A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

he 2013 Eagle Pass Health Fair was a resounding success with many local entities coming together to provide services to the community at large in many different ways as employees and volunteers registered citizens for the different services. According to Diana Sanchez of South Texas Rural Health Services informed The News Gram that 2,100 people signed up this year and benefitted from agencies such as Dr. Esquivel and the Smile Factory providing dental screenings, Texas Eye Care Associates doing glaucoma screenings, Nix Hospital and Laurel ridge from SA offering information on their services, Border Federal Credit Union were signing up new accounts and giving prizes such as lunch boxes and backpacks, the EPISD Health Department were handing out schedules for immunizations, the Southwest Business and technical Career center were offering free haircuts, home health agencies were recruiting providers, and even Sparky the Fire Dog (EPFD) and McGruff the Crime Dog (US Customs) were on hand to entertain the many who attended. Senator Carlos Uresti graciously donated 2,000 backpacks to be given away on Thursday.