Beating the high cost of health care doesn’t get any easier than this.

The San Juan Island Lion’s Club will sponsor free health screening sessions Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, in conjunction with the annual arrival of its Northwest parent organization’s Health Screening Unit.

Hosted by the Marketplace, the 62-foot medically equipped trailer and its team of volunteer health professionals offer 30-minute exams for people of all ages for blood pressure, glaucoma, diabetes, sight and hearing. The mobile health screening trailer will travel to Orcas Island for a similar two-day session of screenings following its stop in Friday Harbor.

The local Lion’s Club has sponsored health screening visits by a medically equipped mobile vehicle for more than a decade, but the 62-foot trailer slated for the April 3-4 event is a new trailer pulled by a new Kenworth tractor that was donated by Red and Beverly Bingham of Washington.

An estimated 30,000 patients, mostly children, are expected to attend free health screening sessions- this because of the availability of the Lion’s Club’s Health Screening Unit.