What: Community Safety & Wellness Day

When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday

Where: Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Cost: Free

Information: 449-2142

Information on family and pet safety and free health screenings will be available at a Community Safety & Wellness Day on Wednesday at the Thousand Oaks Civic ArtsPlaza.

"The focus of the event is on the community and providing opportunities for free professional health screenings, therapeutic neck massages and exposure to various safety and wellness-related providers and services," said Cheryl Johnson, event chairwoman and associate human resources analyst for the city of ThousandOaks.

Sponsored by Thousand Oaks and the Conejo Recreation and Park District, the free event will offer information on nutrition, diabetes, childhood obesity, skin cancer, fitness, heart health, senior services and emergency preparedness. Visitors can get screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose and bodymassindex.

Also, American Medical Response, in coordination with the Ventura County Emergency Medical Services Agency and the Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps, will have CPR instructors on site to demonstrate the proper techniques of hands-only CPR. This training lasts only a few minutes and participants will have the opportunity to practice on mannequins. This training will not result in CPR certification, but information will be available on full trainingcourses.

More than 50 vendors will have free samples, information, therapeutic animals, giveaways and raffle drawings, Johnson said. Manna, a food bank, will collect nonperishable fooditems.

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