In-club screenings available to members and open to the public
Saturday, August 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Company Website:
http://www3.samsclub.com/newsroom
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- (Business Wire)
Back-to-school brings shopping for clothes, buying school supplies and
securing updated health information for children, but why not also use
this time to take a few simple steps to help ensure their safety?
Fingerprints and DNA samples have become the standard tools for personal
identification and can be useful for parents should they ever be needed,
which is why Sam’s Club is offering DNA testing and fingerprint kits as
part of their annual free children’s health screenings on Saturday,
August 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The screenings, which combine health and child safety information, are
free and available to the public at all Sam’s
Club locations with a pharmacy (596 locations). The free event
includes a take-home DNA kit that provides instructions on storing a
saliva sample to help find children in the event they are ever lost to
which only a parent/guardian has access and a child safety ID kit with a
fingerprint form and instructions on storing personal information.
The screening tests are valued at up to $1501 and also
include:
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Blood pressure
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BMI (body mass index)
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Vision Screenings
“As a parent, you never want to think about needing information like
fingerprints and DNA samples, but these items could prove critical
should the need for them ever arise,” said Jill Turner-Mitchael, senior
vice president, Sam’s Club Health and Wellness. “This free event for our
members and the public helps give parents a way to combine shopping for
back-to-school with capturing potentially life-saving information.”
In addition to monthly health screenings, Sam’s Club pharmacies provide
savings and preventive care to each community it serves, such as
year-round immunizations for adults ages 18 and above. Licensed
pharmacists can administer walk-in flu shots and nine other important
immunizations recommended to help protect against serious diseases like
pneumonia, shingles and whooping cough. Sam’s Club also offers $4/$10
generic prescription prices to the public, and Sam’s Plus and Sam’s
Business members receive an additional 8 percent savings on name-brand
prescriptions, 40 percent savings on generics not part of the $4/$10
generic prescription program, and access to more savings through the Extra
Value Drug Program, featuring 10 to 30 percent savings on select
name-brand and generic prescriptions. Restrictions may apply.
Information about Sam’s Club health and wellness offerings can be found
at SamsClub.com
and in the Sam’s Club exclusive bi-monthly wellness magazine, Healthy
Living Made Simple, which reaches approximately eight million
members.
About Sam’s Club®
Sam’s Club®, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT),
is a leading membership warehouse club offering superior products,
savings and services to millions of members in 635 clubs in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico. To learn more about Sam’s Club, visit the Sam’s
Club Newsroom, shop at SamsClub.com,
and interact with Sam’s Club on Twitter and Facebook.
1 Limited quantities available. Screening types and
quantities may vary by state and club. Screenings are available only at
clubs with a pharmacy (596 locations). Membership not required. All
tests are performed by licensed professionals.
Contacts:
Sam’s Club Media Relations
Tara Raddohl, 1-800-331-0085
SamsClub.com/newsroom
Source: Sam’s Club
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