Stepping Into Summer Health and Wellness Event that was held Saturday, May 18th, 2024, was a huge success and enjoyed by the citizens of Jonesboro and Jackson Parish. It was well attended and those in attendance enjoyed themselves and took advantage of the services provided by the vendors that participated in the event.

I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to everyone that made this successful, and to say to you that it would not have been successful without your support and participation.

Let me say a very special “THANK YOU” to the sponsors: Jonesboro State Bank, Pine Belt Multi-Purpose CAA, Inc., Town of Jonesboro, and T & I Construction Services. Also, thanks to WestRock for providing us with hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, and cookies. I want to also say thank you to Warren Bradley and his crew for making sure we had everything we needed. They worked from the beginning to end.

Now we realize that we could not have Stepped into the Summer and Health Event without the Louisiana Department of Health/Office of Public Health (Opioid Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Planner, STD Team), LSU Ochsner’s Strike Team, and the many vendors; AmeriHealth Caritas, Healthy Blue, LA Healthcare Connections, Humana, Acadiana Legal Services, Louisiana Families for Vaccines,
ChairOne Fitness, United Way, Human Services Authority, and Mercy Medical, so thanks to you.

Finally, thanks to Mrs. Conchita Malone-Doyle and Mayor James Harris for your support and assistance. Since I cannot possibly compliment each one of your staff members personally, I would appreciate you conveying my compliments to them.

Respectfully,

Jeanette White,
Program Monitor/COVID Coordinator
Office of Public Health