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NORTH AMERICAN Newsline NOVEMBER 21, 2025 | The Indian Eye 19

More than 200 Community Members Benefit from

19th Annual Health Fair Organized by Health Camp of

New Jersey at Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Secaucus

OUR BUREAU HCNJ and temple volunteers for
their long-standing commitment to
Secaucus, NJ
community health. He reaffirmed
ore than 200 community his continued support for both orga-
members benefited from nizations.
Mthe 19th Annual Health Since its founding, HCNJ has
Fair organized by Health Camp of screened more than 14,000 individ-
New Jersey (HCNJ) at the Shree uals across New Jersey and detected
Swaminarayan Temple in Secaucus over 4,500 chronic disease abnormal-
on Sunday, November 9, 2025. HCNJ ities, ensuring high-risk patients re-
— a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — has been ceive timely referrals. In 2025 alone,
hosting annual health fairs at this HCNJ held six health fairs statewide,
temple since 1998, with a mission to serving more than 800 individuals,
support uninsured and underinsured with its final fair of the year sched-
individuals, particularly within the uled for November 23 in Parsippany.
South Asian community. HCNJ — which celebrated its
This year’s fair offered an exten- 25th Anniversary Gala in 2023 —
sive range of preventive screenings, also reiterated its vision to launch a
education, and counseling across Community Health Center to pro-
medical, dental, and mental health vide year-round care for underserved
disciplines. Participants received populations. An official announce-
evaluations for chronic conditions in- ment is expected in early 2026.
cluding diabetes, hypertension, car- HCNJ extended heartfelt thanks
diovascular disease, various cancers, to its TV, radio, and print media part-
mental health concerns, and pain-re- ners, including Radio Zindagi, The
lated issues. Services also included Indian Eye Newsweekly, ITV Gold,
blood tests, EKGs, physical exam- Parikh Worldwide Media, Hi India,
inations, cardiology and pain man- TV Asia, Indus TV, The Indian Pan-
agement consults, cancer screening orama, Akila News, Gujarat Darpan,
and education, women’s health eval- and India Abroad.
uations, dietary counseling, physical The Shree Swaminarayan Gadi
therapy, alternative medicine, CPR Sansthan’s temple in Secaucus is
training, and influenza vaccinations. preparing to celebrate its 25th An-
A dedicated team of volunteer niversary Shree Ghanshyam Ma-
physicians, specialists, mental health haraj Rajat Mahotsav from July 25
professionals, pharmacists, nurses, fair. Their culturally informed care strategies tailored to South Asian to August 2, 2026, with a yearlong
medical assistants, social workers, played a crucial role in identifying health needs. commitment of 25 charity events,
phlebotomists, EKG technicians, chronic disease abnormalities and Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnel- 25,000 volunteer hours, and $25,000
and medical students powered the educating participants on preventive li attended the event and praised to support the community.

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