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TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma - The Cherokee Nation will help celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by holding a special community health fair at Sequoyah Schools from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is being held to promote healthy living and to showcase health services that the Cherokee Nation has to offer. “This should be an exciting event,” said Barbara Neal, Cherokee Nation Health Educator. “Earth Day is an important time for all of us to reflect on the planet we live on and start doing what we can to preserve her.” Along with the Cherokee Nation programs and other business displays, there will also be mobile mammogram screenings, a blood drive and a special weather show hosted by News on 6 Chief Meteorologist, Travis Meyer. The weather show will be held during the last hour of the event, from 11 a.m. to noon, weather permitting. “We hope anyone interested in our Earth Day/health fair event will join us for a great time,” said Neal. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the health fair, contact Neal, phone: 918-453-5138.

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org