On Saturday, the University of Hawaii Maui College is inviting the public to attend a free Wellness Fest on the Great Lawn with food, live music, health consultations, karaoke, a keiki zone and more. 

The goal of the Wellness Fest is to recruit more participants to a longitudinal study that looks at the health and social impacts of the Maui wildfires. 

More than 1,200 people are already participating in the study, but UH Manoa researchers are hoping to enroll more people at the event, according to a news release. 

Earlier this month, the state of Hawaii provided $2.3 million to expand the study, allowing it to increase its reach to 2,000 participants. Researchers are hoping to enroll more children and first responders, and to build the infrastructure for a comprehensive survivor registry targeting up to 10,000 survivors.  

At Saturday’s event, UH Manoa Professors Ruben Juarez and Alika Maunakea, who are the lead researchers in the study, and other researchers will discuss the study’s findings, deliver individualized results to participants, and help them connect with health care providers.

The event will occur on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at UH Maui College’s Great Lawn. 

For more information about performances and activities, visit this website. Event hosts also ask attendees to pre-register at the aforementioned website.