The parking lot at Clinic Ole is normally a place where patients park, but on Sunday afternoon it turned into something more.

A Bi-National Health Week health and wellness fair was in full swing on the grounds of the clinic Sunday, bringing together 36 local nonprofit and assorted agencies and linking them up to 300 or more prospective clients.

Now in its fourth year in Napa, Bi-National Health Week doesn’t take place during a week; it’s comprised of multiple events that take place throughout the year that increase Latinos’ access to health care and services. Sunday’s health fair is the biggest event during Bi-National Health Week, providing 250 health screenings including bone density, glaucoma, blood pressure, cholesterol and a plethora of others.

“Every year we try to focus on a different health topic,” said Catalina Chavez, Bi-National Health Week coordinator. “(This year it’s) obesity and nutrition.”

Fellow coordinator Elba Gonzalez said the theme was appropriate given that “statistics have shown that one out of every five Latinos is overweight or obese.”

Five-year-old Roxanna Rubio was staying one step ahead of the obesity statistics as she was fitted for a new bicycle helmet that she won in a raffle at a bicycle safety booth provided Napa County Bicycle Coalition.

Parents Refugio Rubio and Ana Maria Dominguez watched proudly as volunteer, Sandy Houck, fitted Roxanna with her new helmet. Rubio and Dominguez heard about the health fair through Clinic Olé they said.

“It’s important to learn about all the resources (and agencies) that are available to help us,” said Dominguez.

Many of the volunteers manning the booths Sunday were flush with potential clients, due in part to a passport system that was initiated by coordinators. Upon registration into the fair, participants were provided with passports that required them to visit some of the vendors and ask them five questions about their organization.

At Puertas Abiertas’ booth, coordinator Frances Ortiz Chavez asked individuals a question of her own, “What are your dreams for the future?” Chavez, who is also a local artist, wrote their dreams on a pieces of paper that she plans to use in the construction of a Native American dreamcatcher, she said.

Inside the clinic, volunteers from Queen of the Valley Medical Center, St. Helena Hospital, Kaiser Permanente and other agencies attended to the 250 or more patients who sought health screenings. Outside some of participants danced and did exercises on a makeshift stage.

Bi-National Health Week resumes in November with a Citizenship Fair to be held in American Canyon.