The Coalition is spreading the word about suicide awareness & prevention with campaigns in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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Category: Social Health
Little Free Pantry helps feed the working poor in Reading
Allen Hill knows what it’s like to be hungry. This motivated him to set up the Reading Little Free Pantry.
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#BlackMomsMatter
The unfortunate truth is that implicit and unconscious biases are embedded in our medical system. These biases can affect the quality of care received by people of color.
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Special Olympics keeping athletes healthy with new initiatives
Special Olympics, as an international organization, is moving towards the goal of not only having competitive athletes, but also having healthy and safe athletes. The Healthy Athletes Program and other health initiatives have been started and are being adopted in Ohio and Hamilton County.
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Mt. Healthy City Schools | School Spotlight
Mt. Healthy City Schools has been a WeTHRIVE! school district since March 2017. The district’s wellness team started in 2006, but was re-energized two years ago under the leadership of Fredrika Richardson, the district’s food service director.
Read moreLockland girls get their chance to dance with Princesses Ballet
In a community like Lockland, where 47% of children live in poverty and 86% of students qualify for free and reduced school lunch, ballet lessons are a luxury most cannot afford. But Reading-Lockland Presbyterian Church (RLPC) and City Gospel Mission are letting little girls dream about becoming ballerinas through the Princesses Ballet program.…
Read moreLockland youth learn healthy cooking from Cincinnati Gives a Crock
On Monday afternoons, a group of 6th-8th graders gathers in the basement of Reading-Lockland Presbyterian Church (RLPC). Each student sits attentively, a cutting board, chef’s knife, and tray of fresh vegetables on the table before them. They are ready for the Cincinnati Gives A Crock cooking class to begin. Cincinnati Gives A Crock…
Read moreForest Park firefighters teach safe sleep to prevent infant deaths
When the Forest Park Fire Department responded to four infant sleeping deaths over a three-month span, all in the same apartment complex, Captain Tom Jackson felt that something had to be done. “The department has always done a lot of education about smoke detectors and in the schools,” said Jackson. “These things…
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