Staff photos / R. Michael Semple Marge Haley, program manager at SCOPE Senior Services, left, talks with Tom and Linda Toth of Austintown, about services available from SCOPE at the Senior Expo Tuesday at the MetroPlex in Liberty.

LIBERTY — Information was the name of the game at the second annual Boomers & Beyond Senior Expo.

A line of people were waiting at the door of the MetroPlex Center in Girard at the start of the expo, which was presented by The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle and was sponsored by Steward Family Hospitals, Whole Health Orthopedic Institute and the R. Kashmiry and Associates, Inc., insurance firm.

About 30 vendors were on hand to provide information on anything from insurance to care facilities, financial planning and health.

“I just want to find out a little information,” said Linda Dietz, 74, of Liberty, as she was getting a free blood pressure check from Steward Health. “When you’re a senior, you need to know all you can know.”

Dietz said was hoping to find out about orthopedics as well as ask a physician some questions about her heart.

“I really came to get my mammogram,” said Dorothy Grissett of Youngstown. Grissett took advantage of Steward Health’s 3D Mobile Mammography Center, which was parked outside the MetroPlex as part of the event.

“We’re very excited to have the 3D Mobile Mammography machine,” said Sue Shafer, community events coordinator for the Tribune Chronicle. “It’s a wonderful service to the women of the Valley, especially during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”

Early in the day Tuesday, Shafer said she was pleased with the turnout at the Senior Expo. The event started in 2019 and is in its second year after being canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

The expo included many giveaways from vendors — bags, hand sanitizers, footballs, masks, stickers and more — as well as a plethora of information of services to improve quality of life in later years.

Deanna Spirko with Windsor House said Windsor was at the expo to get its name out and make sure seniors had information about available services.

Lindsay Miller with Unique Boutique, a mastectomy fitting center that makes custom prosthetics, wanted people to know that their services are typically covered by insurance for anyone who receives a breast cancer diagnosis.

Sisters Cathy Reinard of Youngstown and Carol Reinard of Girard, in their 70s, were both looking for information to help friends.

“Mostly I’m here to find some support for my roommate, for when I go on vacation,” Cathy Reinard said, adding that he does not have any one to take care of him when she is not around.

Alice Klein, 82, of Canfield, said she came to the expo to get out of the house and see what’s new.

“I look for things like this to attend, and I run into people I know, and it’s educational and I enjoy it,” Klein said.

The annual Boomers & Beyond Senior Expo will be back again next year.