Press release from the Gainesville Chapter of The Links, Inc.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gainesville (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated will hold its Black Family Wellness Expo on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in an effort to reduce health and economic disparities and to save and improve lives in the Black community. This effort is aimed at addressing heart health, strokes, breast cancer, and food insecurities that negatively impact the health and quality of life for many in this community. The local event is a part of The Links, Incorporated’s nationwide Black Family Wellness Expos being held across the country on March 21, 2026, which aims to leverage its entire membership in the effort to improve outcomes for Black families. The Expo is free and open to everyone in the community regardless of race, color, or national origin.
The Black Family Wellness Expo contributes to The Links National Wellness Expos effort to raise awareness about conditions that shorten or impact the quality of life for those in the Black community. The entire family is included, from infants to senior citizens.
Some of the available resources that will be on site to address some of these health disparities will be:
UF Mobile Stroke Unit
UF Health Diabetes Center
Mobile Cancer Unit – will conduct mammograms to those who pre-registered
Vision Mobile Van
UF Brain Institute/Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Chefin With The Links Food Truck
The Children’s Trust
Dental Health, and so much more!
EVENT: Black Family Wellness Expo
WHO: Gainesville (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
DATE: Saturday, March 21, 2026
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Church of God by Faith – 735 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, FL
