Family Fun and Resource Expo

Oakland County’s first Health and Housing Summer Fest was a success with 455 people in attendance at Catalpa Oaks County Park on August 19! As a result of the event, many Oakland County residents received beneficial resources for their households.

• 200 backpacks filled with school supplies for children
• 175 households received new laptops courtesy of Comcast
• 80 children received vision screenings and 62 children received a new pair of glasses from Vision To Learn
• 27 community partners were available to speak with about housing, health and other support services
• 20 residents were registered for the Oakland County Health Division’s dental program
• 13 kindergarteners received dental screenings
• One pair of VR glasses, 7 breastfeeding accessory kits, 5 bicycles and helmets, and 2 car seats were raffled to families

Event Pictures

Community Partners

Thank you to our community partners for sharing resources and information with Oakland County residents.

• Affirmations
• Alexzandrea Israel – Local Doula
• Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities
• America’s Community Council
• Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital
• Bloom Pediatrics
• Blue Cross Complete
• Centro Multicultural La Familia
• Common Ground
• Community Housing Network
• Fourth Tri Sanctuary
• Great Start Collaborative
• Honor Community Health
• Jewish Family Services
• Judson Center
• Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness
• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services – Oral Health
• Michigan Works
• Michigan Secretary of State
• Michigan State University Extension
• Nature’s Playhouse
• Oakland Community Health Network
• Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
• Trinity Health Pontiac
• United Way of Southeastern Michigan
• Words of Hope 4 Life

Event Vendors

We appreciate our vendors for providing music, pizza, ice cream and free haircuts to families.

• DeepGruv Records
• Hungry Howie’s Pizza
• Salon Simply Beautiful
• Yo Mama’s Frozen Treats

Event Partners

Special thanks to event partners:

• Meijer
• Oakland County Parks and Recreation
• Vision to Learn
• Comcast
• Priority Health

Health and Housing Summer Fest is made possible with funding from the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and grant funding from United Way for Southeastern Michigan.