BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – After being hospitalized for over a month and dealing with tragic coronary heart points, New Life Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Brian Lawerance wished to vary the outlook on well being in his group.

“A lot of times we tend to think that age is the requirement, but me being 41, I found out that age is no longer a requirement, it doesn’t indicate anything,” stated Lawerance.

Lawrence and different church leaders hosted the primary annual Health and Wellness occasion at New Life Missionary Baptist Church. Children have been capable of train whereas getting concerned in numerous actions.

“We have the food, we have Coach Sha’s Boot Camp, we have partners inside like Humana, Our Lady of the Lake is here, and as well as the whole Ochsner group,” stated Nikki Battiste.

Over 5 totally different well being suppliers have been arrange contained in the church. Each group gave folks coronary heart screenings and mentioned their present well being circumstances and considerations. Church officers stated folks aren’t all the time capable of entry the identical assets. 

“You don’t always have the privilege to be in those zones to right healthcare, but we did something good for the community and just wanted the community to smile,” stated Johny Henderson.

People have been additionally capable of donate blood. Church leaders stated they’ll be internet hosting an occasion like this yearly however the Baton Rouge group can also be welcome to attend different occasions held within the 12 months.