The Westside Family Health Center (WFHC), a community health center, will celebrate National Health Center Week with a free, community health fair on Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in WFHC’s parking lot, 1711 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica.

Every year in August, community health centers celebrate National Health Center Week, and this year it runs from Sunday, Aug. 9 through Saturday, Aug. 15. The theme is “Celebrating Our Legacy, Shaping Our Future.”

The health fair will offer games and entertainment while providing health education information. Activities will include healthy eating habit games and tutorials —with portion sizes in the form of flexible food models for the kids — nutrition lessons, body mass index testing, Covered California information and enrollment help. Also provided will be information on WFHC services and programs, face painting, a photo booth, balloon animals and more.

Additionally, WFHC will provide healthy snacks and drinks to demonstrate alternatives to sugary or high calorie options. Participating children can win prizes, such as backpacks with school supplies.

“Without community health centers, some of our community’s most vulnerable would have nowhere else to go for their health care and health education,” said Debra A. Farmer, president and CEO of WFHC. “WFHC’s annual health fair is an extension of that. It is a fun way to make the community healthier and happier,”

This year, WFHC’s goal is to increase fair attendance from the surrounding community. For information, visit www.wfhcenter.org.