Health resources, community, and fun—all things you would have found at the Civic Center earlier on Saturday. Activate Allen County held their 6th Healthy Families Expo. With familiar faces, face painting, and even a reindeer, this event gives families many ways to have fun, all while learning more about local health resources.

LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The Lima community gathered to kick off a healthy and happy holiday season with the 2023 Healthy Families Expo.

Activate Allen County and Mercy Health want to make sure that families are on the path to having a healthy holiday.  The Heathy Families Expo was full of activities for the kids and information about area resources for adults.  The young people could enjoy the bounce house, or get a balloon sculptures, and get their face painting.   Adults could visit one of dozens of booths to learn about local programs to help promote a healthy mind, body, spirit.   Stedic Music helped keep the crowd entertained throughout the afternoon. Plus, with the help of Santa and one of his reindeer, the Expo shows that the holidays could be more than just merry and bright. 

Activate Allen County is giving local families the opportunity to stay educated about their health.  They will be hosting their Healthy Families Expo for the fifth year in a row on November 19th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Civic and Convention Center in Downtown Lima. This year is sponsored by Mercy Health. They have two special guests, one being Santa and his reindeer all the way from North Pole.   Who families can get pictures with and Stedic Music, who will be providing all who attend with live entertainment.

Getting healthy is something that everyone can learn something new about, and Activate Allen County decided to create a way for families to learn about getting active while still having fun.