Shelby County residents will be able to learn more about community health and social services at an upcoming health fair.  The Shelby County Health Fair is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5 at Shelby Christian Church on North Hickory Street in Shelbyville.  Organizers anticipate attendance to top last year’s numbers.

Betty Watkins is a rural outreach coordinator for Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL), one organization expected at the health fair.  She says with the number of vendors, there will be two sessions to fit them all in. 

The first session will see many local health and childcare organizations, as well as state agencies, set up in the church. 

The second session features utility companies and hospitals in and around the county, in addition to other more local services. 

Watkins has been involved with organizing the annual health fair for nearly two decades.  She says the event has grown such that they have had to move to larger spaces multiple times in its history. 

More information is available by calling (217) 774-4322.

Betty Watkins appeared as a guest on the WTIM Shelbyville Morning Show.