Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Wat Thai Songkran (New Years) Festival

On Sunday, April 17th, AAHI attended the Songkran Festival, celebrating the New Year at Wat Thai Washington DC Temple in Silver Spring. Although it was a blustery day, AAHI was warmed with the bright colors and celebrations of the event! AAHI setup a health information table and provided education on cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, heart health, nutrition and tobacco cessation. We utilized our 'Wheel of Health Education', an interactive educational game where participants spin a wheel and answer question on health topics, the topics at the festival were on tobacco, breast cancer and hepatitis B. AAHI also provided carbon monoxide screening to participants.

The festival was a wonderful event, drawing in crowds in the hundreds! There were other organizations present including Thai Alliance America, the Farmers Insurance Group and the Thai Embassy. In addition, many community members were selling food and cultural items. Our AAHI team enjoyed the event and we would like thank the Thai community for allowing us to be there!

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