – An Affiliate of Baylor
- GoodNEWS Faith and Health Partnership
- Martin Luther King Jr. Family Clinic
- National Kidney Foundation Serving Texas
- Parkland Community Services
- Parkland VIP
- Parkland WISH Program
- Prostate Screening and Awareness Program
- ResourceCenter of Dallas
- Sisters Network Inc., Dallas Chapter
- Stomp Out Syphilis Campaign
- UNTCenter for Community Health
- United Black Ellument
- UT Southwestern Rehabilitation/Stroke Outreach Program
- Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Central Texas
- UT Southwestern Ambulatory Breast Imaging Support
- UT Southwestern Clinical Sciences
- UT Southwestern Emergency Medicine – Surgery
- UT Southwestern Family Medicine – Primary Care
- UT Southwestern Human Resources
- UT Southwestern Internal Medicine – Cardiology
- UT Southwestern Library – Clinical Support/Community Engagement
- UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute
- UT Southwestern Plastic Surgery
- UT Southwestern The BioBank at UTSW
- UT Southwestern Transplant Services – Heart Team
