WOODSTOCK, Va. (WHSV) – Community members gathered at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School as the Triad Committee of Shenandoah County and the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce held its first community health fair featuring approximately 72 vendors.

Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office Outreach Services Captain Whitney Mauck said the event helped spread awareness of scams and fraud targeting older adults.

“If they get a text from the Postal Service about a package being delayed and you don’t get a package, it’s more than likely a scam,” Mauck said. “Their banks are contacting them and asking for their personal information or account information – that will never happen – we like to keep them informed about things like that.”

To make the event open to all members of the community, Mauck said he came up with other ways to make the event fun to encourage families with children to participate as well.

“We wanted to implement (ways) it could be a family event, so we added in the ‘fun feature’ for kids. There is a bounce house; we wanted to make it so the whole family could participate,” Mauck said.

Mauck said he plans to make the event an annual tradition and make it more inclusive of the entire community in the future.

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