WEEKEND: Free health checks slated via Clallam County Lions clubs

Lions clubs in Clallam County will offer free mobile health screenings in Port Angeles and Sequim in September.

The Port Angeles screening will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Swain’s General Store’s parking lot, 602 E. First St.

The Sequim screening will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the Safeway parking lot, 680 W. Washington St.

Mobile unit

The 62-foot-long medically equipped Lions Health Screening Unit travels throughout the state and northern Idaho to provide free health screenings.

Patients will be checked for glaucoma, diabetes, high blood pressure and sight and hearing loss.

Screening are open to all, and no appointments are needed.

The screenings are a program of the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight and Hearing.

For information on the Port Angeles screening, phone Irma Stennes at 360-417-6862.

For information on the Sequim event, phone George Dooley at 360-452-2185.

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