ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — The Baldwin County Coliseum in Robertsdale was packed Wednesday for the 2012 Baldwin County Senior Lifestyle Expo.

More than 60 vendors handed out information, held free giveaways and held prize drawings at the inaugural event, presented by the Area Agency on Aging and the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission.

The event was expected to draw more than 800 people on Wednesday and also featured a health fair, information on senior identity theft and DJS playing music with a target group of 50 and older.

The health fair offered blood screening, blood pressure check and various other preventive testing. The Sheriff’s Office provided staff to discuss senior issues related to safety and financial scams.

“I think we had a really good turnout,” said event coordinator Suzette Gwin.

South Baldwin Regional Medical Center was the Gold Sponsor for the event. Silver Sponsor was Baldwin EMC and Purple Sponsor was Oxford HealthCare.

Blue Sponsors were Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Alabama, Touching Hearts Senior Care, Tower Home Care, Asera Care Hospice, Health Spring, Baldwin Bone and Joint, Golden Living Center, Addus Healthcare, Viva Medicare Plus, The Blake at Malbis, Humana MarketPOINT Inc., ATC Healthcare and Riviera Utilities.

Additional vendors for the event included: AAA, ABI Screening, Alabama Attorney General Office, Alabama Walk-In Tubs, American Red Cross, Ascent Audiology & Hearing, Ask the Pharmacist, Baldwin County Democratic Party, Baldwin County EMA, Bath Fitter, Bone Density, BP/Nutrition/BMI, Coastal Clinical Research, Community Hospice of Baldwin County, Council on Aging, Covenant Hospice, Davis and Neal, Diversified Healthcare, Dr. Steven Whittmer and Dr. Eric Cheung, Family Security Credit Union, Foley Museum, Genworth LTC Insurance, Gulf Coast Newspapers, Health Care Products, health Woman/OBGYN, Homestead Village, Live Oak Village, MedStar, Mercy Home Care, Mercy Life, Ms. Senior Baldwin County, Myra’s Jewelry, North Baldwin Infirmary, Prcision Imaging, Project Rebound, S.E.A. Quilt Shop, Saads Healthcare, Seniors/Fitness, Silverhill Volunteer Fire Department’s Yellow Dot Program, The Baldwin House, The Brennity, United Healthcare, Veterans Administration, Vision Rehab, WKRG, Channel 5 television, and Workforce Alliance.

The Coffee Café provided Royal Cup Coffee and Valley Food Services provided a hamburger box lunch.