AAPI Community Health Fair 2023

Austin Public Health (APH) and the Austin Asian Community Health Initiative (AACHI), with help from the Asian American Resource Center (AARC), present their annual Community Health Fair on July 22! This collaboration event aims to provide free health resources, screenings, and immunizations to the public, with a focus on Arabic-, Nepali-, and Burmese-speaking communities. See below for more information about the fair.

Volunteer roles needed for this event include:

• Multilingual ushers: Accompany and direct LEP participants to and from check-in, health stations, etc., as needed. Proficiency in English AND knowledge in one of the following languages is needed for this role:
  • Arabic
  • Burmese
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Dari
  • Korean
  • Nepali
  • Pashto
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese

• General support volunteers: Assist with various event tasks as needed, including but not limited to tabling, facilitating parking for attendees, ushering, facilitating children's activities, setup/cleanup and more. Roles will be assigned by staff on the day of the event.

The fair will be open to the public from 10am to 2pm. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 9am for briefing/instruction and to help set up if needed. Shifts are listed until 3pm to assist with cleanup, but volunteers may leave early if needed.

See below for shift times and to register!

About the fair

There will be multiple organizations providing various health services and resources with a focus on helping underserved Asian ethnic populations, but anyone from the public is welcome to attend. Interpretation services in the above-mentioned languages will be provided to attendees; the role of multilingual usher is to simply increase our language access capacity. 

Services provided include vaccinations/immunizations, health screenings for vision, diabetes, blood pressure, and medication consultations. Resources provided will include mental health, health insurance, legal, financial, housing, and more.