Area organizations to hold free health and wellness conference

The Campbell Chapel AME Church along with a number of area organizations will hold a free health and wellness conference in Bluffton this week.

“Reclaiming Your Health” will take place from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the church, 25 Boundary St., Bluffton, according to a news release.

The church, along with Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine, AccessHealth Lowcountry, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control and the Lowcountry Public Health Region Med-I-Assist Programs, are sponsoring the event.

The conference will feature such topics as Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, men’s health and aging, anxiety disorder and depression.

Dr. Thaddeus Bell, a family practice physician in Charleston, will be the featured speaker.

Those interested in attending should call Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine at 843-706-7090, Sonia Shavers-Jenkins at 843-816-0591 or email cchealthcommission@hargray.com.

A healthy box lunch will be served.

This story was originally published April 8, 2016 at 3:44 PM with the headline "Area organizations to hold free health and wellness conference."