The Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders at SUNY Fredonia will host a stroke awareness walk on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m., to increase community understanding of strokes and stroke prevention and to also introduce services available at the Youngerman Center.
Free hearing screenings, educational handouts and informational brochures from the center will be offered to participants and members of the community at the event, the first stroke awareness walk to be organized by Julie Williams, coordinator of the Stroke/Head Injury Support Group. Faculty, professional staff and graduate students from the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences will also participate in the event.
The walk begins and ends at the Youngerman Center, covering just over two miles along Central Avenue. A lunch will be served after the event. There is no entry fee.
To learn more or to register, contact Ms. Williams at Julie.Williams@fredonia.edu or 716-673-3202, or to go to the SUNY Fredonia website and click on the Communications Disorders link.
