3rd Annual Bronx Community Fair
As broadcast on News12 The Bronx, August 20, 2025
Link to article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHBWf0z1czQ
3rd Annual Bronx Community Fair
Event description:
Samaritan Daytop Village’s PARC (Peer Alliance Recovery Center) held its 3rd Annual Bronx Community Fair at the St. Mary’s Park Amphitheatre in the Bronx.
The event featured free health screenings, wellness activities, and resource booths. Free Narcan and wound care kits, as well as fentanyl and xylazine test strips, were distributed along with other giveaways.
This year, the fair showcased PARC’s peer-led Food As Medicine initiative, which integrates nutrition education, culinary therapy, and chronic disease prevention into substance use recovery services. The initiative promotes nutrition literacy and how to maintain a healthy diet on a budget. Food As Medicine workshops at PARC explain nutrition’s link to improved health and wellness during Recovery Services.
Transcript of news segment:
Mott Haven residents getting free access to health screenings, wellness activities, and much more. Dozens of Bronx sites took part in the 3rd Annual Bronx Community Fair at the amphitheater in St. Mary’s Park. Take a look.
The yearly event highlights healthy living on a budget, and Bronxites took part in cooking demonstrations, health screenings, and were even able to get Narcan and wound care kits.
