Healthi Kids launches campaign highlighting early relationships as key to healthy growth and development

Healthi Kids launches campaign highlighting early relationships as key to healthy growth and development

Published December 18, 2024 773 Views

While the holiday season is a time to connect with family, friends, and community, Common Ground Health’s Healthi Kids Coalition is highlighting one particular type of love for its power to transform lives. Launching today, the “Love from the Start” campaign brings awareness to the idea that love an...

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First-ever Infant-Toddler Play Day connects families through play

First-ever Infant-Toddler Play Day connects families through play

Published October 31, 2024 1151 Views

On October 19, Healthi Kids hosted their first-ever Infant & Toddler Play Day at three locations across Rochester: Phyllis Wheatley Library, Sully Branch Library, and Lincoln Toy Library. Around 30 children and their caregivers took part in fun, hands-on activities that encouraged healthy relations...

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Celebrate and protect community gardens

Celebrate and protect community gardens

Published September 27, 2024 1614 Views

On Wednesday, September 25, something deeply disturbing happened in our city. A group of men arrived at 20 1st St, armed with riding mowers and weed whackers, and destroyed over 1,000 square feet of a beloved pollinator garden. This garden, carefully tended by the Taproot Collective for over seven y...

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Meet coalition member Curtis Birthwright

Meet coalition member Curtis Birthwright

Published August 22, 2024 1005 Views

Growing up in the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx, Curtis Birthwright could see Yankee Stadium from his window. He could hear the roar of the games. As a Little Leaguer with the Colonial Park Yankees, he dreamed of playing in the major leagues – as a Yankee, of course. But he also played bas...

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Playful Learning Summit taps the power of play to transform education

Playful Learning Summit taps the power of play to transform education

Published August 20, 2024 629 Views

Healthi Kids will present its second Playful Learning Summit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, at the Memorial Art Gallery. This sold-out, day-long conference emphasizes the power of play and creativity inside and outside the classroom to spur physical activity, social-emotional growth...

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What we’re advocating for this NYS budget season

What we’re advocating for this NYS budget season

Published March 6, 2024 2093 Views

It’s budget season in Albany! And that means it’s critical to continue to tell our legislators that whole child health matters. The $299 billion dollar state budget covers spending in a variety of areas including health, education, and aid to localities. In other words – it makes sure money moves to...

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Recap: Celebrating Global School Play Day 2024

Recap: Celebrating Global School Play Day 2024

Published March 4, 2024 1723 Views

Excitement filled the air on February 7th as nearly 60 sites across the City of Rochester joined together for the international celebration of play called Global School Play Day. Organized by Healthi Kids in collaboration with the City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Human Services an...

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Healthi Kids brings international play event to City of Rochester on February 7

Healthi Kids brings international play event to City of Rochester on February 7

Published February 6, 2024 1651 Views

It’s been celebrated in 75 countries. Now the Global School Play Day is coming to nearly 60 sites in the City of Rochester. To bring this event to Rochester, Healthi Kids collaborated with the City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Human Services and the Rochester City School District,...

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