The community is invited to celebrate the launch of the Verdant Community Wellness Center at an open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 at 4710 196th St. SW in Lynnwood.

The open house will give the public a sampling of the types of services that will be offered, including food and fun demonstrations in the kitchen, information and presentations by instructors that will teach classes in the Center. Kids’ activities, including face painting and special snacks provided by PCC’s TasteMobile, will make it fun for the whole family. You can tour the center, eat light appetizers and snacks, check your blood pressure and enter prize drawings. Information will be available on: ways to stay active, diabetes and heart disease prevention, bike safety and health insurance information.

The Verdant Community Wellness Center, will offer classes, support groups, trainings and more for free or low-cost to the public as well as serve as the main office for Verdant staff. A wide range of programs and classes are already scheduled, including classes about Healthy Cooking, Parenting, Stress Management and a Couch to 5K Training Program.

The nearly 9,000-square-feet building will include a large training room, a demonstration kitchen for healthy cooking classes, a medium-sized classroom, several smaller meeting rooms, plug-and-play work stations for Verdant’s partners and office space for Verdant’s six employees.

For more information see: verdanthealth.org.