2026 Wellness Fair

Donate Blood and Get Your Flu Shot!

The Bloodworks Northwest Bloodmobile will be parked proudly in the Liquor & Cannabis Board parking lot from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Click here to sign up for your spot

 

Nurse Janet will be here giving Flu Shots and B12 shots from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Who's Gonna Be there?

Thank you to these businesses who have already committed to participating in the Wellness Fair!

Olympia Orthopaedic Associates

Caring Hearts 4 Paws (that's right!  Puppy Cuddles!!!)

Pawsific NorthWest Cat Cafe (AND KITTEN CUDDLES!!)

WA Department of Retirement Systems

WA Health Care Authority

Lewis Mason Thurston Area Agency on Aging

South Sound YMCA

Thurston County Public Health and Social Services

Overeaters Anonymous

Kaiser-Permanente

Thurston Regional Planning Council

Intercity Transit Vanpool

Senior Services for South Sound

Thurston County Food Bank

NW Benefits Advisors

Olympia Police Department

Ideal Wellness NW and Pamela J. Leno Hypnotherapy

WA Department of Financial Institutions

WA EAP

NAMI Thurston-Mason

Alcoholics Anonymous - District 8

South Sound Physical & Hand Therapy

Alzheimer's Association

Statistics

08/20/26 - 08/25/26 Click Here to Complete The Online Scavenger Hunt!

Vendors have identified pieces of information they want you to find on their sites.  When you find that information, select it on the online form, and move on to the next one!

Complete the form by Tuesday, August 25th to be eligible for prizes. Every WDVA employee who participates in the scavenger hunt, no matter how well you do, will receive a SWAG bag. The form can be completed any time you're available.

In-Person Wellness Fair

Who: Hosted by Liquor and Cannabis Board and Department of Veterans Affairs

What: In-Person Wellness Fair

When: August 27, 2026, 10 am - 1 pm

Where: Liquor and Cannabis Board: 1025 Union Ave SE, Olympia, WA

Why: To learn more about how to make ourselves more well

How: Walking, rolling, crawling, skipping, dancing, or other

August 26th Online Wellness Webinars sessions!

Due to the success of the online Wellness Fairs the past few years, we're doing it again!

Wednesday August 26th only, vendors are doing 15- and 30-minute webinars on a variety of subjects (see below). You can pre-register for the breakouts so they're on your calendar, or click on the link at the time of the breakout and hear what the experts have to say about these topics. For those people who can't make it at that time, we'll post a link the recorded sessions.

Webinar Sessions (Click to register):

 

 
9:00 - 9:30 AM PERS and DCP (video posted)

10:00 - 10:30 AM Create a Healthier Home (video posted)

10:40 - 10:55 AM Washington 529 Plans - A Bright Future is in Season (video posted)
11:00 - 11:30 AM What veterans need to know about Medicare (video posted)
12:00 - 12:15 PM Your Commute Shouldn't Be the Hardest Part of Your Day (video posted)

 

12:40 - 12:55 PM - Ways to Engage with the Thurston County Food Bank (video posted)
1:00 - 1:30 PM - Stress, Hormones and how nutrition helps (video posted)

2:00 - 2:30 PM - Work, Outreach and Resources of DFI (video posted)

2:35 - 2:55 PM - Veterans In-State Service Shared Leave Program (video posted)

 

3:00 - 3:15 PM - Problem with Alcohol? (video posted)

 

Past Wellness Fair Webinars:

2025

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2024

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2023

2022