Coryell Senior Expo plans health screenings, vendor outreach for 2026
Free screenings, estate-planning help and health vendors will fill one morning at the Gatesville Civic Center as the Coryell Senior Expo returns Aug. 20.
Free health screenings, blood pressure checks, blood glucose testing and estate-planning help will all be packed into one morning at the Gatesville Civic Center when the Coryell Senior Expo returns Aug. 20. Organizers are building the 2026 event around practical help for seniors and caregivers, with doctors, a dentist, legal presenters and emergency medical resources all set to be in one place.
The expo is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Gatesville Civic Center. Planning also includes product demonstrations, door prizes, educational materials about aging and health care vendors on site, making the event more than a row of tables. The setup is meant to give families a place to ask questions, compare services and leave with information they can use right away.
Several information presenters are already lined up in place of traditional stage speakers. Dr. Shrey Goal and Dr. Amy Chung are scheduled for Ask a Doctor sessions, Dr. Betsy Spritzer will handle Ask a Dentist, and Russell Hoelscher and Tom Wilson will present on estate planning. Tracey Author, RAC, is also set to bring an ambulance, a helicopter and informational materials, adding a public-safety element to the morning.
The committee is still working the vendor list. David Myers and Susie Keeney are mailing flyers and vendor applications to people who took part in the 2025 fair, while George Losoya has forwarded the materials to Bell County vendors. Committee members are being asked to suggest additional vendors before the next meeting, which is set for July 2 at 3 p.m.
The event’s focus lines up with the county’s demographics and health needs. Coryell County’s estimated population was 85,592 on July 1, 2025, and 11.9% of residents are age 65 and older. The county also has 10,093 veterans in the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 estimate, and 13.2% of residents under age 65 are uninsured, figures that help explain why access to screenings, benefits guidance and aging resources matters locally.
The expo has become a familiar annual stop after returning in 2023, following a four-year break tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, the event at the Gatesville Civic Center offered free screenings and information on cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, assisted living, independent living, long-term care, home health, hospice, aging and fall prevention, plus hourly sessions on the Care Call Program, senior exploitation and estate planning. In 2025, it again drew families to the civic center with free admission, a life-planning panel from 10 to 11 a.m. and free educational information on aging.
Texas Health and Human Services says Area Agencies on Aging serve people 60 and older and help family members and caregivers find community services. That broader network is part of what makes the Coryell Senior Expo valuable: it gives local families a single morning to connect health care, legal and aging-related help before bigger problems grow harder to manage.
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