WSAR Radio and Southcoast Hospitals Group sponsored the fourth annual Southcoast Health Expo at White's Restaurant on Sunday, March 2, 2008. Several hundred people lined up in advance of the noontime opening for the chance to visit over fifty healthcare vendors including chiropractic, dentistry, hearing, holistic medicine and diet and nutrition providers. 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 Fall River Tobacco Control program were generously offered space as was the Diabetes Association, Inc. 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 talk show host Hector Gauthier invites the crowd of several hundred into the Expo at White's Restaurant. (Top row, center) Fall River Tobacco Control Coordinator Marilyn Edge, left, talks with Expo participants at the Healthy City Fall River table. (Top row, right) Paul Chouinard of Fall River looks over the Healthy City display on walking resources while his wife Jeannine talks with Linda Daponte at the Diabetes Association table. (Middle row, left) Michael Friedland, certified pedorthist of Dartmouth Pedorthcs, points out some specialized shoes for diabetics to Evelyn Orr of Westport, right. (Middle row, right) Theresa Gomes of Southcoast Hospitals checks Mary Rego's cholesterol level while her daughter Melody watches behind her. (Bottom row, left) Ian Sevier of Henry Lord Middle School and his older brother Cameron from Durfee High School look over the display of information about illegal drug paraphernalia while Fall River Greene School paraprofessional Theresa Hathaway talks with Marilyn Edge.  (Bottom row, center) Jean Higginbottom and Sue Waddicor of the Center for the Soul on Reynolds Road in Swansea and Our World Network, makers of Youth Juice organic whole food juice supplement, are interviewed by WSAR Radio talk show host Keri Ridrigues. (Botton row, right) Antone and Evelyn Valero of East Freetown enjoy sampling the low-fat chicken chourico from Michael's Provisions on Lindsey Street in Fall River..