Residents can receive nutrition and health information, healthy food samples, entertainment and free gifts Saturday during the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program Health Resource Fair.
The fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Long Beach Health Department's headquarters, 2525 Grand Ave.
WIC provides nutrition and breastfeeding education, vouchers for purchasing healthy foods, referrals to other services for pregnant women, and women with children up to the age of 5 years.
"The WIC Program is one of the most important programs funded by the federal government," said Health Department Director Ron R. Arias.
The WIC fair is part of a year-long celebration recognizing the expansion of the new WIC food package, adding fruits, vegetables, baby foods, whole grain products and tofu as healthy choices for WIC families.
For more information, contact Mei Wang, WIC program public health nutritionist, at 562.570.4479.
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