July 11, 2025 • 11 mins
MANSFIELD, Ohio - Richland Public Health in collaboration with Avita Health Systems, Cleveland Clinic, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OhioHealth, and Third Street Family Health Services will hold a FREE Community Health Day on July 22nd at Richland Public Health located at 555 Lexington Ave. Mansfield, OH 44907. The event will feature free/low cost health screenings as well as resources, education, and giveaways from numerous local organizations from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
The health screenings will be provided by local healthcare experts and include:
● Mammograms
● Skin cancer screenings
● Cologuard kits for colon cancer screening
● Vaccines for adults (Tdap, Hep A, Hep B, Shingles)
● Vaccines for children (MMR, Tdap, Dtap, HPV, Hep A, Hep B, Meningitis Varicella)
● Reduced fee blood screens (from 9:00am-12:00pm only) for PSA, A1C, CBC, Vitamin D, and TSH
● HIV testing
● Hepatitis C testing
● Blood pressure
● Blood sugar
● And More!
All screenings are on a first come first serve basis. However, mammograms and vaccines can be scheduled ahead of time to guarantee an appointment. To register for a mammogram or vaccines, call 419-774-4761 or visit richlandhealth.org/free-day.
Free transportation is available to and from the event for community members. To register for a ride, call 419-774-4761 or visit richlandhealth.org/free-day.
The health screenings will be provided by local healthcare experts and include:
● Mammograms
● Skin cancer screenings
● Cologuard kits for colon cancer screening
● Vaccines for adults (Tdap, Hep A, Hep B, Shingles)
● Vaccines for children (MMR, Tdap, Dtap, HPV, Hep A, Hep B, Meningitis Varicella)
● Reduced fee blood screens (from 9:00am-12:00pm only) for PSA, A1C, CBC, Vitamin D, and TSH
● HIV testing
● Hepatitis C testing
● Blood pressure
● Blood sugar
● And More!
All screenings are on a first come first serve basis. However, mammograms and vaccines can be scheduled ahead of time to guarantee an appointment. To register for a mammogram or vaccines, call 419-774-4761 or visit richlandhealth.org/free-day.
Free transportation is available to and from the event for community members. To register for a ride, call 419-774-4761 or visit richlandhealth.org/free-day.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, our guests this morning, and well it's our
month of July public Health update. That means the doctor
is in the house. Good morning, doctor Julie che.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good morning Aaron.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Great to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good to see you too.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Summertime treating you well.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Been hot, right, Yeah, it's been super hot and super busy.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yeah, I know you're busy again. Doctor Julie Chaya is
the health Commissioner at Richland Public Health, and you want
to make sure everybody has it circled on the calendar
for July twenty second. What's happened?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
That's right, We've got our second annual Free Community Health Day.
So the whole purpose of Free Community Health Day is
to make sure that we're offering as many free or
low cost health services to all Richland County residents. So
you'll want to come and check us out on July
twenty second, nine am to three pm at Richland Public
(00:52):
Health located at five five five Lexington Avenue, where we
are going to have tons of different service and freebies
and giveaways and whatnot. This is an event you don't
want to miss.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
All right. So you did this last year for the
first time, so now an annual event went roll while
last year I.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It did and it was a big success, and this
year it's going to be even bigger and better than
last year. So we're offering free mammograms, free skin cancer screenings.
We'll have Coli Guard test kits available, so if you're
in the market for a colon cancer screening, col of
Guard will be there with those test kits, lots of
(01:31):
different types of vaccines for both adults and kids, and
much much more. So if you want to see what
services we're offering that day, you can visit Richlandhealth dot
org or give us a call at four one nine
seven seven four four seven sixty one and we'll give
you the lowdown.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
All right, doctor Juliicea who is with us in studio
for our public health update. She's Health Commissioner at Richland
Public Health. All right, circle it on the calendar July
twenty second, nine to three, Richland Public Health Free Community
Health Day. Is there anything they need to register for
or anything beforehand in terms of mammogram or something like that.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, So if you would like free mammogram or vaccines,
those are the two that we ask for registrations for.
So if you want to register for a mammogram or
a vaccine. All you need to do is call four
one nine seven seventy four four seven sixty one and
we will guarantee you an appointment. Otherwise, walkins are welcome.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Okay, terrific. Again, we're learning about the Free Community Health Day,
and I'm assuming you'll have a lot of partner agencies
and different things on here.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, we actually have over fifty different partner agencies registered.
And if you are an organization in Richland County that's
still interested in registering as a vendor for that day,
we are more than happy to take you. Just give
us a call for one nine seven seven four four
seven sixty one. We want to make sure that we
(03:03):
are covering all eight aspects of people's health, so physical health,
mental health, spiritual, financial. So if you're an organization in
our area that's a local bank or a church or
anything else in between, you are more than welcome to
come and set up on our front lawn and interact
(03:24):
with the Richland County community.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
You're hearing from the Health Commissioner here locally. Richland Public
Health doctor Julie Chea is joining us talking about that
Free Community Health Day. July twenty second, nine to three.
Now paint us a picture on the radio parking lot.
I assume we're at the.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, covering the entire Health Department parking lot and our
front lawn as well. One of the most popular services
that we have that day that only lasts from nine
am to twelve pm are the reduced fee blood screening.
So if you're in the market for a PSA test,
a one ce cbc count, vitamin D test or ATSH
(04:04):
blood test, we offer those from nine am to twelve pm.
They come with a little bit of a cost. This
is thanks to our friends at Avita Healthcare System who
are able to provide this service. This is total walk
in basis and the most expensive test is thirty dollars,
so which you can't really be considering that A lot
(04:27):
of these blood tests, especially if you don't have health insurance,
or hundreds of dollars when you go into the doctor's office.
So if you're in need of a blood test, come
see us.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
All right, So again we're learning again from the Health
Department about the free Community Health Day. Richland Public Health
Doctor Julie Chea, the Health Commissioner, is with us again.
It's coming up. It'll be on July twenty second, from
nine to three. So in terms of you mentioned blood
pressure checks and all of these kind of things, get
there early, I would assume, and you mentioned probably freeb's
(04:59):
and different things toge.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, we've got lots of different free resources from all
these different vendors and whatnot. So if that's something that
you're really interested in trying to improve your health and
then also connecting with all the different resources that we
have in the community so that you can access free
and low cost things all year around, highly recommend that
(05:20):
you attend this event. Also, if you don't have a ride,
we're able to hook people up with free transportation to
and from the event. So if you're interested in a
free ride to the event, just give us a call
at four one night seven seven four four seven sixty
one and we will make sure that you get to
and from the event safely.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Ah, that is great partnering.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
We actually have a couple of different local partners that
are helping us out with that one, including those guys LLC,
who's a ride service in the area.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Okay, great, so being able to not only you know,
have people come out there, but if they can't make it,
you guys are able to help provide that. Julie. I
think this is one thing that you talked about when
you started this for the first time last year. Again,
doctor Juli che is joining us this morning, a day
where they can come out and they can get, you know,
multiple things done that day. You mentioned so many different
(06:10):
opportunities for a vaccine, you know, maybe a different kind
of screening or something. But having that day where people
can come out, you have all these providers makes it
so much easier for those in the kit.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It's really your one stop shop for everything health related,
and again that can be emotional health, physical health, spiritual health,
financial health. We have pretty much every different partner in
the area that can make sure that you are living
your best and healthiest life here in Richland County. Also too,
(06:40):
cull Again Water is sponsoring all of the water throughout
that day too, so if you're worried about the heat,
we will have ice cold Cullagin water all throughout the
event the entire day, and lots of different places and
spaces that are shady and air conditioned as well. So
even if you just want the opportunity to eat the
heat and relax, we've got the space for it.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
All right, good news there again. Free Community Health Day,
July twenty second, nine to three, Richland Public Health, Lexington
Avenue in Mansfield, Richland Public Health. You can go to
the website Julie throughout the phone number if you want
to get more information and to make sure you have
a spot in terms of a vaccine and mammogram.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
That's right also too, a lot of the vendors are
bringing a lot of different activities for kids, So if
you are looking for activities for any of your kiddo's
in any age range, We've got a lot of different
things happening, including Ohio social sports. We'll be offering volleyball, pickleball, basketball, cornhull.
(07:43):
We've got a lot of different fun activities going on
that day as well as all sorts of different arts
and crafts and fun things for kids. So if you're
looking for an opportunity to hang out with your kids
and also try and improve their health and get some
freebies and resources for your kiddos as well, come and
see us.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We can't wait, all right, doctor Julie, cha again with
us from the Health Department, Richland Public Health. Free Community
Health Day. Put it on the calendar coming up very
very soon, little less than two weeks, so it'll be
here on July twenty second, nine to three. But before that,
you got incarceration next week.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yes, one of our favorite events that come into town, incarceration.
So my staff is completely at capacity between Free Community
Health Day, incarceration, and so many other big events that
are going around Richland County. It's so inspiring and enjoyable
to see all these wonderful activities happening around Richland County,
(08:41):
and my staff just loves seeing the community and interacting
with everybody. So as you're out and about this summer,
if you see our mobile clinic or one of our tents,
or even just one of our staff members out and
about doing an inspection, be sure to say hello. We
love our Richland County community members, so can't wait to
see everybody out there over the next couple.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Of weeks, Julie, before I let you go, in terms
of incarceration next weekend, what July eighteenth, nineteen twentieth. As
we get into next week, you mentioned your staff's going
to be busy because you have what food vendors, tattoo artists,
all those that have to be inspected by the.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Health Absolutely we're there for the campgrounds, the tattoos, and
the body piercings, all of the different food trucks and
food vendors and whatnot so that everybody can have a
safe and rock and roll in time. So we're going
to have a really busy next two weeks. But hey,
we live for this stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I was going to say, I know, over the years
they've had over one hundred tattoo artists.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, that's exactly right. And this is something that we
do all these inspections and paperwork and set up and
whatnot all year round. So it's been a long time coming,
and we can't wait to see incarceration come to Fruition
next weekend.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
All right, again, we're talking with doctor Julie Che for
just a moment longer. She is the health commissioner at
Richland Public Health. So incarceration next weekend, you have your
free community health Day and then, oh, by the way,
not too long after that, it's back to school time.
I can't believe you're seeing that. I know.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And it's going to be football season two even more.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Exciting, right, already prepared for that, and it's a rolling tortoise.
But boy, it just seems to be somewhere just flies
by nowadays. I mean, I know with the Health Department,
you guys are just busy all the time, and I
know that makes the time go pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
It really does. But it's really enjoyable and especially to
see our community flourishing and getting out and about and
enjoying the time together with each other, you know, make
all those moments count.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
All right, Well, let's circle back one final time and
remind people Free Community Health Day. Tell people again when
and where we.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Are going to be at Free Community Health Day at
Richland Public Health, located at five five five Lexington Avenue
on Tuesday, July twenty second, from nine am to three pm.
If you want to guarantee yourself a mammogram or a
vaccine appointment, you just need to give us a call
at four one nine seven seven four four seven sixty one. Otherwise,
(11:12):
walkins are welcome for everything.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
In The website is rich Onhealth dot org. All right,
our month of July public health update from doctor Juli
chea Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health. We always appreciate it.
Good luck with all the events, Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Thanks Aeron
All right, our guests this morning, and well it's our
month of July public Health update. That means the doctor
is in the house. Good morning, doctor Julie che.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good morning Aaron.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Great to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good to see you too.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Summertime treating you well.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Been hot, right, Yeah, it's been super hot and super busy.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Yeah, I know you're busy again. Doctor Julie Chaya is
the health Commissioner at Richland Public Health, and you want
to make sure everybody has it circled on the calendar
for July twenty second. What's happened?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
That's right, We've got our second annual Free Community Health Day.
So the whole purpose of Free Community Health Day is
to make sure that we're offering as many free or
low cost health services to all Richland County residents. So
you'll want to come and check us out on July
twenty second, nine am to three pm at Richland Public
(00:52):
Health located at five five five Lexington Avenue, where we
are going to have tons of different service and freebies
and giveaways and whatnot. This is an event you don't
want to miss.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
All right. So you did this last year for the
first time, so now an annual event went roll while
last year I.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
It did and it was a big success, and this
year it's going to be even bigger and better than
last year. So we're offering free mammograms, free skin cancer screenings.
We'll have Coli Guard test kits available, so if you're
in the market for a colon cancer screening, col of
Guard will be there with those test kits, lots of
(01:31):
different types of vaccines for both adults and kids, and
much much more. So if you want to see what
services we're offering that day, you can visit Richlandhealth dot
org or give us a call at four one nine
seven seven four four seven sixty one and we'll give
you the lowdown.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
All right, doctor Juliicea who is with us in studio
for our public health update. She's Health Commissioner at Richland
Public Health. All right, circle it on the calendar July
twenty second, nine to three, Richland Public Health Free Community
Health Day. Is there anything they need to register for
or anything beforehand in terms of mammogram or something like that.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yeah, So if you would like free mammogram or vaccines,
those are the two that we ask for registrations for.
So if you want to register for a mammogram or
a vaccine. All you need to do is call four
one nine seven seventy four four seven sixty one and
we will guarantee you an appointment. Otherwise, walkins are welcome.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Okay, terrific. Again, we're learning about the Free Community Health Day,
and I'm assuming you'll have a lot of partner agencies
and different things on here.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, we actually have over fifty different partner agencies registered.
And if you are an organization in Richland County that's
still interested in registering as a vendor for that day,
we are more than happy to take you. Just give
us a call for one nine seven seven four four
seven sixty one. We want to make sure that we
(03:03):
are covering all eight aspects of people's health, so physical health,
mental health, spiritual, financial. So if you're an organization in
our area that's a local bank or a church or
anything else in between, you are more than welcome to
come and set up on our front lawn and interact
(03:24):
with the Richland County community.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
You're hearing from the Health Commissioner here locally. Richland Public
Health doctor Julie Chea is joining us talking about that
Free Community Health Day. July twenty second, nine to three.
Now paint us a picture on the radio parking lot.
I assume we're at the.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yeah, covering the entire Health Department parking lot and our
front lawn as well. One of the most popular services
that we have that day that only lasts from nine
am to twelve pm are the reduced fee blood screening.
So if you're in the market for a PSA test,
a one ce cbc count, vitamin D test or ATSH
(04:04):
blood test, we offer those from nine am to twelve pm.
They come with a little bit of a cost. This
is thanks to our friends at Avita Healthcare System who
are able to provide this service. This is total walk
in basis and the most expensive test is thirty dollars,
so which you can't really be considering that A lot
(04:27):
of these blood tests, especially if you don't have health insurance,
or hundreds of dollars when you go into the doctor's office.
So if you're in need of a blood test, come
see us.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
All right, So again we're learning again from the Health
Department about the free Community Health Day. Richland Public Health
Doctor Julie Chea, the Health Commissioner, is with us again.
It's coming up. It'll be on July twenty second, from
nine to three. So in terms of you mentioned blood
pressure checks and all of these kind of things, get
there early, I would assume, and you mentioned probably freeb's
(04:59):
and different things toge.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, we've got lots of different free resources from all
these different vendors and whatnot. So if that's something that
you're really interested in trying to improve your health and
then also connecting with all the different resources that we
have in the community so that you can access free
and low cost things all year around, highly recommend that
(05:20):
you attend this event. Also, if you don't have a ride,
we're able to hook people up with free transportation to
and from the event. So if you're interested in a
free ride to the event, just give us a call
at four one night seven seven four four seven sixty
one and we will make sure that you get to
and from the event safely.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Ah, that is great partnering.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
We actually have a couple of different local partners that
are helping us out with that one, including those guys LLC,
who's a ride service in the area.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Okay, great, so being able to not only you know,
have people come out there, but if they can't make it,
you guys are able to help provide that. Julie. I
think this is one thing that you talked about when
you started this for the first time last year. Again,
doctor Juli che is joining us this morning, a day
where they can come out and they can get, you know,
multiple things done that day. You mentioned so many different
(06:10):
opportunities for a vaccine, you know, maybe a different kind
of screening or something. But having that day where people
can come out, you have all these providers makes it
so much easier for those in the kit.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
It's really your one stop shop for everything health related,
and again that can be emotional health, physical health, spiritual health,
financial health. We have pretty much every different partner in
the area that can make sure that you are living
your best and healthiest life here in Richland County. Also too,
(06:40):
cull Again Water is sponsoring all of the water throughout
that day too, so if you're worried about the heat,
we will have ice cold Cullagin water all throughout the
event the entire day, and lots of different places and
spaces that are shady and air conditioned as well. So
even if you just want the opportunity to eat the
heat and relax, we've got the space for it.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
All right, good news there again. Free Community Health Day,
July twenty second, nine to three, Richland Public Health, Lexington
Avenue in Mansfield, Richland Public Health. You can go to
the website Julie throughout the phone number if you want
to get more information and to make sure you have
a spot in terms of a vaccine and mammogram.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
That's right also too, a lot of the vendors are
bringing a lot of different activities for kids, So if
you are looking for activities for any of your kiddo's
in any age range, We've got a lot of different
things happening, including Ohio social sports. We'll be offering volleyball, pickleball, basketball, cornhull.
(07:43):
We've got a lot of different fun activities going on
that day as well as all sorts of different arts
and crafts and fun things for kids. So if you're
looking for an opportunity to hang out with your kids
and also try and improve their health and get some
freebies and resources for your kiddos as well, come and
see us.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We can't wait, all right, doctor Julie, cha again with
us from the Health Department, Richland Public Health. Free Community
Health Day. Put it on the calendar coming up very
very soon, little less than two weeks, so it'll be
here on July twenty second, nine to three. But before that,
you got incarceration next week.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yes, one of our favorite events that come into town, incarceration.
So my staff is completely at capacity between Free Community
Health Day, incarceration, and so many other big events that
are going around Richland County. It's so inspiring and enjoyable
to see all these wonderful activities happening around Richland County,
(08:41):
and my staff just loves seeing the community and interacting
with everybody. So as you're out and about this summer,
if you see our mobile clinic or one of our tents,
or even just one of our staff members out and
about doing an inspection, be sure to say hello. We
love our Richland County community members, so can't wait to
see everybody out there over the next couple.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Of weeks, Julie, before I let you go, in terms
of incarceration next weekend, what July eighteenth, nineteen twentieth. As
we get into next week, you mentioned your staff's going
to be busy because you have what food vendors, tattoo artists,
all those that have to be inspected by the.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Health Absolutely we're there for the campgrounds, the tattoos, and
the body piercings, all of the different food trucks and
food vendors and whatnot so that everybody can have a
safe and rock and roll in time. So we're going
to have a really busy next two weeks. But hey,
we live for this stuff.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I was going to say, I know, over the years
they've had over one hundred tattoo artists.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Yeah, that's exactly right. And this is something that we
do all these inspections and paperwork and set up and
whatnot all year round. So it's been a long time coming,
and we can't wait to see incarceration come to Fruition
next weekend.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
All right, again, we're talking with doctor Julie Che for
just a moment longer. She is the health commissioner at
Richland Public Health. So incarceration next weekend, you have your
free community health Day and then, oh, by the way,
not too long after that, it's back to school time.
I can't believe you're seeing that. I know.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And it's going to be football season two even more.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Exciting, right, already prepared for that, and it's a rolling tortoise.
But boy, it just seems to be somewhere just flies
by nowadays. I mean, I know with the Health Department,
you guys are just busy all the time, and I
know that makes the time go pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
It really does. But it's really enjoyable and especially to
see our community flourishing and getting out and about and
enjoying the time together with each other, you know, make
all those moments count.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
All right, Well, let's circle back one final time and
remind people Free Community Health Day. Tell people again when
and where we.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Are going to be at Free Community Health Day at
Richland Public Health, located at five five five Lexington Avenue
on Tuesday, July twenty second, from nine am to three pm.
If you want to guarantee yourself a mammogram or a
vaccine appointment, you just need to give us a call
at four one nine seven seven four four seven sixty one. Otherwise,
(11:12):
walkins are welcome for everything.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
In The website is rich Onhealth dot org. All right,
our month of July public health update from doctor Juli
chea Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health. We always appreciate it.
Good luck with all the events, Thanks for being with us.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Thanks Aeron
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