Free Communicty event this weekend: Diversity Health Fair

 Here is the information about Diversity Health Fair from the website. 

2013 Vancouver Diversity Health Fair  

The 9th Annual Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is coming this spring on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The theme of this year's event is 'Chronic Disease Prevention'. 

Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013
Location: Croatian Cultural Centre | 3250 Commercial Drive | Vancouver, BC | V5N 4E4

  Event Highlights: 

Cooking demonstrations 

Free samples

Entertainment

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Event Overview

The Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is the largest event of its kind in Canada and has evolved into one of the most exciting and dynamic multicultural events in the Lower Mainland. Last year, over 3500 people attended the fair. 

This free, family-friendly event features over 50 health and wellness related exhibitors, interactive culinary demonstrations, health screenings and onsite tests, spectacular multicultural entertainment and children’s activities. The Fair aims to provide newcomers, immigrants and ethno-cultural communities with access to a wide range of health and wellness resources, presented in a number of languages including Cantonese, French, Korean, Mandarin, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Our Healthy Cooking Stage features talented local chefs including Chef Victor Bongo of Super Chefs of the Universe. Move It! Joe Ink, Estilo Cubano, Zumba Vancouver will get your hearts pumping and feet moving with interactive multicultural performances and Gymnastics BC and More Sports will keep the kids active and entertained! 

Click here for a collection of recipes from the 2012 Healthy Cooking Stage!

New to the Fair this year is our Food Truck Cafe - an assortment of local food vendors offering up a tasty array of ethnic eats!

Join us March 9th from 10am - 3pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre located at 3250 Commercial Drive in Vancouver.

Diversity Health Fair