Media Relations Contact:
Morgan Lyons
Mark A. Ball

April 21, 2011

Celebrate Older Americans Month

DART's Free Senior Fair Offers Ageless Options

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), the Dallas County Area on Aging, Eddie Dean's Ranch and Evercare by United Healthcare will host Older Americans: Connecting the Community, the 17th Annual Older American's Information and Health Fair, May 12, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The event at Eddie Deen's Ranch, 944 South Lamar Street, Dallas (Mapsco 45-P), is to provide free information to senior citizens by featuring health screenings and materials about a multitude of services available to them in the Dallas area.

Attendees are encouraged to save on parking by riding DART Rail to the nearby Convention Center Station and then walking across the street to Eddie Deen's Ranch. Visit www.DART.org or call 214-979-1111 for additional information on riding DART to the event.

For more details, contact Jessica Lennon, DART's Manager of Community/Education Outreach, at 214-749-2582.

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