In September, the Sarasota County Health
Department’s Health In Motion Mobile Medical Unit staff will
provide its regular health services at 15 sites around the
county and will participate in two special events.
- The special events are free HIV testing
as part of the National Aging and HIV Awareness Day and
National Gay Men’s HIV-AIDS Awareness Day public health
campaigns.
- To encourage testing in adults over 50
years old, free HIV testing will be available from 9:30
a.m.-noon on Friday, Sept. 17, at the Senior Friendship
Center, 2350 Scenic Drive, Venice.
- Free HIV testing also will be available
during the presentation of the play “Return to the
Mineshaft” at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, 25 N.
Pineapple Ave., Sarasota.
- That event, scheduled from 6-9 p.m.
on Sunday, Sept. 26, is part of the National Gay Men’s
HIV-AIDS Awareness Day campaign.
Regular services provided at the 15 sites by
the mobile medical unit staff include diabetes education and
screening, blood pressure tests, pregnancy testing, HIV and
tuberculosis testing, adult immunizations and health education.
The staff also assists in finding a medical home that provides
ongoing health care services for anyone who lacks medical
insurance and does not have a health care provider.
No appointment is needed. Some services are free, including HIV
rapid testing with results in 20 minutes. Other services offered
at other locations are on a sliding fee scale based on income.
Licensed volunteer physicians from the Senior Friendship Centers
provide basic medical care when the mobile medical unit is at
the Salvation Army in Sarasota. A registered nurse is available
at all sites.
SARASOTA
Thursday, Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30, 9:30 a.m.-3
p.m.
Salvation Army
1400 10th St.
Monday, Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m.-noon
Selby Goodwill Jobs Center
1781 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Monday, Sept. 20, 1-3 p.m.
Newtown Estates Park
2800 Newtown Blvd.
Sunday, Sept. 26, 6-9 p.m.
Special Event: HIV testing in conjunction with
presentation of “Return to the Mineshaft” for National
Gay Men’s HIV-AIDS Awareness Day
Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
25 N. Pineapple Ave.
Monday, Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m.-noon
Orange Avenue Housing Authority property
1912 N. Orange Ave.
Monday, Sept. 13 and 27, 1-3 p.m.
Arizona Multi-Services Center
3900 N. Washington Blvd.
Monday, Sept. 27, 9:30 a.m.-noon
McCown Tower
1300 Boulevard of the Arts
LAUREL
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2-5 p.m.
U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food distribution
program
Sandra Sims Terry Community Center
509 Collins Road |
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NOKOMIS
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 9:30 a.m.-noon
The Community Pharmacy of Sarasota County
225 Tamiami Trail S.VENICE
Tuesday, Sept. 7 and 21, 9:30 a.m.-noon
Goodwill Center – The Rialto
650 S. Tamiami Trail
Tuesday, Sept. 7 and 21, 1-3 p.m.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
1400 Ogden Road
Friday, Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m.-noon
Special event: HIV testing in conjunction with National
Aging and HIV Awareness Day
Senior Friendship Center
2350 Scenic Drive
NORTH PORT
Tuesday, Sept. 14 and 28,
9:30 a.m.-noon
Englewood Goodwill Center
410 Indiana Ave.
Tuesday, Sept. 14 and 28, 1-3 p.m.
Englewood Helping Hands
700 E. Dearborn St. |
For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at
941-861-5000, or visit
www.sarasotahealth.org
to view the
calendar or to submit a special event request. Anyone without
computer access can visit a health kiosk at any of the eight
Sarasota County libraries or at any Senior Friendship Center.
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