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The third annual Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27 at 10

a.m. at Oak View Family Center, 17251 Oak Lane, in front of the Oak View

Library.

Festivities will include information booths related to health issues

such as the American Heart Assn., American Lung Assn., Huntington Beach

Police and Fire Departments, Children’s Hospital of Orange County and the

Red Cross to name a few. There will be games, giveaways and tickets to

see the Mighty Ducks hockey team as well as story time and crafts for

children.

More than 2,000 children and families are expected to attend the fair,

which is free to the community. For more information, please call Marino

Minino, the health coordinator at Children’s Bureau, at (714) 596-7066.

The fair is hosted by Oak View Family Center, one of the many

collaborative efforts sponsored by Children’s Bureau, a nonprofit leader

in the prevention and treatment of child abuse. More than 5,000 at-risk

children and their families are served each year throughout Southern

California.