Health Drive Thru Provides Health, Safety Tips for Lawton Area

Despite the chilly weather, 150 to 175 people showed up to the Comanche Nation Health Drive Thru on Friday, October 28, at Cameron University.

Senior Service Specialist for the Comanche Tribe Lennetta Davenport said the community needs information to help educate themselves about health.

She said there were a lot of people who have said they were able to receive help from these types of events. 

“They need information to help with education for our community, for our elders in our community,” Davenport said. “They're having information that talks about the different health programs that people provide, about the different programs that are in the area, that the insurance companies that can assist them, different assistance that they can get throughout the community

She said there are several health issues that people need education on, and events like this help get that information to where it needs to go.

“It's important because of the health issues that go on in this community, anything from diabetes to cancer awareness to heart, vascular,” Davenport said. “A lot of the people that are at our events can do education for our people.”

She also thanked everyone who helped put on the health drive-thru.

“It makes us feel good in our heart because we are giving back to the community,” Davenport said. “We're helping the elders in our community to be able to have information that is available to them and us to get that information to them is very important.”

Vendors included T-Mobile OBI home health and hospices, Servpro, insurance companies, the veterans center, Native American Nurse Navigator from Oklahoma City and other Comanche Nation departments.