Fit, Fun & Fabulous, Louisiana’s first health and wellness festival, will be held Oct. 4.
Tammy Rogers told the Franklin City Council that the fourth event will be held downtown, a fully-free health far that all are invited to. There will be:
Former New York Knick and Atlanta Hawk Durand “Rudy” Macklin will speak at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at The Lamp Post. He is the director of the Governor’s Council of Physical Fitness and sports. Tickets are required, but free.
Health care screenings will be offered throughout the day, as well as a senior adult health program, both at The Lamp Post from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Medical agencies will pair up with local businesses to over a downtown walking tour, and there will be a children’s area, fitness demonstrations and hands on activities from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chez Hope’s Unity Day Luncheon will be held at the Forest Restaurant at 11:30 a.m., featuring Michael “Beer Man” Lewis, a New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame Wide Receiver and Punt Returner.
From 5 p.m. to dusk on Teche Drive at the main stage will be a Walk For Christ, a one-mile walk, gospel choir entertainment, a Bully Free Rally by Chez Hope, Chitimacha Recreation Department fitness activity and the Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble Band.
A kick-off party is set for Sept. 27 at the Teche Theater with the 5 O’Clock Shadows playing. It is a fundraiser for the St. Mary Parish Council on Aging. Entry fee is $10.
