The Community Wellness Festival will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Collins Center.

Free health screenings and more than 70 exhibiters with information over health-related topics will be available for those who attend. Admission is free and the first 250 people to arrive will receive a T-shirt.

The festival is open to all Baker students, as well as Baldwin City residents.

“I think it’s an excellent opportunity to offer health evaluations,” Ruth Sarna, director of student health services, said. “People can use the results as a springboard if they get a report and pursue follow-up care. For students, it’s a fun morning to take advantage of the information available, but also there’s prizes and other activities.”

Anybody who attends the fair is entered to win a bicycle. Two adult and two children’s bikes are being given away. For Sarna, seeing the younger children win a new bike is her favorite part of the event.

“To see the joy on their faces is something else,” Sarna said. “It really is a fun time.”

Sarna has been in charge of the health fair since its beginning 12 years ago. Since then, the outcome for both exhibiters and attendance has more than doubled.

“It’s been growing and just keeps growing and growing. I’m hoping more students will come,” Sarna said. “A word from the exhibiters is that this is the fair to attend.”

Along side the wellness festival, a community 5K run/walk will take place at 8 a.m. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m., or participants can pre-register beforehand through the Baldwin City Recreation Office. The entry fee is $10 per person, or $25 for a group. All participants receive a T-shirt.

“It’s all a part of the community wellness. We take walkers and joggers, anyone,” Tammy Michaels, who is in charge of the event, said. “I love seeing how excited the crowd gets seeing people run across the finish line.”

Sarna hopes for anyone and everyone to come and find out information on how to take better care of themselves, and that the students will take advantage of the opportunity.

“I think it’s a good opportunity because people can see what’s wrong with them for free,” sophomore Katie Duggan said.

Additional screening will be available through the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, however these come at a cost.

“I really hope the students will take advantage of it,” Sarna said. “We’d love to see students out there.”