Free Health Screenings at Cleveland Asian Festival

For Immediate Release

April 6, 2015

Cleveland, OH - The Cleveland Asian Festival is known for its cultural performances, family friendly activities and delicious food. These components contributed to the Cleveland Asian Festival being named Best Festival in Cleveland. The annual two-day event typically draws about 40,000 people to Cleveland's Asia Town and they spend about $2 million at the event and in the area.

But the most valuable contribution of the annual Cleveland Asian Festival may be the Health Pavilion. Free Health Screenings are available for all attendees at the Cleveland Asian Festival. Major health care organizations will be in attendance: Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Asian Services in Action, and Cleveland Department of Public Health.

Screenings include vision, blood pressure, body mass index, glucose, cholesterol, lead testing, mammogram (by appointment), sleep disorders, bone density, HIV, and dental. Health Education will also be available in relation to all of the screenings along with alternative medicine.

Health Pavilion Chair Michael Mendoza said "The health pavilion is a great way for festival goers to learn about their health and health services from local experts. Health care organizations benefit from the high traffic of people attending the festival to promote their services."

Volunteer interpreters will be on hand to help translate many Asian languages for the health screenings. The community should be made aware so they do not miss this valuable opportunity for free, culturally aware health screenings.

About the 2015 Cleveland Asian Festival

The 2015 Cleveland Asian festival #CAF2015 will be held May 16th & 17th, 2015 on Payne Ave between East 30th and East 27th Street in Cleveland. Admission and Parking are free.

The Cleveland Asian Festival features modern and traditional performers on two main stages as well as a food area with dozens of restaurants featuring various Asian foods. The entire family will find something to enjoy including an Educational Children's Activity Area, Sushi and Egg Roll Eating Competitions, inflatable sumo wrestling, Free AsiaTown Trolley Tours and more.

Major Festival sponsors include Consolidated Solutions, Horseshoe Casino, Cleveland Public Power, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, ImageLab Media Services, Asia Plaza, Key Bank, Third Federal, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Cleveland Clinic, US Bank, Time Warner Cable and Ohio Savings Bank.

Contact

To learn more about the Cleveland Asian Festival Health Pavilion

Michael Mendoza
440.376.7381
mmahneo23@gmail.com

To learn more about the Cleveland Asian Festival

Johnny Wu
1419 East 40th Street Cleveland, OH 44103
Office: 216.539.4634
www.ClevelandAsianFestival.org
johnny@mdifilm.com