Roll Up Your Sleeves! Health Expo Highlights
Our free health expo offers activities for everyone interested in developing a healthier lifestyles! Plan ahead and listen to our celebrity speakers, participate in fitness classes and cooking demonstrations, have your blood pressure checked, receive educational materials from our partners and local medical groups, and win door prizes and giveaways! A full agenda is available here.
Celebrity Speakers
- Bruce Johnson – WUSA-9 News Anchor & Author of Heart to Heart
- Cornell McClellan – Personal Trainer to the First Family of the United States
- Chef LaLa – Internationally Known Chef & Nutritionist
Fitness Classes
YMCA Anthony Bowen will provide free yoga and Fit and Well fitness classes every 30 minutes in the large Group Exercise Studio. Come ready to stretch and sweat! Scheduled classes include: Basic Training 4 Your Body, Budokon Yoga, Butts & Gutts, Cardio-Lite, Fusion Flow, Hula Hoop, Pound Workout, Power Yoga, Rocket Yoga, Strength & Resistance, and Vinyasa Yoga.
Cooking Demostrations
Learn how to plan and pack meals to save your health and your wallet! Join the Y Healthy Eating Specialist in the kitchen for Packing a Heart Healthy Lunch cooking demonstration from 1-4 p.m.
Health Fair Booths
Visit health fair booths staffed by our partners and local medical groups and health systems, to learn more about healthy living. DC Fire & EMS, in conjunction with MedStar Family Choice, will offer free blood pressure screenings for all attendees. Our exhibitors include: American Heart Association, American Kidney Fund, District of Columbia Department of Health, HealthyWomen, Inova Medical Group, Measure Up/Pressure Down®, MedStar Family Choice, Men’s Health Network, Million Hearts®, WomenHeart, and YMCA of Metropolitan Washington.
Door Prizes & Giveaways
Door prizes will be given to the first 250 attendees on May 9. Come early to claim your prize! All participants can enter to win our healthy giveaways, including:
- Signed memorabilia donated by the Washington Capitals, Mystics, and Wizards
- Memberships or class passes donated by Balance Gym, BETA Martial Arts Academy, Boating in DC, ClassPass, Down Dog Yoga, Gold's Gym, Off Road Indoor Cycling, Reformation Fitness, RIDE DC, Soul Cycle and The Studio DC
- Sideline tickets donated by DC United
- Gift cards donated by Cava Grill, Chop't, New Balance and Whole Foods Market P Street
- Blood pressure monitors donated by Welch Allyn and Withings
- FitBit donated by INOVA Health System