Health Education Classes

The Joy-Southfield Community Development Corporation is offering free HIV testing and counseling, along with a free sex education class and free condoms this coming Saturday, December 8 at 10:30 a.m. This event will happen at the Joy-Southfield Health & Education Center (18917 Joy Rd. - 313-581-7773).

The Joy-Southfield CDC will also offer a series of other health classes in the coming year. The ones that have been announced so far include:

• Healthy Eating & Physical Activity on Saturday, January 12;
• Cervical Cancer on Saturday, January 26;
  
• Heart Health; on Saturday, February 9;*
• Asthma & Allergy on Saturday, March 8;
  
• Minority Health Issues on Saturday, April 12; and
  
• Stroke Awareness on Saturday, May 10.*

The classes marked with an asterisk will be held at Second Grace United Methodist Church (18700 Joy Rd. - 313-838-6475). All other classes will be held at the Health & Education Center.

Each of these classes includes free food, free medical supplies and, of couse, free advice.