Pictured from left to right: Sonny Usher, RN; Jae Fox, RN; and Jacob Parker, Nurse Extern; provided free health screenings to residents at the Pageland Watermelon Festival on July 16.

Representatives from McLeod Health Cheraw participated in the Pageland Watermelon Festival held in Downtown Pageland on July 16. McLeod provided free glucose and cholesterol screenings, blood pressure screenings, stroke education and other important health resources to festival attendees. Pageland is known as the “watermelon capital of the world” due to the importance of the area’s primary crop. The annual festival has been a tradition since its inception in 1951.