Countdown to Sustainable Health & Wellness Village Fest!

Event Name: Newark SHWV Festival

Event Friday, September 22 to Saturday, September 23 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Event Location: Branch Brook Park – Prudential Concert Grove

Performance Lynette Sheard and Friends

Hilliard Greene on Bass
Victor Jones on Drums
Roberta Piket on Piano

Lynette Sheard

Lynette Sheard is a gifted versatile vocalist with a five octave range. She is an actor, producer and director. She is the unseated “West Orange Idol”. Her performances have been acknowledged in numerous publications including the New York Times, The Record and the Chronicle. The Star Ledger proclaims that “Her voice reaches deep into one’s soul and finds a soft spot” She performs Jazz, R&B, Gospel, Soul and Pop music throughout the tri-state area. Theater credits include principal roles in: Dream Girls, Smokey Joes Café, Ragtime, Swing, Aida, and an encore performance as Lena Younger Mama in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. She has received countless awards and recognition for her musical service work with children, the elderly and veterans. She is a founding member of the Guiding Stars, a Medical Missions group of professional performers who volunteer to entertain veterans and children. Her performances have raised thousands for Hurricane Katrina Survivors, Haitian Relief efforts, The Red Cross and numerous other local charities.

Sustainable Health & Wellness Village

The SHWV has been providing access to primary care and specialists, healthy nutritious food, family care initiatives and more since 2014. It expanded into a statewide multi-day community-based health and wellness festival that has been operating in underserved communities since 2021. We have impacted over 50 thousand residents by hosting a culturally relevant, festival-like atmosphere designed to promote meaningful engagements between communities of color and local and regional provider.

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