Palmetto Healthy Start hosts free event aimed at empowering parents, April 22
March 21, 2016
Empower your mind, body and soul at a free event Friday, April 22, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., at the River Center at Saluda Shoals Park, 5605 Bush River Road, Columbia. Palmetto Healthy Start is organizing a symposium designed to help moms and dads of babies and young children learn more about their role as parents and role models for their family. The event is free and includes breakfast and lunch.
Topics and sessions will focus on stress management, parenting, prenatal support, yoga, relaxation and more. Exhibitors and community partners will provide advice, information and resources for event participants. Keynote speakers include Beasy Baybie, radio personality from 103.9 FM and Kyle Green, inspiration speaker, author and mentor.
Palmetto Healthy Start is a member of the national Healthy Start initiative, a free program that encourages moms-to-be to begin prenatal care as soon as they become pregnant. This is available to pregnant teens in Richland County, and parents living in Lexington or Sumter counties.
Registration is required. To register, call 803-296-CARE (2273) or visit www.PalmettoHealth.org/HealthyStart. Transportation is available for participants in the Palmetto Healthy Start program.
About Palmetto Healthy Start
Palmetto Healthy Start is supported in part by Palmetto Health and Project H49MC00072 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
About Palmetto Health
Palmetto Health, one of the largest health care systems and employers in South Carolina, is composed of more than 11,500 team members, physicians and volunteers working together to fulfill Palmetto Health’s Vision: To be remembered by each patient as providing the care and compassion we want for our families and ourselves. The system includes seven acute-care hospitals—Baptist Easley, Palmetto Health Baptist, Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge, Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, Palmetto Health Heart Hospital, Palmetto Health Richland and Palmetto Health Tuomey —as well as an expansive physician practice network, dozens of affiliated clinics and specialty care practices and a 501(c)(3) foundation. Recognized nationally as one of the best places to work and receive care, Palmetto Health also trains the next generation of physicians through its 23 residency and fellowship programs affiliated with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. For more information, visit PalmettoHealth.org or call 803-296-CARE (2273).
