{"id":261064,"date":"2026-08-07T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261064\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:58:08","slug":"kids-learn-about-wellness-at-wright-center-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261064\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids learn about wellness at Wright Center event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wright Center for Community Health hosted \u201cThe Wright Way to Wellness: Kids Edition\u201d on Thursday in the auditorium on South Washington Avenue. Children and their families enjoyed fitness and art activities, healthy snacks and nutrition demonstrations, a backpack and school supply giveaway, raffles, and interactive exhibits while learning about school physicals, vaccinations and other health resources. The event also featured the Lackawanna County Library System and community partners, including Marywood University, Build-N-Athlete and Valley in Motion. The fair was part of National Health Center Week, Aug. 2-8, an annual celebration recognizing the essential role community health centers play in improving access to high-quality, comprehensive, whole-person primary and preventive health services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abraham de la Cruz, of Scranton, holds up his new...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-HEALTHFAIR-CAPST-0808-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Abraham de la Cruz, of Scranton,  holds up his new book during the health fair titled \u2018The Wright Way to Wellness: Kids Edition\u2019 at the Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sophia Munoz, 3, of Scranton, paints during the health fair...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-HEALTHFAIR-CAPST-0808-01.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sophia Munoz, 3, of Scranton, paints during the health fair titled \u2018The Wright Way to Wellness: Kids Edition\u2019 at the Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brandy Takikawa, of Duryea, grabs some jump rope with her...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-HEALTHFAIR-CAPST-0808-05.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brandy Takikawa, of Duryea, grabs some jump rope with her daughter Leighnna, 8,  during the kids health fair at The Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maggie Pegula, intern with The Wright Center, paints the face...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-HEALTHFAIR-CAPST-0808-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maggie Pegula, intern with The Wright Center, paints the face of Dakota Weir, 6, of Scranton, during the kids health fair at The Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People arrive at the kids health fair at The Wright...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-HEALTHFAIR-CAPST-0808-06.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People arrive at the kids health fair at The Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 5<\/p>\n<p>Abraham de la Cruz, of Scranton,  holds up his new book during the health fair titled \u2018The Wright Way to Wellness: Kids Edition\u2019 at the Wright Center in Scranton Thursday, August 6, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wright Center for Community Health hosted \u201cThe Wright Way to Wellness: Kids Edition\u201d on Thursday in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,727,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-261064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}