By James Logan Healthy Eagle reporters | Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet who wants her work to be meaningful and helpful to other people. She was born in Liberia, in Africa, and came to Philadelphia when she was a child. In school, she says, she felt like an outsider and...
By William Cramp Fit Flyer reporters | Your neighbors, friends, and relatives aren’t the only ones who are members of your community. Baratunde Thurston says all other creatures belong to it, too. “What affects them affects us,” says Baratunde, who...
By Catholic Partnership Schools Healthy Courier reporters | As a young child, Arlene Notoro Morgan constantly asked questions. On Friday nights, she and her best friend even played “newspaper reporter.” “I was born a journalist,” says Ms. Morgan, who was a reporter...
By DePaul Catholic School Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Kids can be philanthropists, too. All it takes is “someone who is willing to do for others, to care for others, to put others before themselves,” said Dr. Keith Leaphart, who has served as a board...
By Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | When Joe Caesar was growing up, his mother led cleanup projects in their North Philadelphia neighborhood. She often brought Joe along, and he’d pick up trash and plant trees and flowers, he says. Those early experiences set...
By Cole Manor Healthy Comet reporters | When people visit their grocery store these days, a lot of them are looking for food that is “locally grown.” Experts say that being mindful of where your food comes from can benefit both your own health and the environment. ...
