Community Connections
What is it?Children鈥檚 Hospital & Medical Center implements proactive solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic, ranging from education in the classroom to multidisciplinary clinical intervention. Children鈥檚 annually awards $250,000 in grants to community non-profit partners to support鈥
What is it?Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) has initiated comprehensive programs to revitalize New Haven鈥檚 Hill neighborhood. The hospital also participates in public and private projects that provide affordable housing and safe, healthy living conditions.
What is it?Thanks to a generous donation from the Edwina Kempf family, St. Mary鈥檚 Kempf Bipolar Wellness Center was created in 2006. Since that time, St. Mary鈥檚, in conjunction with Mental Health America (MHA), has provided opportunities for education, networking and services for people living with鈥
The CurePity Movement is Gillette鈥檚 initiative to move attitudes forward 鈥 away from pity 鈥 and toward acceptance and inclusion for children who have disabilities. In 2014, Gillette published a children鈥檚 book that embodies the themes of its CurePity Movement titled 鈥淚t鈥檚 Okay to Ask!鈥 The book鈥
What is it?Since 1999, Frisbie Memorial Hospital鈥檚 school-based dental education program, Frisbie Smiles, has partnered with local community schools to provide fluoride treatments, sealants and screenings, and oral hygiene and nutrition education to children in 11 schools. Who is it for?First-鈥
What is it?FirstHealth of the Carolinas developed FirstReach, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to diabetes outreach and education. FirstReach goals are to increase awareness of signs and symptoms of diabetes and pre-diabetes, implement early diagnosis through screenings and referrals,鈥
What is it?In 2000, the Crews鈥檔 Healthmobile (CNH) was created to provide free, primary and preventative health care to homeless and at-risk youth. The program has grown from four half-day clinics to serving nearly 2,000 youth each year through 29 weekly clinics located at schools, shelters,鈥
What is it?The PeaceHealth Medical Group Pediatric team in Ketchikan offers a Saturday Pediatrics Clinic from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sometimes parents simply don鈥檛 want to wait until Monday to have their child see a doctor. Or maybe a child needs a follow-up visit to change a bandage or check on鈥
What is it?Bonnie鈥檚 Bus is a self-contained, mobile digital mammography unit that travels across the rural, underserved areas of West Virginia, offering breast cancer screenings in a comfortable, convenient environment. Who is it for?Women throughout the state who have private insurance, Medicaid鈥
What is it?My Street Grocery is a mobile grocery store (鈥淢olly the Trolley鈥) that brings fresh, affordable food to people throughout Portland. Molly accepts cash, credit and debit cards, and SNAP/EBT food benefits. Who is it for?Low-income, high-needs, high-risk patients and others who may have鈥