Salaam Community Wellness Center to Host Summer Health and Wellness Expo Featuring


Salaam Community Wellness Center to Host Summer Health and Wellness Expo Featuring 

A New “Reading, Writing, and Healing” Program for Youth

CHICAGO (August 9, 2025) – Salaam Community Wellness Center is excited to host its 4th annual Integrative Health and Wellness Expo, set for Saturday, August 16, at Salaam Community Wellness Center, 613 E. 67th Street, in Chicago, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The free event is open to the public.

The annual family-friendly event offers workshops and interactive activities, resources, and information to heal and restore the mind, body, and spirit. There will be Zumba fitness sessions and free massages, along with deep breathing, yoga, meditation, and music therapy. Other highlights include health food demonstrations, tours of the Salaam Community Wellness Center Paradise Garden, fresh produce and personal care kit giveaways. The day also will feature health and wellness presentations, health screenings, and an opportunity to “Ask A Doc” session. Visitors can purchase products from a variety of local vendors, listen to family-friendly music, and sample free food.

A new component of the expo this year is the debut of a youth program called “Reading, Writing, and Healing.” During a special session designed for youth 7 to 14 years old, co-sponsors Burst Into Books and Da Book Joint will conduct a journaling exercise where youth will learn and experience how to address feelings of anger and anxiety through the power of writing. Youth and parents are encouraged to attend this important session. Burst Into Books is a Black-led, Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering children and families through culturally responsive literacy, arts, and wellness programming. Da Book Joint is a Black, woman-owned business born on the South Side of Chicago committed to literary growth and positive engagement of youth.


Salaam Community Wellness Center is a health and wellness center located in Chicago's historic Woodlawn neighborhood that offers a unique, innovative model of holistic healthcare that utilizes both western and non-western practices such as individual and group therapies, deep breathing, meditation, yoga, massage, acupuncture, Reiki, and sound therapy, among others. Visit www.salaamcwc.org , send an email to info@salaamcwc.org, or phone SCWC at 773-435-9493 for more information.

Latest Stories

Latest Podcast

STARR Community Services International, Inc.