Porter County Health Department employee Stephanie Starkey, dressed as a virus, participates in a mascot race during the Porter County Health Department’s first health and wellness family fair on Friday. Mother Nature smiled with sunny skies upon Porter County’s Inaugural Kickoff to Summer Health & Wellness Fair Friday morning at Central Park Plaza in Valparaiso. Under the Urschel Pavilion, 45 community partners enjoyed the shade while blaring music set a lively tone.
Kidworks LLC Pediatric Clinic speech therapist Laurie Edmond, on right, and intern Alyssa Donovan pet Porter County Sheriff’s Department comfort dog Porter during the Porter County Health Department’s first health and wellness family fair on Friday. Visitors walk the floor during the Porter County Health Department’s first health and wellness family fair on Friday.
Parker Howes, 3, of Valparaiso, laughs as he has his hair cut by Denmark College barber student Joe Gajewski during the Porter County Health Department’s first health and wellness family fair on Friday.