Seattle Children's Health Fair

2010 Health Fair Program

Free bike helmet fitting and giveaway

At the Fair: Children and adults can receive a free, custom-fit bike helmet. Supplies are limited to 500 helmets, and wearers must be present.

More to explore:

• Bike Helmets: Quick-Fit Check (PDF)
• Bike Helmets: Quick-Fit Check (Spanish PDF)
• Bike Safety

Child passenger safety and booster seat sale

At the Fair: Learn about which type of safety seat is best for your child and why it’s important to get the fit right. Booster seats will be for sale for $5 (no-back) or $10 (high-back). Children will be weighed and measured to make sure they are the right size for a booster seat. Child must be present to purchase, and supplies are limited.

More to explore:

• Booster Seats (PDF)
• Booster Seats (Spanish PDF)
• Car Seat Safety Check (PDF)
• Buckle Up! Your Bundles of Love (PDF)
• Clearing Up Child Safety Seat Confusion
• Make Sure Kids Are Safely Buckled Up

Water safety and life jacket sale

At the Fair: Take a ride in our boat... but don't forget the life jacket! Stop by and see what a properly fitted life jacket looks like and why it is so important to wear one in and around the water. Life jackets will be available to purchase for $25. Wearer must be present to be properly fitted, and supplies are limited.

More to explore:

• Drowning Prevention and Water Safety
• Healthlink: Water Safety
• Water Safety: Lakes and Rivers
• Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe in the Water
• Pool Fences Keep Kids Safe
• Summer Safety Tips (PDF)

Teddy Bear Clinic

At the Fair: Bring a doll or teddy bear for a "check-up" at the Teddy Bear Clinic. Kids get to "scrub in" and give their doll or stuffed animal a check-up using real medical equipment. Sponsored by Child Life.

More to explore:

• Child Life (PDF)

 

Sports Medicine Kids Gym

At the Fair: Seattle Children's athletic trainers will guide kids through a series of interactive activities including the limbo, an obstacle course, soccer kick and mega hopscotch. Sponsored by Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

More to explore:

• Prevent Sports Injuries in Children and Teens (PDF)
• Prevent Sports Injuries in Children and Teens (Spanish PDF)
• Basketball Injuries: Preventing and Treating Basketball Injuries (PDF)

Get a finger cast

At the Fair: Tour Seattle Children's cast room and get a cast put on your own finger or your teddy bear's... then slip it right off! Sponsored by Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Tour an ambulance

At the Fair: Climb inside an ambulance and learn about the care of newborns on the road.

Visit the Heart Hut

At the Fair: Learn about heart healthy habits, listen to your heartbeat and make a cool heart craft. Sponsored by the Heart Center.

Tour an operating room

At the Fair: Tour a real operating room and use real operating room equipment to perform surgery on your teddy bear. Sponsored by General Surgery.

More to explore:

• Surgery: Patient Stories

Wheelchair obstacle course

At the Fair: Test your maneuvering skills on the wheelchair obstacle course! Sponsored by Occupational and Physical Therapy.

Visit the Tooth Fairy

At the Fair: Meet the Tooth fairy and pick up a special gift. Learn about the importance of oral health through other fun and interactive activities, displays and giveaways. Sponsored by Early Childhood Oral Health.

More to explore:

• Making Healthy Smiles for a Lifetime
• Dental Health Critical for Kids
• Good Growing: Oral Health

Healthy eating and fitness

At the Fair: Learn about the importance of eating balanced meals, healthy snacks and sharing meal time with your family and then test your strength and flexibility on the fitness obstacle course. Sponsored by the Child Wellness Clinic and Nutrition.

More to explore:

• Pack Your Child's Lunchbox with Healthy Foods

Music therapy

At the Fair: Play with electronic instruments, listen to songs from the Gel and Bubbles hand washing song contest, and find out ways to incorporate music therapy into your child's life. Sponsored by Child Life and Music Therapy.

More to explore:

• Music and Your Child (PDF)
• Child Life (PDF)

Distraction from the pain

At the Fair: Play with a variety of different toys that are used at the hospital to distract children from feeling pain. Sponsored by Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders.

More to explore:

• Cancer Basics
• What Is Cancer?

Helping babies breathe

At the Fair: Learn how nurses and doctors in the NICU help babies breathe. Sponsored by the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Wash your hands

At the Fair: Learn why it's important to wash hands well and often to stop germs from spreading.

More to explore:

• Hand Washing (PDF)
• Why Is Hand Washing So Important?
• Hand Washing

Arts and Crafts sponsored by ParentMap magazine

At the Fair: Color and craft to your heart's content at ParentMap magazine's station, and pick up the latest issue of ParentMap.

More to explore:

• Good Growing Seasonal Newsletter

 

Johnny Bregar takes the stage!

At the Fair: From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., listen to kids' musician and Ballard dad Johnny Bregar play his feet-stomping music for kids that parents will love too!

Seattle Children's Guild Association

At the Fair: Make a greeting card and learn how you can start a guild to support Seattle Children’s Hospital. Sponsored by Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation and Guild Association.