CRIT community health fair brings resources, fun to Irataba Hall
At Irataba Hall, CRIT families picked up health flyers, recipes and household items, plus food, games and free shaved ice in one stop.
Families who walked into Irataba Hall on Wednesday found more than free food and games: the Colorado River Indian Tribes Department of Health and Social Services turned its community health fair into a one-stop stop for practical health information, household items and direct access to local programs. Along with raffles and free shaved ice from Uncle Phil’s Awesome Snow Shaved Ice, guests left with bags filled with informational flyers, recipes and useful household items.
The fair brought together departments and programs from across the CRIT community, giving residents a chance to connect with services in a familiar place instead of having to track them down across Parker and La Paz County. That matters in a rural river community where transportation, repeat appointments and larger medical systems can be hard to reach, especially for families who need help before a small concern grows into a larger one. The event also fit CRIT’s broader public health and social services mission for members of the tribe and the surrounding community.
The Colorado River Service Unit of the Indian Health Service serves nearly 13,000 people in the tribal communities of Parker, Peach Springs, Supai, Havasu Lake and Moapa, and it is headquartered at Parker Indian Health Center in Parker. Indian Health Service says its service population lives mainly on or near reservations and in rural communities, which helps explain the value of events like the fair at Irataba Hall, where residents could gather information without a long trip or multiple appointments.
CRIT’s own service network is built for that kind of access. The tribe says its government includes more than three dozen departments, and the Community Health Representatives office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1321 S. Mohave Ave., 2nd Floor, in Parker. University of Arizona tribal-health materials estimate that about 8,385 people live on the Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservation, underscoring how much of the community depends on local, in-person outreach to connect health education, social services and day-to-day support.
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