August 2010
Eat a Rainbow
Madalyn Zulauf's invitation to kids and their parents in the Pine Brook Elementary School in Greece to be healthier...
Bus Drivers Help Make Summer Fun and Healthy for City Kids
The bus drivers at First Student have earned a Health Hero Award from Greater Rochester Health Foundation.
July 2010
Recess Mileage Club
Jennifer Hess has volunteered her time and talents to share things she loves with kids...
Foundation Awards Mini-Grants to Improve Health
Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) announced 73 new Mini-Grants to organizations in Monroe County...
June 2010
Turkey Trots and Tournaments
From turkey trots to after-school basketball and bowling, Karen Gafner's role in keeping kids physically active goes well beyond her duties as a physical eduction teacher...
Greater Rochester Health Foundation Announces 2010 Opportunity Grants
Greater Rochester Health Foundation announces its 2010 Opportunity Grant recipients...
Where Will They Play
Jean Gardner would not accept the loss of a playground at the Lakeside Child and Family Center on Stutson Street....
May 2010
84 Subway Restaurants Become Healthy Hero Restaurants
Subway Restaurants and Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) jointly announced Subway's addition of 84 Subways to GRHF's Healthy Hero Restaurant Program.
Active Play at the Library?
The Maplewood Library is not just a place for kids to sit and read...
April 2010
Healthy Food at a Stadium?
Jeff Dodge, General Manager, Food and Beverage, for the Rochester Red Wings....
Medical Students Win Healthy Hero Award
Chris Hogan and Andrew Huffer have earned the Healthy Award...
Healthy Hero Promotes Healthy Living in Wayne County
MJ Hoffman, a physical education teacher in Freewill Elementary School in the Wayne Central School District, has earned the Healthy Hero Award...
March 2010
Healthy Hero Week Begins May 2, 2010
Healthy Hero temporary tattoos will be everywhere the week of May 2, 2010...
Lunch Bunch
Rochester City School District teacher, Amy Shema has given new life to and old concept...
A Step Here and a Taste There
Every cause needs a champion and Carolyn Rabidoux has proved to be just that in her tireless work to promote physical activity...
February 2010
Restaurant Leads Way in Healthy Food for Kids
American kids are exposed to more than 40,000 ads a year for fatty, sugary foods...
Church Tackles Healthy Eating
Pastor Ernest Salters, of All God's Children Church says, "the way to promote better nutrition for children is by educating the parents.
13,000 Local Children Receive Hats and Mittens In "Healthy Hero Heartwarming Heads and Hands" Distribution
In the largest single donation of winter clothing in Rochester's history, Greater Rochester Health Foundation is distributing more than...
January 2010
Mom, I'm Bored
When kids produce the all-too-familiar wail, "Mom, I'm bored," Healthy Hero award winner Debra Ross has the answer with her website kidsoutandabout.com...
December 2009
Racing Around the Church
Bishop David Singleton has been named a Healthy Hero by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation...
Reclaiming a City Park for Kids
Marta Bermudez of Adonai community Services is named a Healthy Hero by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation...
October 2009
Special Playhouse for Special Kids
A fully accessible tree house, hills for climbing, tall grass to crawl through. logs to sit on and gardens for planting...
August 2009
Greater Rochester Health Foundation and United Way Collaborate
To assure that people continue to receive much needed health services, Greater Rochester Health Foundation will provide...
Webster Kids Contribute to Local Food Cupboard
Can little kids contribute to their community? "Absolutely," say Patricia AbuGharbieh and Maureen Askin...
July 2009
Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) announced several new grants for the Greater Rochester Community.
Leaving the City and Seeing the Stars
Davin Reddington, Laura Dow, and Chris Widmaier believe that living in an urban community should not deprive kids of experiencing the great outdoors...
June 2009
Healthier Cafeteria Food in the Rochester City School District
Jean-Claude Brizard, Rochester Superintendent of Schools, has been chosen as a Healthy Hero by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation...
May 2009
Rochester Business Journal Non-Profit Report - Greater Rochester Health Foundation
Teen Teaches Kids How to Be Healthy
Eighteen-year-old Katie Lohrman of Webster has been named a Healthy Hero by Greater Rochester Health Foundation for her work to improve the heath of children...
April 2009
Inspired to Move
Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez, dance instructor, educator and mentor, has been named a Healthy Hero by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation...
March 2009
Friends of the Rochester Public Market Recognized as Healthy Heroes
Friends of the Rochester Public Market , a group of 25 volunteers implemented a Market Token Campaign...
February 2009 Sitting in Your Seat? Not for this Teacher!
How does 5th grade teacher Eric Carlsen at Northside Elementary in Fairport reward his students for healthy eating?
Jumping Rope and Snowshoeing Keep School Kids Active
Kindergartners and first and second graders at Parkland Elementary School in Greece are hopping...
January 2009
Foundation Awards Grants to Improve Health of Community
In completing its distribution of funds for 2008...
Nursing Student Emergency Fund Established to Help Nursing Shortage
Nurses are in short supply and our community is feeling the crunch... Teens with Cancer Face Loneliness and Isolation
Teens with cancer face unique challenges in addition to their medical issues including social isolation...
December 2008 Entrepreneurship Takes a Healthy Turn
Edison Technical High School seniors Wan-Carlos Pabon, Shadale Williams and Thomas "T. J." Blake...
October 2008 Brooks, Duffy and Foundation Hold Press Conference to Acknowledge Lead-Safe Home
On October 16, 2008 at 2 pm at 30 Northeast Avenue...
Tackling Youth Inactivity and Obesity
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation is sponsoring an interactive workshop...
September 2008
Foundation Funds Rural Health Projects
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation has awarded close to $1.5 million to five rural health departments...
August 2008
Community Mini Grants
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation has announced a second series of Community Mini Grants...
July Community Champion
Community Champion teaches city kids to garden to stay fit and healthy...
Financing Good Health
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation wants to help residents stay out of the doctor's office. In 2007, it handed out $8.2 million in grants locally...
July 2008
City Neighborhoods to Build on Their Strengths
More than 120 community neighbors and community-based organizations will come together on July 8th to focus on the strengths and assets existing in their neighborhoods that can be mobilized toward local health improvement efforts...
First Community Champions Award
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) has named Erin Reed a physical education teacher at Fred W. Hill Elementary School in Brockport, as the first recipient...
June 2008
Greater Rochester Health Foundation Awards School Grants for Exciting Innovations to Improve Children's Health
With outdoor fitness trails, hydrophonic greenhouses and improved fare in the school cafeteria, children in four area elementary schools will start on a lifetime of healthy living...
GRHF Gives Schools $825k in Grants
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation awarded close to $825,000 to schools in Webster, Penfield and Honeoye Falls-Lima as part of its 10-year committment to prevent childhood obesity...
Greater Rochester Health Foundation Commits $325,000 to Improve Neighborhood Health
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) announced awards for five collaborative, neighborhood-based health improvement projects...
May 2008
Greater Rochester Health Foundation Announces $8.2 million in Grants
The first set of dollars doled out by one of Rochester's wealthier private foundation funded about a dozen fitness and nutrition programs aimed at driving down childhood obesity...
ABC, Community Partners Build Ladders Out of Poverty
During May, Community Action month, more than 1000 grass-roots agencies celebrate the victories in the war against poverty...
Greater Rochester Health Foundation 2008 Grantee Showcase
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation is welcoming the public...
Foundation Commits $2 Million to Prevent Lead Poisoning
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation announced today its awards of more than $2 million over three years...
March 2008
Community Mini-Grants Available to Prevent Childhiood Overweight and Obesity
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) announced today it will fund $200,000 in 2008...
February 2008
GRHF Shows Committment to Improve Health Status
Foundation is set to award $10 million in 2008 grants backing community projects...
Greater Rochester Health Foundation Unveils Plan to Combat Childhood Obesity
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation will inveil its 10-Year Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity...
September 2007
Brooks and Duffy Acknowledge Foundation's Committment of $2 Million to Prevent Lead Poisoning
County Executive Maggie Brooks and Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy...
June 2007
Local Foundation Tackles Obesity in Children
Juhn Urban, President of the Greater Rochester Health Foundation announced today...
January 2007
New Foundation Announces First Grants of $6.1 Million
John Urban, President of the Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) annonced awards of $6.1 million...
September 2006
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation Announces its Kick Off Event
Approximately 200 community and non-profit leaders will attend the Greater Rochester Health Foundation's first community forum...
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation Announces its Funding Priorities
Rochester, NY -- The Greater Rochester Health Foundation will rpesent its fundraising priorities and grantmaking process...
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