LARGEST EVER MONADNOCK WELLNESS FESTIVAL SET FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Peterborough, New Hampshire - Organizers of the Monadnock Wellness Festival say there will be something for every member of the household, whether human or animal, at this year’s event scheduled for Saturday, September 29th. As in the past, all activities will be held in and around the Peterborough Town House from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. .  The seventh annual Wellness Festival will be the largest ever staged by the Monadnock Rotary Club, as more is being done to engage children and teenagers in establishing healthy living habits.

The theme for the 2012 festival is “People, Pets, Soup”,  and Wellness Festival committee chair Robin Eichert says, “In addition to the health screenings, live entertainment and the exhibitors who share a wealth of knowledge about healthy living choices people have come to expect, we have added more activities for families this year.  The River Center’s Farm to Table project will be holding an interactive salad making session for children and we will be partnering with the ConVal Wellness Committee’s Walk for Wellness, which starts at 9 on Saturday morning behind the Toadstool Bookshop.  We expect these two events will attract more young people to our Festival.  Also, our pet-related offerings are expanding to include more demonstrations,  educational seminars with cat and dog behavior experts, including a session on dog bite prevention.  Our popular soup competition will once again bring some of the best chefs in the Monadnock region together to show who makes soups that taste good and are good for you.”

The pet related activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  in the courtyard between the Town House and the Historical Society.  Pet-related  services and exhibitors will be on Grove Street.  There will also be healthy food from the Monadnock Community Hospital food wagon.  The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the parking lot on 45 Main Street near People’s United Bank.  The Soup Tasting will be held from 12:30 to 2:00 behind the Historical Society building.

Proceeds from the Wellness Festival will be donated to the Healthy Teeth to Toes Program of Monadnock Community Hospital and to other local organizations promoting healthy living. The Healthy Teeth to Toes Program will also be holding a raffle at the festival to promote its “5,2,1,0 be a healthy hero” initiative.

The Platinum sponsors for this year’s Monadnock Wellness Festival are CIGNA and One Stop Country Pet Supply.  Gold sponsors are the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Bentley Commons of Keene and Monadnock Community Hospital.
     
The Monadnock Rotary Club is based in Dublin and is dedicated to community service.  The Club’s primary interests are youth development and health advocacy for people of all ages in the Monadnock region and around the world.  The Club is part of Rotary International, a worldwide service organization of more than 1.2 million members.