9Health Fair Receives 50 IBMC Fort Collins and Greeley College Student Volunteers

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - March 28, 2013 - PRLog -- IBMC College is spreading wellness to Northern Colorado at this year’s 9Health Fair. Over 50 medical assisting, business and paralegal students from the Fort Collins and Greeley campuses will volunteer at this year’s community event. Hosted at the Christ Center Community Church, 2700 South Lemay Avenue in Fort Collins on April 26-27 from 7:00am to Noon, the9Health Fair allows the public to receive low cost health screenings.

IBMC will provide the 9Health Fair with the equipment and supplies needed for a variety of health screenings, in addition to Medical Assisting Degree and Diploma student volunteers to perform blood draws and blood pressure checks. The college’s Therapeutic Massage Degree and Diploma students will give back to the community by providing complimentary chair massages and offering demonstrations in the healing arts, while non-medical Business Administration Degree and Paralegal Degree students will assist patients that might need extra attention navigating through the 9Health Fair.

Basic screenings include: Blood Chemistry Screening (Blood Draw; Cost: $30.00), Prostate Specific Antigen Screening (Men Only Blood Draw; Cost: $25.00), Blood Count Screening (Blood Draw; Cost: $15.00), Vitamin D Screening (Blood Draw; Cost: $40.00), Hemoglobin A1c (Blood Draw; $25), Colon Cancer Screening Kit (Cost: $20.00), Blood Pressure Screening, Vision Screening, Ask a Medical Question and Get a Referral, Height/Weight/Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening. Additional health screenings (https://bluprd0511.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=l8nui05CT...) are available.

For more information and a detailed list of screenings, please visit: www.9healthfair.org (https://bluprd0511.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=l8nui05CT...). To learn about IBMC’s educational programs at the Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, and Cheyenne campuses, call IBMC at (970) 223-2669 or go to www.ibmc.edu (https://bluprd0511.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=l8nui05CT...).

ABOUT 9HEALTH FAIR
In 1987, 9Health Fair became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. With the sole mission of promoting health awareness and encouraging individuals to assume responsibility for their own health, and because of the support of 19,000 statewide volunteers, 9Health Fair has helped save thousands of lives by providing free and low-cost health awareness and educational screenings. To date, 9Health Fair is the only program of its magnitude and that has become a community institution as a result of the NHSCVO initiative. Since inception, 9Health Fair has impacted over 1.7 million individuals.

ABOUT IBMC
Founded in 1987, IBMC College is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools and delivers a wide range of professional, life changing opportunities to promote personal, social and career development. This career training college offers Certificate, Diploma and Associate of Occupational Studies Degree programs in medical, business, legal and massage therapy at the Fort Collins, CO; Greeley, CO; Longmont, CO and Cheyenne, WY campuses.