Osceola spring wellness fair

Osceola County’s Spring Into Wellness fair turned a county health campaign into a four-hour public event on Saturday, April 11, in Kissimmee. (floridahealth.gov) The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County scheduled the third annual fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at UF Extension Services, 1921 Kissimmee Valley Lane, with the county health department and University of Florida extension listed as organizers. (floridahealth.gov; aroundosceola.com) Organizers advertised 40 vendors, free blood-pressure checks, A1C testing, food demonstrations, music, food, raffles every 30 minutes, a children’s smoothie bike, an 11:30 a.m. Zumba session, and a 12:30 p.m. salsa lesson. (positivelyosceola.com; aroundosceola.com) The fair landed during National Public Health Week, which the American Public Health Association marked from April 6 through April 12, 2026, under the theme “Ready. Set. Action!” (apha.org; positivelyosceola.com) That timing shaped the event’s mix of services. The Osceola health department said families could meet Women, Infants, and Children nutrition staff, learn safe-sleep and water-safety practices, and get hurricane-readiness guidance before storm season. (positivelyosceola.com) The county also used the fair to explain less visible health work. Event materials said environmental public health and epidemiology teams would share information on local water-quality monitoring and disease prevention, including rabies and mosquito-borne illness. (positivelyosceola.com) Florida’s broader public-health calendar helps explain the emphasis on screening and prevention in April. State health materials say influenza surveillance continues year-round in Florida and that the 2025-26 flu season runs through May 23, 2026. (floridahealth.gov) By packaging screenings, movement classes, emergency planning, and vendor tables into one free stop, Osceola’s April 11 fair put county health services in front of residents where they live — at a community event, not a clinic counter. (floridahealth.gov; positivelyosceola.com)