Employees at Philips Lightolier, a Fall River lighting company in the Airport Industrial Park with over 600 employees, participated in its fourth annual company-wide health fair held on October 6, 2011 in the company cafeteria. Workers could get their blood pressure and cholesterol checked by Southcoast Hospital staff or get information from Saint Anne's Hospital or twenty community health organizations in the Greater Fall River area, "This is always a popular event" commented occupational therapist Mary Dunn. "Our employees have an increasing interest in making positive changes in their health status, and this fair really helps," she added. Lightolier has been a leader in bringing health resources to the worksite. Click here to see a short video of the event. Click here, here, and here to see some of the things the company has done. Click here for pictures from the 2009 health fair. For more information about the market, contact Wellness Committee member Mary Dunn at 508-679-8131.
 

(Top row, left) Lightolier 40-year employee Earl Monroe looks over material at the Mass In Motion and the Healthy City Fall River display table. (Top row, center) Lightolier occupational health nurse, Mary Dunn, R.N., talks with People, Inc. Diabetes Association staff members Kristen Gunderson and John Quintas. (Top row, right) Lightolier employees Earl Monroe and Mark Imbeau look over information at the Southcoast Neuropathic Medicine table. (Middle row, left) Mark Imbeau gets his blood pressure taken by Southcoast Hospital nurse clinician Donna Querim, RN, BS, MS, JD. (Middle row, center) Seven Hills Marketing Liaison Dawn Nardi of Seven Hills Behavioral Health offers literature to employees at the fair. (Middle row, right) Employees look over material offered by Saint Anne's Hospital. (Bottom row, left) Employees look over materials offered by Weight Watchers. (Bottom row, center) Sarah Cady has her posture checked by Dr. Sottiele and Celia Resendes of Health Source of Fall River. (Bottom row, right) David Souza returns to work with a free pumpkin given to him by Lightolier administrative assistant Claudette Cooper.