The annual Lil’wat health fair returns on Monday, Jan. 13 at the Xet’olacw Community School gym with dinner, door prices and information on services for members of the Nation.
It’s a stacked affair hosted by Lil'wat Health & Healing (LHH).
“There’s a huge variety of opportunities at our health fair to be able to see what kind of services we showcase here at Health & Healing,” said Lil’wat health director Jessica Frank. "I always say, the more information to the community, the better."
LHH’s services include maternal and child health, community health, home and community care, mental health, and the homemaking program Amawílc.
Frank said many community members are aware of some of LHH's services after the pandemic, but now that LHH is launching new face-to-face, small group, and online programs, the team is eager to raise its profile.
“We're rolling out new activities like grief and loss workshops for community and online self-care activities,” said Frank. “And so we're starting to look at trying to promote all the different positions, because we've hired a lot of new staff as well.”
Those new staff members help make up the roughly 50 employees at LHH, whom attendees will have the chance to meet—and hear, through individual introductions over the school’s PA system—on Monday.
Partners in local health, like community paramedics, Vancouver Coastal Health and the First Nations Health Authority will also be present at tables around the gym.
The health fair will feature new information about LHH initiatives published in the Lil'wat Nation 2024 Annual Report—notably, the es zúmin' primary care facility and the new Lil'wat Ways of Healing from Trauma program, aimed at delivering culturally informed trauma services to the Nation.
The fair runs from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13. The event is only open to members of Lil’wat Nation.
Readers looking to contribute to LHH’s work can donate to Lil’wat Nation, who can also provide a receipt for a charitable donation.
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