Brief and Photos
By Marva Sneed
![Festival visitors Ted and Wilda Burns](https://i0.wp.com/texasmetronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-11-21-6-BSW-HWC-Harvest-Festival-Ted-and-Wilda-Burns-Bruto-Terrace-Neighborhood-Association-640x360.jpg?resize=557%2C314&ssl=1)
Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center’s Health and Wellness Expo on Saturday was an event for the entire family, complete with free Flu Shots and COVID-19 Vaccines, health screenings, fitness challenges, cooking demonstrations with Chef Carmen, packaged food samples and recipes, a farm stand with bags of produce, swag bags and giveaways.
Founded in 2010, the Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center at Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center, formerly known as the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute (DHWI), is a collaboration between Baylor Scott & White Health and the City of Dallas to provide access to quality health care.
![Chef Carmen made a vegetarian chili](https://i1.wp.com/texasmetronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-11-21-5-Harvest-Festival-Chef-Carmen-made-Vegetarian-Chilli-640x640.jpg?ssl=1)
![Michael Lightfoot from the neighborhood](https://i1.wp.com/texasmetronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-11-21-8-Michael-Lightfoot-from-the-neighborhod-640x640.jpg?ssl=1)
The goal is to harvest healthy behaviors and attitudes, promote awareness and fund programs to help prevent and fight chronic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease, in North Texas.
![Exercise Step Class](https://i0.wp.com/myimessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Exercise-Step-Class-1030x702.png?resize=536%2C364&ssl=1)